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Unity 2020 Virtual Reality Projects
Unity 2020 Virtual Reality Projects

Unity 2020 Virtual Reality Projects: Learn VR development by building immersive applications and games with Unity 2019.4 and later versions , Third Edition

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  • Discover step-by-step instructions and best practices to begin your VR development journey
  • Explore Unity features such as URP rendering, XR Interaction Toolkit, and ProBuilder
  • Build impressive VR-based apps and games that can be experienced using modern devices like Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest

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This third edition of the Unity Virtual Reality (VR) development guide is updated to cover the latest features of Unity 2019.4 or later versions - the leading platform for building VR games, applications, and immersive experiences for contemporary VR devices. Enhanced with more focus on growing components, such as Universal Render Pipeline (URP), extended reality (XR) plugins, the XR Interaction Toolkit package, and the latest VR devices, this edition will help you to get up to date with the current state of VR. With its practical and project-based approach, this book covers the specifics of virtual reality development in Unity. You'll learn how to build VR apps that can be experienced with modern devices from Oculus, VIVE, and others. This virtual reality book presents lighting and rendering strategies to help you build cutting-edge graphics, and explains URP and rendering concepts that will enable you to achieve realism for your apps. You'll build real-world VR experiences using world space user interface canvases, locomotion and teleportation, 360-degree media, and timeline animation, as well as learn about important VR development concepts, best practices, and performance optimization and user experience strategies. By the end of this Unity book, you'll be fully equipped to use Unity to develop rich, interactive virtual reality experiences.

Who is this book for?

Whether you're a non-programmer unfamiliar with 3D computer graphics or experienced in both but new to virtual reality, if you're interested in building your own VR games or applications, this Unity book is for you. Any experience in Unity will be useful but is not necessary.

What you will learn

  • Understand the current state of virtual reality and VR consumer products
  • Get started with Unity by building a simple diorama scene using Unity Editor and imported assets
  • Configure your Unity VR projects to run on VR platforms such as Oculus, SteamVR, and Windows immersive MR
  • Design and build a VR storytelling animation with a soundtrack and timelines
  • Implement an audio fireball game using game physics and particle systems
  • Use various software patterns to design Unity events and interactable components
  • Discover best practices for lighting, rendering, and post-processing

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Kim Aug 21, 2020
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So far this has been my most useful resource. It is written in a way that is very easy to understand even if you are new to Unity. I live the project oriented approach. Gives you very practical ideas for application.
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Yash Gugale Aug 16, 2020
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I have been using all the previous editions of this book and the content has been great every time. This newer edition is fully updated and comes with great chapters covering a wide variety of topics in VR development from teleportation, lighting, UI to interaction and much more. It is suitable for beginners and advanced developers alike and will truly help anyone wanting to build amazing VR applications and experiences.A must read!
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セラフ Jan 12, 2022
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UnityでC#を使いながらVRモデルを動かす体験ができる。日本語の本だとまだまだUnityでVRを動かす資料は少ない(2D系は充実している)と思うのでその点では有意義だと思う。色んなケースが乗っている点も良い。ただ読者が手を動かして実装していく部分は、文字での説明は極力控えて画像等が使われた、視覚的に分かり易いモノの方が私は好き。家具のDIYで例えるなら、この本の説明は1. AをBに取り付ける。2. BのC部分を折り曲げる、の様な文字での解説と、説明の手順を終えた後の完成品が乗っているイメージ。説明の文字部分も画像で分かるとどこが間違っているか分かり易いのだが、これは個人の好みかもしれない。画像や図が増えるとページ数がどうしても増えてしまい、価格が上がるか掲載できるケース数が減ってしまうと思うから一長一短。
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Joseph McFarland Nov 11, 2020
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It was a good starting point but I found the code a little janky. The climbing code would bug out and not allow you to grip another grip point until you released your other hand. It is a good starting point though but there are youtube tutorials out there that go in to much more detail than this book can.
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While the concepts are good and those programs that work fun, I was expecting with this 2020 title for the examples to be up to date and the code to work exactly as described. Only those in the first few chapters work as described, so far. For example, every script in chapter 6 threw errors in 2019.4 and had to be deleted for the project to even run in VR. So as a beginner in unity without C# code experience, I basically had to wing it and modify and learn what I could from the examples. I wish a little more quality control had been done. I realize it is difficult with Unity changing so often. But I tried multiple old versions and still had trouble making many examples work. So for the money I am pretty disappointed, but hope to learn what I can from the book's basic info. It would be helpful to add a whole chapter up front on what to do when examples simply don't work. In chapter 7, if you download the final project the author created, that did seem to work, so perhaps there are are configuration/setup variables in the unity environment that are causing me trouble. I love it when it works!
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