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Locomotion, Design, and Starting Our Project

With our knowledge of the current state of VR technology and game development, we may now begin working on our first title. As we mentioned in Chapter 1, Introducing VR Technology in Unreal Engine 4, Server 17 puts the player in the role of an intrepid hacker in search of the truth in a corrupt dystopian future. Everyone has secrets, and some will pay big sums of money for the secrets of others. In design terms, this means we're going to create a puzzle game in which the player solves puzzles and uses different tools to crack open different puzzle boxes that represent computer servers on a network. Through the building of this simple game, we'll address all of the steps of VR game design with the goal of arming you with the tools and know-how to begin work on your own title. The first step in the process is design and, for...

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Build VR games from scratch with the power of Unreal Engine 4

Learn User Experience design practices to take your VR game to the next level

Understand the best practices to creating art for games on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR

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With the ability to put players directly in the game, virtual reality gives users the chance to experience digital worlds directly. Nevertheless, many designers are unsure where to start when working with this amazing technology. With this book, you will learn user experience design processes and create immersive gameplay experiences designed for entertainment and player comfort. Using the power of Unreal Engine 4’s Blueprint visual scripting language, you will build player interaction and locomotion systems from scratch and use these flexible systems to create a sample game, as well as develop functional 2D and 3D user interfaces for players to interact with. And also learn the best practices for creating game art for virtual reality. Finally, you will learn how to test your application with your target audience and finalize your game for distribution. By the end of this book, you will have the knowledge to be able to make the leap from traditional game development to creating immersive virtual reality experiences using Unreal Engine 4.

Who is this book for?

The audience for this book is intermediate or advanced users of Unreal Engine 4 but who have not begun working with VR technology. These users are familiar with the game engine and have an interest in VR technology. They are just beginning to explore the VR features that the game engine has to offer.

What you will learn

Understand how to get started with VR development in Unreal Engine 4

Design and create interaction and locomotion systems from scratch

Plan and program a sample game for VR

Understand how VR affects user experience and user interfaces

Discuss what is needed to create optimized art for VR

Test your game with users and prepare for distribution

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Michael Hickman Mar 17, 2020

This book has skipped over major steps when it comes down to learning how VR actually works and how to set it up.A major problem that I have that hit me like a stack of bricks was at the end of chapter 2. After I did everything word for word the whole thing failed to work. And then it slowly started to click. This whole book was written for a much older Unreal Engine. Making this book a bit more obsolete.To make matters much worse I understand that you need to sell books but maybe having some sort of video series to go along with this so I can see you enter in these equations and test them would make matters a lot easier for following alone but that's not really the case.The final nail in the coffin that made me want to get a refund was the fact that this book is made in black and white. Just some that may not mean much but in unreal certain colors have meaning especially when you're setting up a Boolean or a vector. Not being able to see the colors makes matters a lot more difficult coupled with the fact that your images are blurry and hard to read

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Amy Badovinac Aug 23, 2019

The author provides the user with all of the necessary tools to design and create a VR white box level using UE. With the user friendly directions and example photos the process is designed to provide the user with a positive rewarding experience. I did find that having basic UE experience was beneficial, I was able to use another book that this author wrote to improve my UE knowledge.This book is also being used with my students to help create VR games.

Nick Pattison Jun 03, 2019

A wonderful introduction to VR concepts that can actually back-up the theory with tons of technical knowledge as well.This book is chock full of step-by-step tutorials for producing VR games in Unreal Engine 4. All of the examples are scripted with UE4's Blueprint system. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of game development: player movement, gameplay design, user interface, optimizing art, and more - and each chapter goes into detail about VR-specific considerations.

Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide: Design and Develop immersive virtual reality experiences with Unreal Engine 4

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