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XR Development with Unity

You're reading from XR Development with Unity

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Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805128120

Pages 284 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Authors (2):

Anna Braun

Raffael Rizzo

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Understanding the Basics of XR and Unity

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to XR and Unity

3. Chapter 2: The Unity Editor and Scene Creation

4. Part 2 – Interactive XR Applications with Custom Logic, Animations, Physics, Sound, and Visual Effects

5. Chapter 3: VR Development in Unity

6. Chapter 4: AR Development in Unity

7. Chapter 5: Building Interactive VR Experiences

8. Chapter 6: Building Interactive AR Experiences

9. Chapter 7: Adding Sound and Visual Effects

10. Part 3 – Advanced XR Techniques: Hand-Tracking, Gaze-Tracking, and Multiplayer Capabilities

11. Chapter 8: Building Advanced XR Techniques

12. Chapter 9: Best Practices and Future Trends in XR Development

13. Index

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Setting up the Unity development environment

First things first, let’s get Unity up and running on your development machine. Throughout this book, we’ll be harnessing the power of the Unity 3D game engine to create inspiring projects. Unity is an incredibly potent, cross-platform 3D development environment, complete with an intuitive and visually appealing editor.

If you have not yet installed Unity on your computer, we will guide you through the process. Following the installation, we’ll proceed to create our initial scene. Let’s begin the setup and exploration of Unity.

Installing the Unity Hub

Over the course of this book, the Unity Hub will become your trusty command center for managing different Unity projects, Unity Editor versions, and modules. To initiate the installation process of the Unity Hub, follow these steps:

Head over to the official Unity website (https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download) and navigate to the latest version...

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Authors (2)

Anna Braun

Anna Braun is a Unity expert, who is specialized in creating XR applications. At Deutsche Telekom, Anna has developed XR prototypes in Unity. One prototype enabled warehouse workers to find commodities more easily through the use of special location data and Augmented Reality. At Fraunhofer, Anna specialized in Hand-Tracking and worked on a VR education platform. Her master's degree in Extended Reality has a special focus on Eye Tracking, Deep Learning, and Computer Graphics. She is a published author in the tech space and regularly speaks at conferences hosted by academia or non-profits like the Mozilla Foundation. Anna co-founded a company that offers XR consulting and development.

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Raffael Rizzo

Raffael Rizzo is a XR developer and Unity expert. During his work at Deutsche Telekom, he consulted companies on the use of digital twins and implemented augmented reality wayfinding solutions. At Fraunhofer IGD, Raffael worked on a VR education platform. He developed a VR training program for a soccer academy to test the children's reaction times. For the same academy, Raffael created an application that uses computer vision and machine learning to automatically evaluate ball juggling. His master's degree in Extended Reality encompasses Rendering, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and 3D Visualization. Raffael co-founded a company specializing in XR consulting and development.

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