Index

A

• AltspaceVR
  • URL / 3D worlds
• Android Developer Studio
  • about / Building and running in Android
• Android SDK setup
  • URL / The Android setup
• API (application programming interface)
  • about / Interlude – a quick introduction to Unity programming
• applications
  • versus games / Applications versus games
• AR
  • and VR, comparing / The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
• Assets folder
  • cleaning up / Cleaning up
• automated walkthrough
  • implementing / An animated walk-through
  • Unity animation system / Unity's animation system
  • scripted animation / Scripted animation

B

• B.W. Kilborn & Co, Littleton, New Hampshire
  • URL / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• barrel distortion
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• batching
  • about / Life's a batch
  • static batching / Life's a batch
  • dynamic batching / Life's a batch
• best practices, VR
  • URL / An in-game dashboard with input events
• Blender
  • URL / Importing from the Blender experiment
  • about / An introduction to Blender, Blender, Building in Blender
  • unit cube, building / A unit cube
  • UV Texture image, creating / A UV Texture image
  • files, importing into Unity / Importing into Unity
  • observations / A few observations
  • gallery exhibit room, building in / Building in Blender
• Blender experiment
  • importing from / Importing from the Blender experiment
• bouncy balls
  • implementing / Bouncy balls
• build, for Google Cardboard
  • defining / Build for Google Cardboard
  • Android setup / The Android setup
  • iOS setup / The iOS setup
  • Cardboard Unity package, installing / Installing the Cardboard Unity package
  • camera, adding / Adding the camera
  • build settings / The build settings
  • Play Mode / The Play Mode
  • in Android / Building and running in Android, Building and running in iOS
  • running, in Android / Building and running in Android
  • running, in iOS / Building and running in iOS
• build, for Oculus Rift
  • about / Build for the Oculus Rift

C

• camera ray
  • URL / Go where I'm looking
• Capsule Collider behavior
  • about / The Character Controller component
• Cardboard Unity package
  • URL / Installing the Cardboard Unity package
• Character Controller (CC)
  • about / The Character Controller component
• chromatic aberration correction
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• classes
  • about / Interlude – a quick introduction to Unity programming
• cloud server / The network architecture
• co-routine
  • about / The RandomPosition script
• comfort and safety, player
  • improving, considerations / Managing VR motion sickness
• components
  • about / Unity components
• computer generated imagery (CGI)
  • about / The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
• corporate logo
  • about / The corporate logo
  • Blender / Blender
  • Unity / Unity
• crystal balls
  • about / Crystal balls
• custom VRChat room
  • building / Building and sharing a custom VRChat room
  • sharing / Building and sharing a custom VRChat room
  • world, preparing / Preparing and building the world
  • world, building / Preparing and building the world
  • world, hosting / Host the world

D

• 3D Studio Max
  • URL / Building in Blender
• 3D View editor
  • considerations / An introduction to Blender
• 3D virtual worlds
  • examples / 3D worlds
• 360-degree media
  • defining / 360-degree media
• 360-degree media capture
  • about / Capturing a 360-degree media
• 360-degree photosphere
  • working / Field of view – FOV
• desktop VR
  • about / Desktop VR
• device-independent clicker
  • about / The device-independent clicker
• devices
  • about / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • gamepad / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • HMD touchpad / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • positional game controller / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • wearable motion sensors / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • body-tracking cameras / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • treadmills / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • voice commands / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • gesture recognition / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  • eye tracking / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
• diorama
  • creating / Creating a simple diorama
  • cube, adding / Adding a cube
  • plane, adding / Adding a plane
  • sphere, adding / Adding a sphere and some material
  • material, adding / Adding a sphere and some material
  • scene view, changing / Changing the scene view
  • photo, adding / Adding a photo
  • ground plane, coloring / Coloring the ground plane
• direction vector
  • about / The LookMoveTo script

E

• @eVRydayVR
  • URL / The reticle cursor
• Earth globe
  • adding / The planet Earth
• editors, Blender
  • Info editor / An introduction to Blender
  • Timeline editor / An introduction to Blender
  • Outliner editor / An introduction to Blender
  • Properties editor / An introduction to Blender
• elevator
  • about / An elevator
• environment and geometry
  • adding / Interlude – environment and things
  • Wispy Sky / Wispy Sky
  • Earth globe / The planet Earth
  • corporate logo / The corporate logo
• equirectangular projections
  • defining / Equirectangular projections
  • URL / Equirectangular projections
  • about / Equirectangular projections
• Ethan
  • transforming, into zombie / Ethan, the walker
  • ThirdPersonController, replacing / Artificially intelligent Ethan
  • Navmesh bakery / The Navmesh bakery
  • script, attaching to WalkTarget object / A random walker in the town
  • Unity programming, defining / Interlude – a quick introduction to Unity programming
  • RandomPosition script / The RandomPosition script
  • NavMesh steering parameters, adjusting / "Zombie-ize" Ethan!
  • killing / If looks could kill

