Camcorder HUD

I started this project wanting to make a camcorder HUD, inspired mostly from the camcorder in Outlast. After having built a few of the elements using only UV-maths I set a goal for myself to build everything completely procedural without any textures.

The HUD features:

• Dynamic Parallax effect
• Current day/time widget
• Action log
• Compass
• Radar with interest markings
• Battery meter with current drain indicator
• Grainy VHS effect that can be intensified for a “glitch” feeling
• Active help buttons
• “Recording” function with timer
• Scotopic night vision

There are also some fun stuff that’s hard to spot in the video like the battery draining faster depending on what’s enabled and a “boot” sequence on initialize.

Note that YouTube’s encoding kind of slaughters the grain effect. It looks much better in Unreal, promise!