{"id":722,"date":"2013-12-11T20:30:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/spearhead\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2013-12-18T19:21:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:21:06","slug":"the-rift-of-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/spearhead\/?page_id=722","title":{"rendered":"The Rift of Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Idea<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This was the clean up prototype; the final project idea we came up with and the one that ended up being a combination of every [major] idea we had left on the drawing board. We wanted to try working with positional tracking on the Oculus Rift (not of the person, but the device itself) since Oculus VR talks about wanting to include that technology into the final version. We also wanted to work with using a second screen that holds different information than the the Oculus display; our hope was that this would create tension in the user as they would have to juggle time between both screens. And finally we wanted to use the Oculus as an in game object; something the user would have to manipulate with their hands while looking at the second screen. All of these ideas combined to become \u2018The Rift of Wall Street\u2019.<\/p>\n

Gameplay<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You are in a square surrounded by building, this is a our \u2018Wall Street\u2019. When the game begins coins and gavels will start flying into the square from the right and left. You must collect as many coins as you can while avoiding the gavels. If you hit a gavel you will will lose all the coins in your wallet. Your wallet contains all the coins on your person, it is represented by 15 circles on the Oculus\u2019s screen. You can only have 15 coins at a time.<\/p>\n

Once you have 15 coins or as many as you feel comfortable carrying you need to deposit them at the RiftDAQ building, the large black building in the front of the square. To deposit the coins you need to step forward to the edge of the square, take off the Oculus, hold it over top the second monitor, and shake. You should hear a coin dropping sound. Coins deposited into the bank will not be lost when you hit a gavel.<\/p>\n

The second screen will update every time you deposit coins into the bank. This screen keeps track of the different values of each coin. The 4 different coins will become less value the more you collect them (in relation to the other coins). This means that if you focus on collecting a specific color, it will diminish in value, while the other coins increase in value. It\u2019s important to remember that you only have 3 minutes until the market closes again and the game ends, so use your time wisely.<\/p>\n