The Interior of the Amygdala

A Virtual Reality experience built in Unity, showcasing interactive environments, AI-driven chatbots, emotion detection, audio-reactive visuals, and a mini-map system.

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📑 Table of Contents

• 🌟 Features
• 🎯 Prerequisites
• 🛠️ Project Setup
• 🔑 Hugging Face Integration
• 🚀 Usage
  • In-Editor Testing
  • Building for a VR Headset (Oculus Quest 3S)
• 📂 Folder Structure

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🌟 Features

• Built with Unity XR Interaction Toolkit
• AI-driven chatbot UI (FlipPhoneChatXR)
• Real-time speech transcription (SpeechRecognitionTest)
• Emotion detection via Hugging Face (EmotionDetectionAPI)
• Audio-reactive FFT visuals & guitar simulation (SimpleMusicVA)
• Interactive draggable environment & 2D mini-map (MinimapSystem)

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🎯 Prerequisites

• Unity: 2021.3 LTS or newer
• **Android SDK (for Oculus Quest builds)
• Unity Packages (via Package Manager):
  • XR Interaction Toolkit
  • Oculus XR Plugin
  • Input System
  • TextMeshPro
  • Unity UI

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🛠️ Project Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/1gabriella/VR-Nostalgia-Final.git
   cd VR-Nostalgia-Final
   

git lfs install git lfs pull

Open in Unity

1. Add project to Unity Hub
   • In Unity Hub: Add → select the project folder

🔑 Hugging Face Integration

1. Get an API Token

   • Sign in at huggingface.co → Settings → Access Tokens → New Token (grant read access)

2. Assign your token

   • In the Inspector, paste your token into the apiKey fields for:
     • FlipPhoneChatXR
     • SpeechRecognitionTest

3. Model Endpoints

   • Chat: microsoft/DialoGPT-medium
   • ASR: facebook/wav2vec2-base-960h
   • Emotion: 1bbypluto/Nostalgic_finetuned

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🚀 Usage

In-Editor Testing

• Press Play in the Unity Editor.
• Note: player to movearound requires a connected VR headset.

Building for a VR Headset (Oculus Quest 3S)

1. Switch build target

   • File → Build Settings → select Android → Switch Platform
   • Add your current scene under Scenes In Build

2. Player Settings

   • Minimum API Level: Android 7.0 or higher
   • XR Plug-in Management: ensure Oculus is checked

3. Build & Run

   • Connect your Quest via USB
   • Click Build and Run → Unity will deploy the APK to your headset
   • First build may take a while

4. Test on Quest

   • Launch the app under Unknown Sources in meta quest
   • note you will need the meta quest app and have developer settings enabled