F

• FBX (Filmbox)
  • about / A UV Texture image
• field of view (FOV)
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing, Field of view – FOV
  • URL / Field of view – FOV
• first person feature
  • making / Making a first person
  • moving, in direction / Move in the direction you're looking
  • feet, keeping on ground / Keep your feet on the ground
  • passing through solid objects, avoiding / Don't pass through solid objects
  • fall off edge, avoiding / Don't fall off the edge of the world
  • small objects, stepping over / Stepping over small objects and handling uneven terrain
  • uneven terrain, handling / Stepping over small objects and handling uneven terrain
  • moving, starting / Start and stop moving
  • moving, stopping / Start and stop moving
  • head gestures, using / Using head gestures to start/stop
• Flickr pool
  • URL / Photospheres
• frames per second (FPS)
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• functions
  • about / Interlude – a quick introduction to Unity programming

G

• gallery exhibit room, building in Blender
  • about / Building in Blender
  • walls / Walls
  • ceiling / Ceiling
• gallery room model, assembling in Unity
  • about / Assemble the scene in Unity
  • gallery room structure / The gallery room
  • artwork rig, creating / The artwork rig
  • exhibition plan / The exhibition plan
• game element UI
  • defining / The game element UI
• game mechanics
  • about / Applications versus games
• games
  • versus applications / Applications versus games
• Gizmo
  • about / Adding a sphere and some material
• Gizmos
  • about / Adding a sphere and some material
• GLAM
  • URL / WebVR
• globes
  • about / Globes
• glTF
  • URL / WebVR
• Google Cardboard
  • URL / Mobile VR, Build for Google Cardboard
• Google Cardboard players / The Google Cardboard players
• Google play, for Cardboard app
  • URL / Applications versus games
• Google Project Tango
  • URL / Applications versus games
• GoPro®
  • about / Types of VR experiences
• graphics processing unit (GPU)
  • about / Desktop VR

H

• Hand tool
  • about / Changing the scene view
• head-mounted display (HMD)
  • about / Desktop VR
• head-mounted displays
  • types / Types of head-mounted displays
  • desktop VR / Desktop VR
  • mobile VR / Mobile VR
• headshots
  • implementing / Headshots
• High Fidelity
  • URL / 3D worlds
• HMD (head-mounted display) sensors / Adding multiplayer virtual reality
• HoloLens
  • about / The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
• Home Styler
  • URL / Building in Blender
• HTC/Valve Vive
  • about / Desktop VR
• human trampoline
  • about / A human trampoline
  • like brick / Like a brick
  • like character / Like a character

I

• implementation and content, optimization
  • about / Optimizing your implementation and content
  • models, simplifying / Simplify your models
  • texture maps, using / Using texture maps instead of complex meshes
  • objects to be drawn, limiting / Limiting the objects to be drawn
  • lighting effects / Lighting and shadow performance
  • shadow performance / Lighting and shadow performance
  • scripts, optimizing / Optimizing your scripts
• in-game dashboard, with input events
  • defining / An in-game dashboard with input events
  • dashboard, creating with buttons / Creating a dashboard with buttons
  • water hose, linking to buttons / Linking the water hose to the buttons
  • buttons, activating from script / Activating buttons from the script
  • button, highlighting / Look to highlight a button
  • clicking, to select / Looking and then clicking to select
  • Clicker class, using / Looking and then clicking to select
  • time-based selection, using / Looking and staring to select
• Indicatrix, Tissot
  • URL / Equirectangular projections
• info bubble
  • defining / The info bubble
• infographics
  • defining / Infographics
• interpupillary distance (IPD)
  • about / User calibrations
• Inter Pupillary Distance (IPD)
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• iOS setup
  • URL / The iOS setup
• IP (Internet Protocol) address / The network architecture

J

• JanusVR
  • URL / 3D worlds
• jump gesture
  • implementing / Jumping

K

• Kickstarter campaign
  • about / What is virtual reality to you?
• KillTarget script
  • defining / The KillTarget script

L

• light fields
  • about / The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
• lobby manager
  • about / The Unity networking system
• local authority
  • about / Local versus server
• locomotion
  • about / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
• locomotion and teleportation control
  • techniques / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors

