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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

Tools

Unity

Concepts

Virtual Reality

Authors (2):

John Williamson

Charles Palmer

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

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

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Prepping for VR

The deliverable for this project will be a VR application for the Samsung Gear VR. To accomplish this, we must change the build settings to accommodate the Android mobile device and load the Oculus Virtual Reality plugin into our scene. The following steps outline this process:

Select Build Settings... from the File menu
Select Android from the Platform list and ASTC from the Texture Compression dropdown menu
Click the Switch Platform button to confirm the change
Save the scene and project

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Authors (2)

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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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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