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Published inAug 2016
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Avisekhar Roy
Avisekhar Roy
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Avisekhar Roy

Avisekhar Roy is a B.Tech engineer in computer science. He has had a passion for coding since his school days. However, he had no plans to become a game programmer. His fate landed him in the gaming industry in 2010. Since then, he fell in love with game development. Avisekhar has worked in many formats of game development environment, ranging from small companies and individual studios to corporate companies and full-scale game development studios. He recently started his own gaming start-up in 2016 and is currently working on games for the mobile platform. Avisekhar has also worked with some big companies, such as Reliance Games in India, as well as a small-scale studio called Nautilus Mobile. He is now trying to acquire a position in the gaming industry for his own venture, Funboat Games.
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Expanded VR gaming concepts and development


We have talked about only a few of the VR gaming aspects of Android. These ideas have been implemented or are currently being implemented. However, there is a broader concept of virtual gaming.

Game developers are now trying to produce real-time experiences with VR technology. There are a few real-time games that are similar to digital gaming, such as Paint Ball, Laser Tag, and so on. With the help of VR technology, these experiences can reach the next level. Using a VR headset in a predefined arena that is physically synced with the VR application environment can take the user into the game. This concept of gaming has already started taking shape. A few test arenas for VR games have already been created with the support of various other physical gears and sensors. These gears and sensors track the user's movement in real time and duplicate it within the virtual world through the VR headset display.

Simple actions such as walking, crouching, touching...

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Published in: Aug 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785885860

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Avisekhar Roy

Avisekhar Roy is a B.Tech engineer in computer science. He has had a passion for coding since his school days. However, he had no plans to become a game programmer. His fate landed him in the gaming industry in 2010. Since then, he fell in love with game development. Avisekhar has worked in many formats of game development environment, ranging from small companies and individual studios to corporate companies and full-scale game development studios. He recently started his own gaming start-up in 2016 and is currently working on games for the mobile platform. Avisekhar has also worked with some big companies, such as Reliance Games in India, as well as a small-scale studio called Nautilus Mobile. He is now trying to acquire a position in the gaming industry for his own venture, Funboat Games.
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