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Virtual Reality Blueprints

By : Charles Palmer, John Williamson
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Virtual Reality Blueprints

By: Charles Palmer, John Williamson

Overview of this book

Are you new to virtual reality? Do you want to create exciting interactive VR applications? There's no need to be daunted by the thought of creating interactive VR applications, it's much easier than you think with this hands-on, project-based guide that will take you through VR development essentials for desktop and mobile-based games and applications. Explore the three top platforms—Cardboard VR, Gear VR, and OculusVR —to design immersive experiences from scratch. You’ll start by understanding the science-fiction roots of virtual reality and then build your first VR experience using Cardboard VR. You'll then delve into user interactions in virtual space for the Google Cardboard then move on to creating a virtual gallery with Gear VR. Then you will learn all about virtual movements, state machines, and spawning while you shoot zombies in the Oculus Rift headset. Next, you'll construct a Carnival Midway, complete with two common games to entertain players. Along the way, you will explore the best practices for VR development, review game design tips, discuss methods for combating motion sickness and identify alternate uses for VR applications
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Building an executable

Creating an executable does not require any special settings. The process is similar to creating any other standalone application:

  1. Select Build Settings from the File menu.
  2. Confirm that ShootingRange is in the Scenes in Build box. If it is not, simply click the Add Open Scene button.
  3. Set the Platform to PC, Mac, Linux Standalone.
  4. Click the Build button. A dialog will ask where to save your application. It is standard practice to create a Builds folder at the top level of the Project directory. Do so now, or save the application to another location.
  5. Once the application is complete, quit Unity and launch the application.