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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

VR scene setup

Now, it is time to build a VR scene. This scene will allow us to test our VR interactions using our headset directly in the Editor. To set up our scene, we will create a new scene in the Project window (right-click | Create | Scene) and name it VR_Basics_000. Within the scene we created, add a plane (right-click | 3D Object | Plane) and label it Ground. Add an action-based XR rig (right-click | XR | XR Origin (VR) [formerly Action-Based]). With the rig GameObject selected, you will see three arrows (Figure 2.15). The blue arrow is pointing forward, the green arrow is pointing upward, and the red arrow is pointing right. These coordinates are important because when you set up your rig, you need to make sure you know which way you will be facing and whether the left and right-hand sides are configured correctly:

Figure 2.15 – XR Origin (VR) GameObject displaying three directional arrows

Figure 2.15 – XR Origin (VR) GameObject displaying three directional arrows

Under the rig, you will see the camera offset...