M

• Magic Leap
  • about / The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
• magic orbs
  • about / Magic orbs
• map projections and spherical distortions
  • URL / Equirectangular projections
• measurement tools
  • about / Measurement tools
  • unit cube, keeping handy / Keeping a unit cube handy
  • Grid Projector, using / Using a Grid Projector
  • Ethan character, measuring / Measuring the Ethan character
• MeMyselfEye object
  • creating / Creating the MeMyselfEye prefab
• Microsoft Kinect
  • about / Head-body disconnect
• mobile VR
  • about / Types of head-mounted displays, Mobile VR
• MonoDevelop
  • about / Interlude – a quick introduction to Unity programming
• Morpheus project
  • about / Desktop VR
• motion detection
  • about / Head tracking
• motion sickness, reducing
  • URL / Virtual David le nose
• MozVR
  • URL / WebVR
• multipass pixel filling / Multipass pixel filling
• multiplayer networking
  • networking services / Networking services
  • network architecture / The network architecture
  • local, versus server / Local versus server
  • Unity networking system / The Unity networking system
  • adding / Adding multiplayer networking
  • Network Manager component, adding / Network Manager and HUD
  • Network Identity, adding / Network Identity and Transform
  • Network Transform, adding / Network Identity and Transform
  • running, as host / Running as a host
  • spawn positions, adding / Adding spawn positions
  • game instances, running / Running two instances of the game
  • avatar, associating with first person character / Associating avatar with the first-person character
• multiplayer virtual reality
  • adding / Adding multiplayer virtual reality
  • Oculus Rift players / The Oculus Rift players
  • Google Cardboard players / The Google Cardboard players
• Mumble
  • URL / Next steps

N

• NavMesh
  • creating / The Navmesh bakery
• NavMesh Agent component
  • about / Artificially intelligent Ethan
• Network Behavior class
  • about / The Unity networking system
  • URL / The Unity networking system
• Network Identity component
  • about / The Unity networking system
• Network Manager component
  • about / The Unity networking system
• Network Start Position component
  • about / The Unity networking system
• non-gaming applications
  • examples / Applications versus games
• Nose Gesture Interface
  • URL / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
• NVIDIA PhysX engine / Unity physics

O

• ocular distortion correction
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• oculus
  • URL / Using head gestures
• Oculus Rift
  • URL / Desktop VR
• Oculus Rift Development Kit 1 (DK1)
  • about / What is virtual reality to you?
• Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (DK2)
  • about / What is virtual reality to you?
• Oculus Rift players / The Oculus Rift players
• Oculus Runtime
  • about / Build for the Oculus Rift
• Oculus Share
  • URL / Applications versus games
• Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR)
  • about / The OSVR project
  • URL / The OSVR project
• optimization techniques, for performance and comfort
  • about / Optimizing for performance and comfort
  • implementation and content, optimizing / Optimizing your implementation and content
  • Unity rendering pipeline, optimizing / Optimizing for the Unity rendering pipeline
  • target hardware and drivers, optimizing / Optimizing for the target hardware and drivers

P

• panoramas
  • defining / Panoramas
• particle effects
  • adding / Adding particle effects
• Photon Unity Networking (PUN) package / Networking services
• Photon with VR
  • URL / Networking services
• photos
  • adding, to gallery / Adding photos to the gallery
• photosphere
  • URL / 360-degree media
• photospheres
  • about / Photospheres
• physic material
  • about / The Rigidbody component
• physics engine
  • about / The Rigidbody component
• pincushion effect
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• pixels per inch (ppi)
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• Pogo3D
  • URL / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • about / Applications versus games

Q

• Quaternion data structure
  • URL / Using the head position

R

• ray
  • about / The LookMoveTo script
• Razer Inc.
  • about / The OSVR project
• recentering
  • about / Recentering
• remote procedure calls (RPC) / Local versus server
• Responsive object UI, with head gestures
  • defining / A responsive object UI with head gestures
  • head position, using / Using the head position
  • head gestures, using / Using head gestures
• reticle cursor
  • defining / The reticle cursor
• reusable default canvas
  • about / A reusable default canvas
• Rigidbodies
  • reference / Unity physics

S

• Samsung Gear VR
  • about / Mobile VR
• scene view
  • URL / Changing the scene view
• script
  • creating / Go where I'm looking
  • LookMoveTo script / The LookMoveTo script
  • feedback cursor, adding / Adding a feedback cursor
  • observations / Observations
• scripted animation
  • about / Scripted animation
• scripting Unity events
  • URL / Activating buttons from the script
• sense of self
  • maintaining / Maintaining a sense of self
  • head-body disconnect / Head-body disconnect
  • head and body objects / Head and body...
  • feet, adding / ...And feet
  • body avatar / The body avatar
  • virtual reality, defining / Virtual David le nose
  • audio, defining / Audio cues
• sensors
  • about / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
• server authority
  • about / Local versus server
• ShaderLab, Unity
  • URL / Magic orbs
• simple scene
  • setting up / Setting up a simple scene
  • scene environment, creating / Creating a scene environment
  • Avatar head, creating / Creating an avatar head
• six degrees of freedom
  • about / Head tracking
• SketchUp
  • URL / Building in Blender
• spawning system
  • about / Local versus server
• sphere
  • references / Crystal balls
• Stereographic 3D Panoramic Images
  • URL / Capturing a 360-degree media

