Having two cameras in a Unity VR game development

Sometimes it is necessary to have two cameras in a Virtual Reality (VR) multiplayer game development. One is connected to the VR-Camera rig and the other one is connected to the desktop main display. Unity provides an easy solution to this end.

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1. Check player settings

“Virtual Reality Supported” option in the player settings must be checked. Player settings in Unity is accessible under the following menu:
“Edit -> Project settings -> Player”

2. Cameras settings

After adding a second camera (considered as the desktop camera) to your game scene, change its “Target Eye” property to “None (Main display)”. Also, it is necessary to choose a “Depth” greater than the VR camera rig depth.

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Conclusion

This article tried to configure two cameras inside a Unity game in order to have two different camera perspectives at the same time, a VR head-mounted device camera perspective and a second camera perspective on the user’s desktop.