Oculus Rift in action / Bradley Austin Davis, Karen Bryla, Phillips Alexander Benton ; foreword by Philip Rosedale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Bradley Austin, author.

Bryla, Karen, author.

Benton, Phillips Alexander, author.

Contributor:

Rosedale, Philip, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Three-dimensional imaging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island, New York : Manning, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summary Oculus Rift in Action introduces the powerful Oculus Rift headset and teaches you how to integrate its many features into 3D games and other virtual reality experiences. You'll start by understanding the capabilities of the Rift hardware. Then you'll follow interesting and instantly relevant examples that walk you through programming real applications using the Oculus SDK. Examples are provided for both using the Oculus C API directly and for using Unity, a popular development and 3D graphics engine, with the Oculus Unity integration package. About the Book Virtual reality has long been the domain of researchers and developers with access to specialized hardware and proprietary tools. With the appearance of the Oculus Rift VR headset, the game has changed. Using standard programming tools and the intuitive Oculus SDKs, you can deliver powerful immersive games, simulations, and other virtual experiences that finally nail the feeling of being in the middle of the action. Oculus Rift in Action teaches you how to create 3D games and other virtual reality experiences for the Oculus Rift. You’ll explore the Rift hardware through examples of real applications using the Oculus SDK and both the Oculus C API and the Unity 3D graphics engine. Along the way, you’ll get practical guidance on how to use the Rift’s sensors to produce fluid VR experiences. Experience with C++, C#, or another OO language is assumed. What’s Inside Creating immersive VR Integrating the Rift with the Unity 3D SDK Implementing the mathematics of 3D Avoiding motion-sickness triggers About the Authors Brad Davis is an active VR developer who maintains a great set of example Rift applications on Github. Karen Bryla is a freelance developer and writer. Alex Benton is a lecturer in 3D graphics at the University of Cambridge and a software engineer at Google.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Authors

Author Online

About the Cover Illustration

Part 1. Getting started

Chapter 1. Meet the Oculus Rift

Part 2. Using the Oculus C API

Chapter 2. Creating your first Rift interactions

Chapter 3. Pulling data out of the Rift: working with the head tracker

Chapter 4. Sending output to the Rift: working with the display

Chapter 5. Putting it all together: integrating head tracking and 3D rendering

Chapter 6. Performance and quality

Part 3. Using Unity

Chapter 7. Unity: creating applications that run on the Rift

Chapter 8. Unity: tailoring your application for the Rift

Part 4. The VR user experience

Chapter 9. UI design for VR

Chapter 10. Reducing motion sickness and discomfort

Part 5. Advanced Rift integrations

Chapter 11. Using the Rift with Java and Python

Chapter 12. Case study: a VR shader editor

Chapter 13. Augmenting virtual reality

Appendix A. Setting up the Rift in a development environment

Appendix B. Mathematics and software patterns for 3D graphics

Appendix C. Suggested books and resources

Appendix D. Glossary

Index

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Listings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638353485

1638353484

9781617292194

1617292192

OCLC:

1257076338