Turtle VR News

The first two videos in our Let's Build series are now available on YouTube.

Let's Build 01
In this video, we walk you through using the tablet to build your first program to have the turtle draw a square. We go into details about moving and rotating the turtle, and changing the color of the drawn lines. This video takes place in the Synthwave environment.

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Let's Build 02
In this video, we walk through having the turtle draw random zigzag paths based on the RandomPath example. We go into details about setting up random choices, and making use of a loop programming block. This video takes place in the Grasslands environment.

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Let's Build Playlist
Both of these videos are available from a new Turtle VR playlist available here: Turtle VR Playlist. More turtorial videos will be added over time.

Enjoy!

The first patch release for Turtle VR has just been published. This patch includes:

Version Number
The current Turtle VR version number has been added to the top left of the main map tablet.

New Blocks
The following new blocks have been added under the Turtle category:

• reset position - Jumps the turtle to the world origin, without drawing a line
  
• rotate to - Allows for an absolute rotation of the turtle
  
• reset rotation - Returns the turtle to the starting world rotation
  

The help information on these blocks have also been added. Also with these blocks, the version number of the saved files has been increased, so you'll need at least Turtle VR v1.1 to load any files saved with this release.

New Examples
The following examples have been added under the Examples tab when loading programs:

• Ball (shown in the launch trailer)
  
• Rainbow Room
  
• Star
  
• Tall Squares
  
• Tall Squares Spiral (also shown in the launch trailer)
  

For the Rainbow Room, you'll want to turn on the Render Using Hue and Do Color Cycling view options. Stand inside the drawing for the best effect.

Enjoy!

The first patch release for Turtle VR has just been published. This patch includes:

Version Number
The current Turtle VR version number has been added to the top left of the main map tablet.

New Blocks
The following new blocks have been added under the Turtle category:

• reset position - Jumps the turtle to the world origin, without drawing a line
  
• rotate to - Allows for an absolute rotation of the turtle
  
• reset rotation - Returns the turtle to the starting world rotation
  

The help information on these blocks have also been added. Also with these blocks, the version number of the saved files has been increased, so you'll need at least Turtle VR v1.1 to load any files saved with this release.

New Examples
The following examples have been added under the Examples tab when loading programs:

• Ball (shown in the launch trailer)
  
• Rainbow Room
  
• Star
  
• Tall Squares
  
• Tall Squares Spiral (also shown in the launch trailer)
  

For the Rainbow Room, you'll want to turn on the Render Using Hue and Do Color Cycling view options. Stand inside the drawing for the best effect.

Enjoy!