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Hello All,

I am looking at using Unity as a platform for interactive self guided interpretation. I have yet to start to use Unity, but before I begin, I would like to know that it can handle things that I am hoping to perform. The main thing I would like to do is have object hold information. I am thinking of something like text info (ie: this building was built in 1892). I am hoping that the first person character can walk over to it, and either within a distance of the object a text box will pop-up, or you can use a button on a controller to activate the text information.

Is this something that could be done in Unity?

Thanks…

Yes, all you need to do is trigger OnGUI and draw text onto the screen.

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Thank you so much. I am going to attempt my first Unity project. I am sure I will have more questions in the future.

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Yes.
You could put a collider on the building and a collider on your first-person character. When they intersect, you could use the GUI system to display a popup message.

I suspect there’s at least another 10 ways to accomplish this too.

Thank you...I will see if I can give this a try. All new things for me.

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