Non-VR rhythm saber game where the desktop displays the game and the phone is the controller. Try it at:
$ https://tennis-game-kappa.vercel.app/
Ever looked at VR games and be like "yo that looks so fun, i wanna play" and then search on google for "vr kit cost", then go like "what i aint paying $400-$800 (not even including the game) just to play a game"? Well thats me lol. I tried looking for some non-vr versions of games, but only found those apps that use your camera and track your hand movements for games (eg. Active Arcade). However, I feel like these games don't capture the full experience that VR does and has a lot of accuracy issues..
PhoneSaber uses your phone's sensors (gyro) to accurately move the saber in the game based on your motions.
Since phones don't have sensors that detect translational motion, this app only allows users to rotate the saber. So, combining the rotational movement from the sensors with camera-based tracking that detects motion in space will make the game more accurate and fun to play.
- Three.js - 3D scene, saber, blocks, slicing
- Firebase - realtime phone-to-game connection
- Vite - development and build server
- Phone pairing with game browser through QR code
- 3D desktop scene
- Music uploading & tailored rhythmythm
- Cool block slicing
- Streak counter that gets progressively crazier
- Phone sensor only gives rotation and not translation
- Apple blocking features - I wanted to add a vibration every time a block was chopped, but Apple said nuh uh
- Slicing - slicing the mesh in too had too many things to consider (double hitting, how to actually split the block, physics of how the blocks move after splitting)
