Duck! For Apple Vision

Duck! Is an experimental gallery-shooting game for the Apple Vision Pro that pays homage to one of gaming's earliest hits. Put on your Apple Vision Pro and use your gaze and finger guns to shoot down the birds! This is a prototype, it is not a game yet, so please expect it to change randomly as things progress.

Assuming you're running on an Apple Vision Pro with updated to version 2.2 or later (where WebXR support is enabled in Safari) then you should see a "Launch Duck! In Immersive VR" button above to get started.

Once the game loads, you'll see a set of buttons on a panel below your eye-line. These always work like Vision UI buttons: gaze at them and pinch fingers on either hand to tap. You can use the top row of buttons to swap to different stage configurations, including the small intro stage that is right in front of you, and a 360 wrap around stage. The second row of buttons lets you experiment with different input methods. Here's a breakdown:

* Gaze & tap: in this mode, just look at the ducks and tap your index and thumb together to fire a gun. Exactly like tapping a Vision OS button.

* Gun & tap: in this mode, you get guns in your hands with laser sights. You can aim each gun independently and tap that hands thumb and index finger together to shoot the gun. 

* Gun & trigger: another mode with independent guns and laser sights, but this time you need to curl your index finger, as if squeezing the trigger on a gun, to actually shoot. 

Both of the gun modes require hand tracking, so they will not work if you don't grant that permission while launching the game. Conversely though, if you do not grant hand tracking permissions, then you'll see your real hands overlaid over the game!

I've found finger tracking works best if you keep in mind that your headset has to see your fingers to track them, so keeping the guns a little lower and tilting your aim up is the best.

Please let me know in the comments below which combinations of modes work for you, and why! If this feels good to folks, I'll think about expanding it into some sort of real game.

Please note that all donations to this project are entirely optional but very welcome, and will go towards further exploration of gaming on Apple Vision Pro.