[T32] - Drone Acrobats

Inspiration

To brainstorm with our hackathon team we gathered at the rooftop that has some amazing Bosphorus and historic Istanbul views. Two teammates, who are drone pilots, mentioned how awesome it would be to fly a drone here. This sparked a collective aha! moment and everyone had the same idea, let`s fly virtual drones together.

What it does

Drone Acrobats is a virtual drone flying experience that lets you:

• Scan your environment for realistic physics interactions
• Create challenging parkours with our Map Maker mode, featuring:
  • 3 types of hoops to fly through:
    • Stable hoops for precision flying
    • Moving hoops for an added challenge
    • Portal hoops for puzzling the pilots
• Compete in Multiplayer parkoured drone races with friends and other players

How we built it

We are a group of 4 working on this project. We used Unity, Meta's All-in-One SDK, Photon Fusion, and Blender. Also from the asset store we used Drone Controller Demo asset. Key Technical Milestones

1. Passthrough and Room Scanning: Utilized the META MR Utility Kit to achieve precise spatial awareness and room scanning capabilities.
2. Multiplayer Integration: Successfully connected Photon Fusion to enable real-time drone racing with two pilots.
3. Game Mechanics and Hoops: Implemented engaging game mechanics, including three types of hoops (stable, moving, and portal), to create a thrilling experience.

Challenges we ran into

A lot of problems with keeping stable multiplayer connection on the general WIFI. However we switched to using our own hotspot network and we started having stable connection.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our map making for the scanned room works really well!

What's next for Drone Acrobats

More challenging obstacle types. Making multiplayer menu and challenge types prettier.

Built With

• meta-all-in-one
• photon
• unity