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Complete Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Development with Unity

You're reading from   Complete Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Development with Unity Leverage the power of Unity and become a pro at creating mixed reality applications

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Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648183
Length 668 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Virtually Everything for Everyone 2. Content, Objects, and Scale FREE CHAPTER 3. VR Build and Run 4. Gaze-Based Control 5. Handy Interactables 6. World Space UI 7. Locomotion and Comfort 8. Playing with Physics and Fire 9. Animation and VR Storytelling 10. What AR is and How to Get Set up 11. GIS Fundamentals - The Power of Mapping 12. Censored - Various Sensor Data and Plugins 13. The Sound of Flowery Prose 14. Picture Puzzle - The AR Experience 15. Fitness for Fun - Tourism and Random Walking 16. Snap it! Adding Filters to Pictures 17. To the HoloLens and Beyond 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Chapter 3. VR Build and Run

Yeah well, this is cool and everything, but where's my VR? I WANT MY VR!

Hold on kid, we're getting there.

In this chapter, we are going to set up your system and configure your project to build and run with a virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD). We will be discussing the following topics:

  • The levels of VR device integration software
  • Enabling virtual reality for your platform
  • Using device-specific camera rigs in your project
  • Setting up your development machine to build and run VR projects from Unity

This chapter is very nuts and bolts. Although Unity aims to provide a unified platform for create once, build many, you are always going to need to do some system setup, project configuration, and include object components for your specific target devices. After the first couple of topics in this chapter, you can jump to the section(s) that most concern you and your target devices. This chapter includes cookbook instructions for the following:

  • Building for SteamVR
  • Building...
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