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Sliders that can be activated by a fingertip tap on the side. Buttons that depress in Z space then spring back to their resting position.

The module features prefabs for a range of common 2D UI components, made 3D and physical-like. With our Interaction Engine Unity package, prototyping these kinds of physically inspired interfaces is easier than ever. Compelling spatial interfaces complement and build upon these expectations. When we bring our hands into a virtual space, we also bring a lifetime’s worth of physical biases with us.

#Keyshape prefab unity how to#

Click To TweetWhen someone first puts on a Leap Motion-enabled VR headset, it often seems like they’re rediscovering how to use their own hands. We’re moving beyond flat UIs from 2D screens toward a future with new spatial interface paradigms. Today I’ll detail my exploration of several ways spatial UIs could be used to control aspects of that sculpture – or any piece of complex content – by creating a playful set of physical-like user interfaces. Last week, Barrett Fox described his process in pushing the new Graphic Renderer and the Interaction Engine’s Hover callbacks to their limits by creating a kinetic sculpture with tons of tweakable input parameters.

Slowly but surely we’re moving beyond flat UIs ported over from 2D screens and toward a future filled with spatial interface paradigms that take advantage of depth and volume. As mainstream VR/AR input continues to evolve – from the early days of gaze-only input to wand-style controllers and fully articulated hand tracking – so too are the virtual user interfaces we interact with.