Inventory Demo V.1

This idea is to explore how to create an inventory system similar to any adventure game with an inventory system. 

Example: The Resident Evil PS1 titles allowed the user to essentially pause what was happening in the game world to look at the inventory/menu system. 

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Though a lot of VR experiences allow the user to pick up objects in the game world and i fully support that idea, i do wonder about the long term effects on the Oculus controllers which enables the grab effect.

So as a result this system works on minimizing the usage of those triggers to save on long term usage. 

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The demo works as a simple 2 room scenario. 

1 room is the "game" world which live events would be happening around the player. The other being an "inventory" system. 

The inventory room will have a table with 3 items and 4 green cubes. The 4 cubes are allocated to the left thumbstick (pressed in and shifted a direction). This allows the user to switch their left hand out for items they wish to equip. Switching out the hand for an item saves on the user continuously holding down the trigger to interact with that item. 

Additionally i look at other VR titles at the moment that incorporate different inventory system that requires the user to interact with it on the fly while dealing with the VR world around them. 

And that implementation of UI i personally feel leads to the user feeling like they are less in control and not as engaged with the experience as a whole. 

Where as creating an inventory space for the user to visit, it gives them that moment to breath and think about their strategy as any game player would in normal console games when heading to the equipment menu, it also gives that user a sense of control still, Though its not immersive to be teleported out into a safe room, it is immersive by giving the user a sense of greater control. 

This system would only be in use for key items or usable items/quest items. All interactable items would be a bit of a stretch as a lot of interactable items could have no use like a plate or a chair, its just there for the extra VR immersiveness. 

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Overall point to demo:
To explore 1 inventory method that differs from standard VR inventory systems, to look at potential effect to the user and long term usability. 

Controls: 
Left Thumb stick - Move

Right Thumbstick - rotate around

A + B - Switch between "game" space and Inventory space. 

Secondary controller triggers (near the middle finger) - Grab objects in Inventory. 

left thumbstick Pressed + direction - Change between Equipped items