Learning Virtual Reality by Parisi, Tony -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface

Audience How This Book Is Organized Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

What Is Virtual Reality?

Stereoscopic Displays Motion Tracking Hardware Input Devices Computing Platforms

Native software development kits (SDKs) Game engines and frameworks Web browsers Video players

Virtual Reality Applications Chapter Summary

2. Virtual Reality Hardware

Oculus Rift

The DK1 The DK2 Crescent Bay Setting Up Your Oculus Rift

Downloading the Oculus runtime, examples, and SDK

Other High-End Head-Mounted Displays Samsung Gear VR: Deluxe, Portable Virtual Reality

The Oculus Mobile SDK

Google Cardboard: Low-Cost VR for Smartphones

Stereo Rendering and Head Tracking with Cardboard VR Cardboard VR Input Developing for Google Cardboard

VR Input Devices Chapter Summary

3. Going Native: Developing for Oculus Rift on the Desktop

3D Graphics Basics

3D Coordinate Systems Meshes, Polygons, and Vertices Materials, Textures, and Lights Transforms and Matrices Cameras, Perspective, Viewports, and Projections Stereoscopic Rendering

Unity3D: The Game Engine for the Common Man Setting Up the Oculus SDK

Setting Up Your Unity Environment for Oculus Development

Building Your First VR Example

Building and Running the Application Walking Through the Code

Chapter Summary

4. Going Mobile: Developing for Gear VR

The Gear VR User Interface and Oculus Home Using the Oculus Mobile SDK

Setting Up the Android SDK Generating an Oculus Signature File Setting Up Your Device for USB Debugging

Developing for Gear VR Using Unity3D

Setting Up Your Unity3D Environment A Simple Unity3D Sample Handling Touchpad Events

Deploying Applications for Gear VR Chapter Summary

5. WebVR: Browser-Based Virtual Reality in HTML5

The Story of WebVR The WebVR API

Supported Browsers and Devices Querying for VR Devices Setting Up VR Fullscreen Mode Head Tracking

Creating a WebVR Application

Three.js: A JavaScript 3D Engine A Full Example

Setting up the project The web page The JavaScript code

Tools and Techniques for Creating Web VR

WebVR Engines and Development Tools Using Unity3D and Unreal for WebVR Development Open Source Libraries and Frameworks

WebVR and the Future of Web Browsing Chapter Summary

6. VR Everywhere: Google Cardboard for Low-Cost Mobile Virtual Reality

Cardboard Basics

Supported Devices and Operating Systems Headset Manufacturers

Other drop-in virtual reality headsets

Cardboard Applications Input Devices for Cardboard

Cardboard Stereo Rendering and Head Tracking Developing with the Cardboard SDK for Android

Setting Up the Environment Walking Through the Code

Creating and rendering a stereo view Selecting objects using gaze tracking Detecting input from the magnet switch

Developing with the Cardboard SDK for Unity

Setting Up the SDK Building Treasure Hunt for Unity A Walkthrough of the Unity Code

Developing Cardboard Applications Using HTML5 and a Mobile Browser

Setting Up the WebVR Project The JavaScript Cardboard Code

Chapter Summary

7. Your First VR Application

About 360-Degree Panoramas Setting Up the Project

Getting the Software, Hardware, and Sample Code Creating the Unity Scene and Project

Creating a panoramic background Rendering back faces

Adding Cardboard VR Support Creating a Gaze-and-Tap User Interface

Creating a 2D Plane Adding Input Support to the Project Creating an Event Handler Script Handling Magnet Switch Events Creating the Functioning User Interface

Where to Take the Project from Here Chapter Summary

A. Resources

Headsets, Input Devices, and Video Capture Systems

Headsets

High-end head-mounted displays for desktops and consoles Mobile HMDs

Input Devices 360 Video

Applications and Content

Flagship Experiences Noteworthy Companies Download Sites WebVR Showcases and Applications

SDKs, Development Tools, and Programming Languages

Device SDKs Game Engine Middleware Programming Languages Software Frameworks

Websites Meetup Groups

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