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Published inNov 2023
Reading LevelIntermediate
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ISBN-139781805123026
Edition5th Edition
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Shaun Ferns
Shaun Ferns
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Shaun Ferns

Shaun is a lecturer at Technological University Dublin. He is currently teaching on the BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Media where he is lead in the delivery of the Multimedia Stream. He is currently exploring serious games for construction-related training as well as the opportunities transmedia provides in improving user experience and engagement in cultural archive artifacts. His educational research is currently driven by his interest in self-determined learning (heutagogy), rhizomatic learning theory, micro-credentialing /digital badging, and curriculum development.
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Sinéad Murphy
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Sinead Murphy is currently Data Analytics Manager for the Irish NGO Trocaire. She has over 25 years of computing experience, including freelance IT training and database consulting, university lecturing in mathematics, IT skills and programming at TU Dublin (Ireland) and Middlesex University (London). She is a published academic, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics, computing and data science. She is passionate about the use of IT for understanding and visualising data, and using that understanding to make meaningful differences in the world. She is currently exploring the use of Python and Unity for data analytics and interactive visualisations.
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Selecting and downloading a character from Mixamo

For some years now, Adobe has been offering a free, powerful web application for animating characters called Mixamo. This web application provides a range of free, ready-made characters and also allows you to upload your own characters. It also allows you to choose from 100s of free animation clips. You can export just an animation clip or a combined character model and an animation clip, and one of the export options is for Unity!

In this recipe, we’ll select a character and export it as an FBX asset file suitable for use in Unity. This recipe, plus the following two recipes, together allow you to create an animated NPC character in a Unity project from Mixamo resources.

Getting ready

This recipe uses the free Adobe Mixamo web application, so you’ll need to sign up for an account with them if you don’t have one already.

How to do it...

To select and download a character from Mixamo, follow...

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Unity Cookbook - Fifth Edition
Published in: Nov 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781805123026

Authors (3)

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Shaun Ferns

Shaun is a lecturer at Technological University Dublin. He is currently teaching on the BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Media where he is lead in the delivery of the Multimedia Stream. He is currently exploring serious games for construction-related training as well as the opportunities transmedia provides in improving user experience and engagement in cultural archive artifacts. His educational research is currently driven by his interest in self-determined learning (heutagogy), rhizomatic learning theory, micro-credentialing /digital badging, and curriculum development.
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Sinéad Murphy

Sinead Murphy is currently Data Analytics Manager for the Irish NGO Trocaire. She has over 25 years of computing experience, including freelance IT training and database consulting, university lecturing in mathematics, IT skills and programming at TU Dublin (Ireland) and Middlesex University (London). She is a published academic, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics, computing and data science. She is passionate about the use of IT for understanding and visualising data, and using that understanding to make meaningful differences in the world. She is currently exploring the use of Python and Unity for data analytics and interactive visualisations.
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