Unreal Engine 4 Virtual Reality Projects: Build immersive, real-world VR applications using UE4, C++, and Unreal Blueprints

Kevin Mack

Robert Ruud

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4.6 (18 Ratings)

Paperback Apr 2019 632 pages 1st Edition

Kevin Mack

Robert Ruud

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Learn about effective VR design and develop virtual reality games and applications for every VR platform
Build essential features for VR such as player locomotion and interaction, 3D user interfaces, and 360 media players
Learn about multiplayer networking and how to extend the engine using plugins and asset packs

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Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is a powerful tool for developing VR games and applications. With its visual scripting language, Blueprint, and built-in support for all major VR headsets, it's a perfect tool for designers, artists, and engineers to realize their visions in VR. This book will guide you step-by-step through a series of projects that teach essential concepts and techniques for VR development in UE4. You will begin by learning how to think about (and design for) VR and then proceed to set up a development environment. A series of practical projects follows, taking you through essential VR concepts. Through these exercises, you'll learn how to set up UE4 projects that run effectively in VR, how to build player locomotion schemes, and how to use hand controllers to interact with the world. You'll then move on to create user interfaces in 3D space, use the editor's VR mode to build environments directly in VR, and profile/optimize worlds you've built. Finally, you'll explore more advanced topics, such as displaying stereo media in VR, networking in Unreal, and using plugins to extend the engine. Throughout, this book focuses on creating a deeper understanding of why the relevant tools and techniques work as they do, so you can use the techniques and concepts learned here as a springboard for further learning and exploration in VR.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone interested in learning to develop Virtual Reality games and applications using UE4. Developers new to UE4 will benefit from hands-on projects that guide readers through clearly-explained steps, while both new and experienced developers will learn crucial principles and techniques for VR development in UE4.

What you will learn

Understand design principles and concepts for building VR applications
Set up your development environment with Unreal Blueprints and C++
Create a player character with several locomotion schemes
Evaluate and solve performance problems in VR to maintain high frame rates
Display mono and stereo videos in VR
Extend Unreal Engine s capabilities using various plugins

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Jonona Jun 29, 2019

I am about halfway through this book so far, and already it has propelled my knowledge farther than other resources. Just the thorough discussion of locomotion by itself justifies the cost of the book. The true value though is found in the way the authors take the time to explain why things are being done, not just how. A lot of books become obsolete rather quickly because UE4 changes so fast. But this book's philosophy of explaining why things are done will make it useful long after the engine version changes. It doesn't depend on outside tools, just sticks to the engine.The verdict: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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Rohit Aug 08, 2022

This is a very great book. I got to know a lot from this. Thank But I have a question*Is this also for Oculus quest 2?*

P. Rerksanant Feb 11, 2020

More details and cleary, easy to follow and understand.

Dino Feb 15, 2020

A fantastic book. Very clear and easy to follow, gives a great introduction to developing VR in Unreal and at the same time introduces lots of the fundamentals of Blueprint design in general. the authors also focus on good coding practice.The only negative point I have is that on the front cover it mentions C++ but the book is almost totally focussed on Blueprint coding, so if you specifically want to learn C++ coding for Unreal you would need another book.

cybereality Feb 06, 2021

This book right here is gold for anyone wanting to get into virtual reality development with Unreal. There is not a lot of handholding, you are expected to understand the basics of using Unreal to get the most out of the book. Rather than trying to explain programming fundamentals or UE4 basic functionality, the authors instead jump straight into actual VR development. That said, they do show how to setup your development environment at the start, but this is mostly for completeness. The book is about VR specifically, which is great because there are already tons of resources for general development that are not repeated here.Contained in the text a 11 chapters, each building upon each other for how to work with VR in the context of Unreal Engine. We learn about thinking in VR and the established concepts, setting up the dev environment, using a basic VR template and exporting for mobile VR. Navigation and moving around. Interacting with your hands. User interface considerations and solutions. Building in VR. Playing media, including 360 and stereo 3D video. Multiplayer, and more. I’d consider this quite a complete survey and I’m happy the authors stuck to VR only and did not dilute the text with general information.So overall, I’d consider this book a big success. If you’re looking to get into VR with Unreal Engine, this is the ticket. It is well explained, not confusing at all, and does cover the most essential aspects of creating for virtual reality. Mack and Ruud also spend a good amount of time explaining certain considerations you need to do with respect to VR, such as special locomotion methods to avoid sickness, as well as the performance limits of mobile VR hardware. This is an almost flawless execution and should not be missed.

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