Modular Grove

A VR Forest Exploration Through Sound and Space

Setup Instructions

Windows-only at this time. Mainly because of the use of an Oculus Quest 2 for development.

BUT if you have a headset that works on a different OS, I think the main work involved in getting this to run would be setting up gdosc for your alternative OS.

Software Requirements

• Godot v3.5
• Pure Data
• Visual Studio C++ Workload
  • Use the installer to set up the "Desktop Development with C++" workload

Hardware Requirements

• A VR headset that supports OpenXR
• A VR-capable Windows computer

Detailed Steps

• Set up the VR headset to be connected to your computer as detailed in the device's manual
• Open up the Godot project and run it, the project should launch on the connected headset
• Open Pure Data (Pd)
  • Install the external "mrpeach" and add a path for it (usually in your user's Documents folder, ie. C:\Users\Alex\Documents\Pd\externals\mrpeach)
  • Configure the audio settings as desired for your situation
  • Open the Pd file called START.pd in the pd folder of this project
    • Check Pd's console, there should be no errors there
• Back in the VR environment, click the button on the table to begin!
• You should be hearing sound now and the cubes should begin moving

Helpful Resources

I couldn't have put this project together without these great community contributions:

• Godot campfire scene tutorial
• Godot plugin for OSC
• Pd DIY library
• Pd patch to model Music Thing Modular's Turing Machine
• Pd patches for multichannel mixing