Dragon Wrangler VR

Some sheriffs ride a tall horse, but this one prefers dragons. 

 Time to saddle up, fly right and breathe some righteous fire at some no good outlaws.

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The featured scenario has the sheriff flying in to save the day.  Some outlaws have blocked the train's path with a large stack of explosive barrels that have been placed on the tracks just beyond the ghost town, can this dragon wrangler clear the way in time?

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Dragon Wrangler is a prototype in development by Chad Dunlap.
Photos and video were taken from a Meta Quest 2.

Developed using Unity's OpenXR and XRHands for hand tracking

Created custom finger and hand tracking system to allow for a more natural whole handed grip on objects and finger tracking for the pulling of the trigger on the rifle

Built a custom driving system for the dragon based heavily on horse riding reigns, but with an added twist for allowing for 3 dimensional flight.

For left, right, up or down simply pull the reigns in those directions.
Angle up / down, tilt the reigns forward or backwards.
To slow down, pull the reigns and to speed up, move the reigns up then down quickly.

To breathe fire, push the little magic orb on the left side of the saddle and to shoot, grab the gun with your hand and pull your index finger.

This is a prototype, so none of the graphics are in a finished state or  optimized yet.

Thank you for taking a look!