How would I make a "Barrel" Distortion effect the way VR headsets do?

DullXxxswagfoxyDev · October 13, 2020, 7:38am

I’ve been trying to make a VR Barrel distortion effect for my game that looks like this image here.

Is there any way I can make this happen?

LOG1CEXE · October 13, 2020, 7:41am

You can maybe use frames to do that.

DullXxxswagfoxyDev · October 13, 2020, 7:43am

I have tried frames, but I couldn’t manage to get the correct shape.

dollychun · October 13, 2020, 7:45am

you can not with Roblox.
It’s possible with Unity, but with a VR headset (like oculus) you can VR with Roblox.

LOG1CEXE · October 13, 2020, 7:48am

Maybe you can try to use Image Label.

DullXxxswagfoxyDev · October 13, 2020, 7:49am

But If I want to use viewport frames that fit into the image, what do I do?

DullXxxswagfoxyDev · October 13, 2020, 7:54am

If you want to see what I want to use viewport frames for. Click here.

dollychun · October 13, 2020, 7:57am

Maybe you can also use a non-Roblox windows application to write code and distort roblox screen for smartphone VR

DrKittyWaffles · October 13, 2020, 1:47pm

You can do something similar by abusing illegal Camera CFrame tricks. Not really the effect you’re going for, but maybe you can make it work. I’m not aware of any other ways to distort the client like you’re trying to do.

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local WorkspaceService = game:GetService("Workspace")

local CurrentCamera = WorkspaceService.CurrentCamera

local R00 = 0.1
local R11 = 0.1
local R22 = 1

local function Distort()
	CurrentCamera.CFrame = CurrentCamera.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, 0, R00, 0, 0, 0, R11, 0, 0, 0, R22)
end

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(Distort)

Vexitory · October 13, 2020, 2:17pm

the Glass material can somewhat behave in a way like this in the sense that it refracts the pixels you see in it depending on its shape. You could experiment with different lens shapes in a ViewportFrame in combination with Depth of Field and FOV to get this desired effect