Solar XR

An augmented reality model of the solar system written in Godot and designed for education.

Note: This project is in a pre-alpha state, with more features and bug-fixes to come.

Demonstration Video

Features

• View a model of the 8 planets of the solar system and their moons.
• View the live state of the solar system.
• Speed up and slow down time, see the state of the solar system at specific dates and times.
• Focus view on specific planets.
• Scale, rotate and move the model.
• System can be controlled entirely through hand tracking.

Installation

• Deployment Target: Meta Quest 3
• Godot Version: 4.3

After cloning the repository, the following addons must be installed from the asset library:

Name	Installation Path
Godot Open XR Vendors	addons/godotopenxrvendors

Follow the documentation for deploying to Android to get it onto your headset!

Known Issues

• Visual Shakiness when focused on some planets.
  • Currently experimenting with creating a build using double precision floats to alleviate this.

References

• Virtual Menu (extracted and modified): Immersive Home Project
• Planet Textures
• Solar System Data
• BGM
• Models:
  • Phobos
  • Deimos
  • Saturn