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Virtual Reality Blueprints

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The Past, Present, and Future of VR

The history of virtual reality Through the looking glass Making a static image dance The bigger the better – panoramic paintings Stereoscopic viewers Why stop at just sight and sound? – Smell o' Vision and Sensorama Link Trainers and Apollo Interactivity and True HMDs

1960 – TelesphereMask 1961 – Headsight 1968 – Teleyeglasses 1965 – The Ultimate Display 1968 – Sword of Damocles 1968 – The mother of all demos 1969 – Virtual Cockpit/Helmet Mounted Sight 1969 – Artificial Reality 1995 – CAVE 1987 – Virtual reality and VPL 1989 – Nintendo Powerglove

1990s – VR Explosion

1991 – Virtuality Dactyl Nightmare 1993 – SEGA VR glasses 1995 – VRML – Virtual reality Markup Language 1995 – Nintendo Virtual Boy 1995 – Hasbro Toaster 2013 – Oculus Rift 2014 – Google Cardboard 2015 – Samsung Gear VR 2018 – Magic Leap

Summary

Building a Solar System for Google Cardboard

Platform setup Google Cardboard setup Setting up the Unity environment Building the TRAPPIST-1 System Building the application

Android Instructions

Building an Android application Invalid command Android error

iOS Instructions

Preparing your Unity project for iOS Building an iOS application

Summary

Building an Image Gallery System for the Gear VR

A virtual image gallery

The Samsung Gear VR platform Process overview – Part 1

Getting started in VR Prepping for VR Acquiring the Oculus SDK package Constructing a panoramic skybox Creating the Gallery prefab

Optional custom fonts

Building the galleries

Creating the image display element (FullImage) Creating a controller and a scene controller script Creating a gallery prefab

Summary

Adding User Interactions to the Virtual Gallery Project

Facilitating user interaction

Raycasters StandaloneInput module Image selector

Setting touch control Creating feedback for the user

Scene controller Image collection Adding imagery Use a highlight material as feedback Assigning values

Finalizing user interaction Using Event Triggers for user feedback Building the application

Creating an osig file Preparing your Android device Building an Android application

Summary

Fighting Zombies on the Oculus Rift

Playing with zombies The Oculus Rift platform Process overview – Part 1 Setting up the Unity environment Creating the Player GameObject

Graphic Raycaster Adding a 3D camera

Building the game environment

Constructing gameplay boundaries Setting the mood Creating spawn points

Optimizing the experience for VR

Frame rate is key to performance Reducing excessive scene geometry

Removing unnecessary objects Using planes Occlusion culling

Lightmapping

Creating the zombie prefab

Animating the zombie assets Adding transitions

Summary

Scripting Zombies for the Oculus Rift

Scripting the zombies

Summoning zombies

ZombieSpawner script

Controlling the zombie prefab

ZombieController script

Fighting back

PlayerController script

Update function Shoot function OnDrawGizmos function Testing the PlayerController Targeting reticle cursor

Setting the mood Building an executable Summary Expanding the experience

Carnival Midway Games — Part 1

Recreating carnival games Preproduction Special production note Requirements Process overview – Part 1

Preparing Unity for VR development on the Rift Loading the OVRP Setting up the project Creating the player avatar Designing the play area Building the game environment

Building the game booth Adding 3D text Creating the booth prefab Planning the midway activities Adding clutter to the scene

Combating VR sickness

Eliminating non-forward motion Consider adding UI overlays Reducing acceleration Reducing yaw Reducing vection Using appropriate motions

Implementing movement

A gaze-based teleportation system Mapping touch controller buttons Deactivating stick movement [Optional]

Making objects grabbable Summary

Carnival Midway Games — Part 2

Backing up the project

Local backup Unity Collaborate Software version control services

Midway booth games

Wacky Mole props

The GameTable The mole The Score Board Crispy UI Text The mallet

Animating the mole Building an animation state machine Scripting the mole asset Scripting the mole game controller Finishing the Wacky Mole game Milk Bottle Toss props

Game props Scripting the Milk Bottle Toss game

Building the application Expanding the game Summary

VR Hardware Roundup

VR hardware roundup

Google Cardboard Google Daydream Gear VR Oculus Rift Vive Sony PSVR HoloLens

Headset costs

VR Terms and Definitions

VR terms and definitions Primer of best practices

Input Movement User interface and experience design Motion sickness Motion sickness prevention, there is no cure

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