Pianta.TO

Welcome to the incredible world of Pianta.TO, where you can learn about both soil-based and hydroponic tomato cultivation!

Thanks to this innovative interactive application, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and delve into greenhouse cultivation practices, focusing on cutting-edge hydroponic techniques and widely used standard technologies in the industry.

Immerse yourself in a captivating virtual environment, where you can explore the various stages of tomato cultivation, from setting up the growing area to caring for seedlings, all the way to harvesting the fruits. You’ll be able to interact with objects, experiment with different irrigation and plant nutrition techniques, and tackle challenges for optimal plant growth.

With virtual reality technology, you’ll experience an engaging immersive journey that allows you to learn the best practices for cultivating high-quality tomatoes in a fun and stimulating way.

Get ready to become true virtual agriculture experts, ready to apply everything you’ve learned in the real world. Happy cultivation!

Credit development

The project was developed and modeled within the "Virtual Reality" course of "Politecnico di Torino" in the years 2023/2024 by the students:

• Angelo Valerio Angiola
• Federico Covolan
• Antonino Di Franco
• Marta Paoli
• Rosario Mario Errante

Controls

Enjoy playing Pianta.TO through your headset. If you don’t have one, no problem! You can still play using your keyboard.

Controller

• Left joystick to move
• Right joystick to rotate the camera
• Grabbing trigger to grab (Device: Meta Quest 3) 
  
• Main trigger to interact (Device: Meta Quest 3) 
  
• A and X to cast interaction ray (Device: Meta Quest 3) 

Most common controllers should work with the game

Keyboard/mouse

• Move with WASD
• Mouse to move camera and hands orientation
• T to unlock left hand
• Y to unlock right hand
• B for rendering ray
• G for grabbing

Additional assets

• Background assets: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vegetation/trees/conifers-botd-142076, https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/nature/grass-flowers...,
• Sound: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/ambient/nature/nature-essentials-208...
• Outdoor texture material: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/floors/outdoor-groun...,  https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/terrain-sample-...