T

• TeamSpeak
  • URL / Next steps
• teleportation
  • about / Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
• texture
  • about / Adding a photo
• textures
  • reference link / The planet Earth
• timewarp
  • about / Head tracking
• Titans of Space
  • about / Applications versus games
• trampoline
  • about / Trampoline and brick
• Translate tool
  • about / Adding a sphere and some material

U

• Unity
  • about / Getting started with Unity, Unity
  • URL / Getting started with Unity
  • default world space / The default world space
• Unity animation system
  • about / Unity's animation system
  • Animation Curve / Unity's animation system
  • Animation Clip / Unity's animation system
  • Animator Controller / Unity's animation system
  • Animator Component / Unity's animation system
• Unity API docs
  • URL / Don't pass through solid objects
• Unity Asset Store
  • URL / Networking services
• Unity characters
  • defining / Understanding the Unity characters
  • Unity components / Unity components
  • Unity Standard Assets / Unity Standard Assets
• Unity components
  • about / Unity components
  • Camera component / The Camera component
  • Rigidbody component / The Rigidbody component
  • Character Controller component / The Character Controller component
• Unity doc
  • URL / Using a Grid Projector
• Unity documentation
  • URL / Photospheres
• Unity documentations
  • URL / Adding a sphere and some material
• Unity editor
  • defining / The Unity editor
• Unity networking system
  • about / The Unity networking system
• Unity physics
  • about / Unity physics
  • Rigidbody component / Unity physics
  • project Physics Manager / Unity physics
  • Collider component / Unity physics
  • Physic Material / Unity physics
• Unity Profiler
  • about / Unity Profiler
• Unity project
  • starting / Starting a new Unity project
• Unity rendering pipeline, optimization
  • about / Optimizing for the Unity rendering pipeline
  • batching / Life's a batch
  • multipass pixel filling / Multipass pixel filling
  • rendering tips / Other rendering tips
• Unity Standard Assets
  • about / Unity Standard Assets
  • ThirdPersonController / ThirdPersonController
  • AIThirdPersonController / AIThirdPersonController
  • FirstPersonController / FirstPersonController
  • RigidBodyFPSController / RigidBodyFPSController
• user calibrations
  • about / User calibrations
  • height, character / A character's height
  • real-life height, of player / Real-life height of a player
  • recentering / Recentering
• User interface (UI)
  • about / Technical skills that are important to VR

V

• variable
  • about / Interlude – a quick introduction to Unity programming
• Vector Magic
  • URL / Blender
• View Master
  • about / Head tracking
• virtual reality
  • working / How virtual reality really works
  • stereoscopic 3D viewing / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
  • head tracking / Head tracking
• VisiSonics
  • about / Stereoscopic 3D viewing
• visor HUD
  • defining / The visor HUD
• VR
  • defining / What is virtual reality to you?
  • and AR, comparing / The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
  • about / What this book covers, Technical skills that are important to VR
  • working / Who are you?
  • World scale / Technical skills that are important to VR
  • First-person controls / Technical skills that are important to VR
  • User interface controls / Technical skills that are important to VR
  • Physics and gravity / Technical skills that are important to VR
  • animations / Technical skills that are important to VR
  • multiuser services / Technical skills that are important to VR
  • build and run / Technical skills that are important to VR
• VRChat
  • URL / 3D worlds, Building and sharing a custom VRChat room
• VRChat SDK
  • download link / Preparing and building the world
  • URL, for documentation / Preparing and building the world
• VR device integration software
  • about / VR device integration software
  • built-in VR support / Unity's built-in VR support
  • device-specific SDK / The device-specific SDK
  • OSVR project / The OSVR project
  • WebVR / WebVR
  • 3D worlds / 3D worlds
• VR experiences
  • defining / Types of VR experiences
  • Diorama / Types of VR experiences
  • First-person experience / Types of VR experiences
  • Interactive virtual environment / Types of VR experiences
  • Riding on rails / Types of VR experiences
  • 360-degree media / Types of VR experiences
  • Social VR / Types of VR experiences
• VR motion sickness
  • managing / Managing VR motion sickness

W

• WebAssembly
  • about / WebVR
• WebVR
  • URL / WebVR
  • about / WebVR
• WebVR boilerplate
  • URL / WebVR
• WebVR libraries
  • about / WebVR
• windshield HUD
  • defining / The windshield HUD
  • creating / The windshield HUD
• Wispy Sky
  • adding / Wispy Sky

Z

• Zeiss VR One
  • about / Mobile VR