Virtual
Reality Motion Simulator Ride
December 2017 - Two Bit Circus - Amusement
park ride (Unreleased)
I built
several vehicle simulations for the CKAS 6-degree of freedom
motion simulator with virtual
reality support as part of my R&D work
at the Two Bit Circus
micro-amusement park. I wrote C#
serial communications systems for Unity
simulations to interface with the motion
platform, and also wrote games simulating
the motion of a race car, a space ship,
and a tank. The tank and space ship
simulations had some basic target shooting
mechanics. I also wrote firmware for the
twin joystick control setup built into the
pilots seat on the platform. The games
were VR-enabled as well, and supported
Oculus and HTC Vive head mounted displays.
While we ultimately went with a different
motion platform for the park, we did get
some cool videos of television news
personalities riding the machine and
having a lot of fun while doing so. Below
you can see a video from the British tech
show BBC Click where the host, Spencer
Kelly, and I are shown briefly riding the
motion simulator and playing my prototype
games. Two Bit later Circus used the
prototype games I wrote to evaluate
commissioning D-BOX
motion chair enhanced versions of
popular VR games, including Battlezone
(Which I also did some hardware work for).