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Steven Antonio Christian
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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.
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Assigning custom materials and assets to GOs

One important aspect of a VR rig is the visual representation of the hands, as this allows the user to see and interact with virtual objects in a realistic way.

To enhance the visual experience, we can add custom visuals for the hands on our VR rig. This can be done by exploring options available on the Unity Asset Store, which is a marketplace that offers a wide range of assets and tools for Unity developers. For our example, we will be downloading custom VR hand assets and a custom transparent ghost shader.

Custom VR hand assets are pre-made 3D models of hands that can be imported and used in Unity to replace the default primitive cubes or spheres that are often used to represent hands in VR. These assets can be more detailed and realistic, providing a more immersive experience for the user.

A custom transparent ghost shader is a type of shader that controls how light interacts with a 3D object. It is responsible for adding transparency...

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Steven Antonio Christian

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.
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