{"id":1740,"date":"2015-09-28T22:02:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T21:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2015-09-28T22:32:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T21:32:46","slug":"vr-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/vr-go\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been interested in the game of Go<\/a> for some time. Even though I’m still a complete beginner, I find the game to be very subtle, and its depth is quite amazing.<\/p>\n

As Wikipedia says:<\/p>\n

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Go is played on a grid of black lines (usually 19\u00c3\u201419). Game pieces, called stones<\/em>, are played on the line intersections. (…) As of mid-2008, there were well over 40 million Go players worldwide, the overwhelming majority of them living in East Asia<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The basic rules are extremely simple, but the strategies are infinite. Also computers are not (yet) able to beat good players.<\/div>\n
It is also very interesting to see how Go and Chess can be seen as analogies for the diplomacy of the Eastern and Western<\/a> parts of the globe.<\/div>\n

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As a side project I wanted to try implementing the game in VR, mostly for the followig reasons:<\/div>\n
– Have fun,<\/div>\n
– Try to get better at Go,<\/div>\n
– Test the upcoming multi-user feature of MiddleVR.<\/div>\n

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I am not getting better at Go but the project is coming along nicely!<\/div>\n

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Features<\/strong>:<\/div>\n

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– Play in VR with Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, …<\/div>\n
– Fully functional 19×19, 13×13 and 9×9 boards,<\/div>\n
– Automatic score evaluation when the game is finished,<\/div>\n
– Can’t play illegal moves,<\/div>\n
– Correct positioning of Ko points,<\/div>\n
– Mark last move,<\/div>\n
– Play against another player with another VR system. You will see the opponent’s mask and hand move.<\/div>\n
– Play against players on the PandaNet IGS<\/a> server, which has clients for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android. Their TELNET protocol is easy to reverse engineer.<\/div>\n
– Play against computer: to be restored and improved.<\/div>\n
Todo:<\/strong><\/div>\n

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– Manage time,<\/div>\n
– Restore handicap settings,<\/div>\n
– Undo,<\/div>\n
– Improve menu,<\/div>\n
– Fix computer play,<\/div>\n
– Allow observers,<\/div>\n
– Chat,<\/div>\n
– Me get better at Go,<\/div>\n
– Make it much more beautiful !<\/div>\n
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The app makes heavy use of MiddleVR’s GUI system via HTML5<\/a> for the menu. I had great fun using it!<\/div>\n

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You may also notice a keyboard (also done in HTML5) to type text in the menu, like login\/password and challenger on IGS.<\/div>\n
It’s not as efficient as a real keyboard but it’s much better than expected!<\/div>\n

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You may wonder about the precision with current controllers. I used a simple way to snap the cursor to intersections.<\/div>\n

I was afraid people would misplace stones a lot but it seems pretty robust for now.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The game integrates Fuego<\/a> as the Go engine to check legality of moves, keep track of captured stones, count score etc.<\/div>\n

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Let me know if you are interested in early alphas! My e-mail is at the top left of this webpage!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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