Unity Virtual Reality Projects - Second Edition

Creating a dashboard with buttons

First, let's create a dashboard with a Start and a Stop button, as follows:

1. From the Project window, drag the DefaultCanvas prefab onto the MeMyselfEye object in the Hierarchy panel so that it becomes a child.
2. Rename it to Dashboard.
3. With Dashboard selected, set the Rect Transform component's Pos X, Pos Y, Pos Z to (0, 0.6, 0.6) and its Rotation to (60, 0, 0). Feel free to adjust the position for preferred comfort zone and your specific VR device camera rig.
4. Disable or delete the Text child object of Dashboard.

This places the dashboard 1 m below your eyes and a little out in front.

For a work-in-progress look, if you'd like, I've included an image sketch of a vehicle dashboard that you can use, as follows: ...