Deep Space Immersion is a simple game and test project for using webcam on Linux with Godot Engine.
It aims at tracking your head without any special gear, also trying to make it fast and cheap, so it can run on older hardware.
To achieve this goal it's tracking a DIY marker attached to your head, allowing to dive into the game world.
You can download exported game for Ubuntu/Windows from itch.io but it's a little outdated.
But if you know what your doing:
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Download master branch of Godot (https://github.com/godotengine/godot/tree/master) compile it and run executable. Remember that it allows to use camera only on Linux. You can also use precompiled Godot 4.4 dev 3 version.
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Download this project and open it with Godot Engine editor you've already downloaded and compiled in step 1.
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Get yourself a marker. It can be color sticky note, pin-pong ball or you can print black and white one from the file provided..
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Run project, have fun, report problems if any. :) You can run Godot Engine editor with verbose switch which will print additional diagnostic information:
$ ./godot.linuxbsd.tools.64 --verbose
Deep Space Immersion aims at tracking your head without any special gear and making it fast and cheap, so it can run on older hardware. You can try to use color sticker note or ping-pong ball. Notes are easier to attach but tend to change their color when tilted so balls can prove a better alternative.
Choose marker with contrasting color, green and blue will do nicely, assuming you don't have anything that color in the background.
If you do not have color marker you can try black and white one. Print the provided file and depending on your camera setup choose the one best working. Remember tracking bw marker is more expensive.
