Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022: Use Unity's latest features to level up your skills for VR games, apps, and other projects - Brossura

Christian, Steven Antonio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1804619531 ISBN 13: 9781804619537

Casa editrice: Packt Publishing, 2023

Riassunto

Unlock your creativity with this part-color guide to VR projects in Unity, crafting immersive games, refining VR experiences, and leading XR development

Key Features

• Understand the fundamentals and build a solid foundation in XR development
• Develop technical skills for building VR experiences in Unity, including assets, GameObjects, scripts, and components
• Create engaging and innovative virtual reality projects using the Unity game engine
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as one of the most transformative mediums of the 21st century, finding applications in various industries, including gaming, entertainment, and education.

Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022 takes you into the fascinating realm of VR, where creativity meets cutting-edge technology to bring tangible real-world applications to life. This immersive exploration not only equips you with the essential skills needed to craft captivating VR environments using Unity's powerful game engine but also offers a deeper understanding of the philosophy behind creating truly immersive experiences.

Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical VR scene creation, interactive design, spatial audio, and C# programming and prepare to apply these skills to real-world projects spanning art galleries, interactive playgrounds, and beyond. To ensure your VR creations reach their full potential, the book also includes valuable tips on optimization, guaranteeing maximum immersion and impact for your VR adventures.

By the end of this book, you’ll have a solid understanding of VR’s versatility and how you can leverage the Unity game engine to create groundbreaking projects.

What you will learn

• Harness the power of the Unity game engine to explore VR
• Understand VR and how to integrate Unity into the general workflow
• Build and test a variety of VR experiences for headsets, computers, and mobile devices
• Integrate traditional game and animation tools into VR experiences
• Explore worldbuilding techniques to create expansive VR environments
• Integrate optimization techniques to improve the performance of your VR experiences

Who this book is for

This book is for individuals who are familiar with the Unity game engine and want to explore virtual reality. If you’re a game developer, VR developer, or creator with Unity experience, this is your guide to learning the essential principles and techniques for VR development in Unity 2022. A basic understanding of the Unity user interface, navigation, and C# will help you make the most of the book.

Table of Contents

1. Philosophy of Building Immersive Experiences
2. Building Virtual Reality Scenes in Unity
3. Working with Inputs and Interactions
4. Using GameObjects, Materials, and Prefabs
5. Implementing Animation – Physics and Colliders
6. Lighting Your Worlds and Experiences
7. Creating Immersion with Sound
8. Working with C#, Unity Events, and Input Assets
9. Unlocking the Power of Render Pipelines
10. Design Thinking for Virtual Reality Experiences
11. Adding Audio to a Virtual Reality World
12. Building an Art Gallery
13. Animating a Virtual Reality Experience
14. Recording Virtual Reality Videos
15. Enhancing Virtual Reality Rigs
16. Triggering Actions in Virtual Reality
17. Destroying Objects in Virtual Reality
18. Optimizing Your Virtual Reality Experiences

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull?autore

Steven Christian is an Augmented Reality Developer, Animator, and Medical Student Student. He’s also the Owner of Iltopia Studios where he creates comics and cartoons that explore the Black experience in America. He is Unity Certified 3D Artist and Instructor and his goal is to improve equity in arts and technology through content creation and community-focused education.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1804619531
• ISBN 13: 9781804619537
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 566
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile