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Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development

By : Dr. Edward Lavieri
Book Image

Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development

By: Dr. Edward Lavieri

Overview of this book

Amazon’s Lumberyard is a 3D cross-platform game development engine for building high-quality AAA games. It makes the process of creating multi-player games and adding realistic characters, stunning terrains, and special effects much faster and more efficient. This book will show you how to use Lumberyard to create a multiplayer 3D game with cloud computing, storage, and Twitch integration for user engagement. We will start with an introduction to Lumberyard and provide an overview of its capabilities and integration options. Once the game engine is installed, we’ll guide you through the creation of an immersive game world with characters. You’ll add animations and audio to bring the game to life. We’ll explore external interactions to support live multiplayer game play, data storage, user engagement, and the back end. By the end of the book, you will be efficient in building cross-platform games using Lumberyard.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality


Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are two of the most exciting trends in game development. The two technologies are similar. Virtual Reality is when you create an environment in which the user can interact as if it were real. Augmented reality is when our current reality is augmented with something virtual. Here are examples:

  • VR: A user dons a headset and receives audio and video from a virtual game. The user sees, through this headset, a world that seems real. They have no sensory input from the actual world. They might be on a spaceship or in the Amazon jungle. They are not watching this on a television, they are experiencing it through Virtual Reality hardware.

  • AR: Imagine holding up your phone and viewing the screen based on your camera's video input. In this scenario, you simply are seeing what is in front of you. An augmented reality application might have animals or other creatures roaming the actual terrain around you.

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