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Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022

By : Steven Antonio Christian
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Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022

By: Steven Antonio Christian

Overview of this book

Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as one of the most transformative mediums of the 21st century, finding applications in various industries, including gaming, entertainment, and education. Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022 takes you into the fascinating realm of VR, where creativity meets cutting-edge technology to bring tangible real-world applications to life. This immersive exploration not only equips you with the essential skills needed to craft captivating VR environments using Unity's powerful game engine but also offers a deeper understanding of the philosophy behind creating truly immersive experiences. Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical VR scene creation, interactive design, spatial audio, and C# programming and prepare to apply these skills to real-world projects spanning art galleries, interactive playgrounds, and beyond. To ensure your VR creations reach their full potential, the book also includes valuable tips on optimization, guaranteeing maximum immersion and impact for your VR adventures. By the end of this book, you’ll have a solid understanding of VR’s versatility and how you can leverage the Unity game engine to create groundbreaking projects.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1: Philosophy and Basics of Understanding Virtual Reality
3
Part 2: Technical Skills for Building VR Experiences in Unity (Assets, GameObjects, Scripts, and Components)
12
Part 3: Projects: Putting Skills Together
21
Part 4: Final Touches

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

3D audio sources

spatial audio, adding with 198-201

3D characters

downloading 359-361

3D sound settings, spatial audio

Doppler Level 200

Min/Max Distance 200

Spatial Blend 200

Spread 200

Volume Rolloff 200

360° video

creating 383-385

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accessories, VR 19

accurate human body physics

adding, to VR rig 138, 139

Adaptive Scaler Texture Compression (ASTC) 499

Amazon Sumerian 20

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 20

ambient occlusion 156

anchor controls 77

Android VR 53, 54

animated characters

setting up 363-365

animated hands

adding, to VR rig 388, 389

animatics 341

animation clips

adding, to timeline 365-370

creating, for GOs 142-148

Animation component 141

Animation event 141

animation files

keyframe...