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Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804619537
Pages 566 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Steven Antonio Christian Steven Antonio Christian
Profile icon Steven Antonio Christian

Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Philosophy and Basics of Understanding Virtual Reality
2. Chapter 1: Philosophy of Building Immersive Experiences 3. Part 2: Technical Skills for Building VR Experiences in Unity (Assets, GameObjects, Scripts, and Components)
4. Chapter 2: Building VR Scenes in Unity 5. Chapter 3: Working with Inputs and Interactions 6. Chapter 4: Using Game Objects, Materials, and Prefabs 7. Chapter 5: Implementing Animation – Physics and Colliders 8. Chapter 6: Lighting Your Worlds and Experiences 9. Chapter 7: Creating Immersion with Sound 10. Chapter 8: Working with C#, Unity Events, and Input Actions 11. Chapter 9: Unlocking the Power of Render Pipelines 12. Part 3: Projects: Putting Skills Together
13. Chapter 10: Design Thinking for Virtual Reality Experiences 14. Chapter 11: Adding Audio to a Virtual Reality World 15. Chapter 12: Building an Art Gallery 16. Chapter 13: Animating a Virtual Reality Experience 17. Chapter 14: Recording Virtual Reality Videos 18. Chapter 15: Enhancing Virtual Reality Rigs 19. Chapter 16: Triggering Actions in Virtual Reality 20. Chapter 17: Destroying Objects in Virtual Reality 21. Part 4: Final Touches
22. Chapter 18: Optimizing Your Virtual Reality Experiences 23. Index 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

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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