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Getting Started with React VR

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Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788476607

Pages 294 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Virtual Reality

Author (1):

John Gwinner

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgements

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. What is Virtual Reality, Really?

2. Flatland and Beyond: VR Programming

3. 3D or Reality in Dimensions Other than X and Y

4. The React VR Library

5. Your First VR App

6. Working with Poly and the Gon Family

7. Sitting Down with a (Virtual) Teapot

8. Breath Life in Your World

9. Do It Yourself – Native Modules and Three.js

10. Bringing in the Real Live World

11. Take a Walk on the Wild Side

12. Publishing Your App, and Where to Go from Here

Summary

In this chapter, we've covered VR, why it works, and what it really is (pun intended). We've also covered how to get into a VR world with a brief overview of VR hardware and software.

Remember, even if you don't have an expensive HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, you can still view WebVR on your desktop PC.

Next, we will cover how to program VR at a very high level. There are many different ways to build VR software applications, and we will cover the different ways, and their advantages and disadvantages. You'll read an overview of the different software packages, and the advantage of WebVR. As this book is about WebVR, we will then cover installation of React VR, Node.js, and other tools to begin to make your own reality — really!

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Authors (1)

John Gwinner

John Gwinner is a Chief Technology Officer with nearly 2 decades of experience in VR. He developed a VR interface for CompuServe during the last wave of VR. He helped develop VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) and Web3D with a focus toward PCs, and put early versions of XML on the web. He was a returning speaker at the Game Developer Convention on 3D toolkits, AI, and VR. He was an early Kickstarter of a new VR Headset in 2014. Now that VR is definitely taking off again, John is once again at the forefront, with Vontic - developing VR interfaces to data, architectural visualization, and a bowling game that pits you against garden gnomes. He is a most viewed writer on Virtual Worlds and Augmented Reality on Quora, answering questions about VR and its future direction.

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