Chapter 6. Solar System
When I was 8 years old, for a science project at school, I made a Solar System from wires, styrofoam balls, and paint. Today, 8-year olds all around the world will be able to make virtual Solar Systems in VR, especially if they read this chapter! This project creates a Cardboard VR app that simulates our Solar System. Well, maybe not with total scientific accuracy, but good enough for a kid's project and better than styrofoam balls.
In this chapter, you will create a new Solar System project with the RenderBox library by performing the following steps:
- Setting up the new project
- Creating a
Spherecomponent and a solid color material - Adding an
Earthtexture material with lighting - Arranging the Solar System geometry
- Animating the ...
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