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Tropical Reef Water

Unity water shader to represent the coral reefs near tropical islands. This went through a few iterations, but landed on a simpler design that incorporated masks to coral reefs and shallower water to sell the island look. Using simple noise textures and condensed color channel masks allowed this to optimally run on stand-alone VR hardware, including the Quest 1.

View of the water in-game

View of the water in-game

View of the water in-game

View of the water in-game

Material Setup

Material Setup

Shader nodes

Shader nodes