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Virtual Reality Blueprints

You're reading from Virtual Reality Blueprints Create compelling VR experiences for mobile and desktop

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786462985

Length 250 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Unity

Concepts

Virtual Reality

Authors (2):

Palmer

John Williamson

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Foreword

Contributors

Preface

1. The Past, Present, and Future of VR FREE CHAPTER

2. Building a Solar System for Google Cardboard

3. Building an Image Gallery System for the Gear VR

4. Adding User Interactions to the Virtual Gallery Project

5. Fighting Zombies on the Oculus Rift

6. Scripting Zombies for the Oculus Rift

7. Carnival Midway Games — Part 1

8. Carnival Midway Games — Part 2

9. VR Hardware Roundup

10. VR Terms and Definitions

1. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Index

Primer of best practices

Beyond creating great experiences, the number one goal in VR should be the comfort of the user. Specifically, not making the user feel ill from motion sickness.

Input

In our work, we have found the user interface of the Vive, Oculus, and PSVR to be the most reliable, easiest to train and best suited for fine-tuned gestures and manipulation.

The HoloLens natural input gestures can take a few minutes to learn and the voice recognition, while very reliable, even in noisy conditions, can be tricky due to the nuances of language and the wide ranges of synonyms that exist. Grab/Pinch/Hold/Grasp/Clutch/Seize/Take can all mean the same thing to different users as can Drop/Place/Release/Let Go/Place here. Keeping vocabulary to a minimum while building in as much redundancy as possible is the best design choice.

For Cardboard VR (though it can be used in all the other systems), the most common user interface is simply gaze select. The user puts the cross-hair on an icon and holds...

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Authors (2)

Palmer

Palmer

Charles Palmer is a faculty member and administrator at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, a STEM-focused, private, four-year comprehensive university dedicated to ensuring institutional access for underrepresented students and linking learning and research to practical outcomes. As the Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Entertainment and Learning Technologies, Professor Palmer oversees the design and development of ventures in new and emerging technologies, serves as Program Lead for the undergraduate Interactive Media program, is an adviser to the Learning Technology Masters of Science program, coordinates a high school video game academy, and mentors university students on research projects in the fields of augmented/virtual reality, mobile computing, web application development, digital media and interactive games. As a technologist and public speaker, Charles uses virtual reality, 3d printing, gamification, interactive storytelling, social media and simulations to discuss how training and performance can be improved with the inclusion of the latest technological advances. Professor Palmer is also a co-author of the recently released “Alternate Reality Games: Gamification for Performance” available from CRC Press and Amazon.

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John Williamson

John Williamson

John Williamson has worked in VR since 1995. As a producer/designer, he has shipped over three dozen games (America's Army, Hawken, SAW, and Spec Ops) in nearly every genre (RTS, FPS, Arcade, Simulation, Survival Horror) on nearly every platform (iOS, Android, Wii, Playstation, Xbox, web, PC, and VR). He is also an award-winning filmmaker and has taught game design at DigiPen and Harrisburg University. Now, he works in VR, creating immersive training for a wide range of high-consequence trainers for the US Air Force, Army, and NASA

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