BAYER

Bayer’s Crop Design division put in a request - many UAV flyers felt like they needed a tool to help them train new flyers that would reduce time spent for trainers travelling to and fro. They wanted a VR training app that can take care of a large part of the training. When I was onboarded, the app was merely an idea. My role was to implement from start to finish an entire VR app. The project aims to design a cost-effective, flexible and sustainable module for UAV flyers.

To decide what goes into the module, I conducted research with the UAV flyers at Bayer. Some of the highlights are:

Next, I retopologised the M300 model inside Blender, reduced total drone poly count from 600,000 to 20,000. I also remodelled parts so drone can be assembled, twisted, folded in VR. I brought everything into Substance Painter and created realistic materials ready to import into Unity.

Before I wrote any code, I brought everything into Unity. I tested out the models to see if they are ‘functional’, foldable and constructable in VR. I then created a storyboard to plan out the beat of the experience.

The experience is controlled by a tablet. This is a continuation of design made by Tristan Lassiter, my hiring manager, on previous VR projects.

Since the headsets we are using do not support HandTracking 2.0, I came up with alternative ways to imitate small motions with clunky hand controllers.