Unity 2018 augmented reality projects : build four immersive and fun AR applications using ARKit, ARCore, and Vuforia / Jesse Glover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glover, Jesse, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unity (Electronic resource).

Video games--Development.

Video games.

Augmented reality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt, 2018.

Summary:

Augmented Reality offers the magical effect of blending the physical world with the virtual world. On the other hand, Unity is now the leading platform to develop augmented reality experiences since it provides a great pipeline to work with 3D assets. This book will educate you about the specifics of augmented reality development in Unity 2018.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: What AR is and How to Get Set up

Available AR packages

Defining AR

An incomplete list of AR devices

Advantages and disadvantages of the different AR toolkits available

ARCore

ARKit

Vuforia

ARToolKit

Building our first AR applications

Setting up Vuforia

Setting up ARToolKit

Setting up ARCore

Setting up ARKit

Building Hello World in ARKit

Summary

Questions

Chapter 2: GIS Fundamentals - The Power of Mapping

What is GIS?

The history of GIS

GIS techniques and technologies

Ways to capture GIS

Converting from raster to vector

Projections and coordinate systems

Spatial analysis with GIS

Data analysis with GIS

GIS modeling

Geometric networks

Hydrological modeling

Cartographic modeling

Map overlays

Statistics used with GIS

Geocoding

Reverse geocoding

Open Geospatial Consortium Standards

Web mapping

GIS and adding dimension of time

Semantics

The implications of GIS in society

GIS in the real world

GIS in education

GIS in local governments

GIS and augmented reality

Applications of GIS

Gaming and GIS

Chapter 3: Censored - Various Sensor Data and Plugins

Project overview

Getting started

Sensors

Leveraging sensors with plugins

Writing unity plugins

C# language plugin

C++ language plugin

Swift language plugin

Objective-C language plugin

Java language plugin

Creating a sensor driver in Java

Have a go hero

Further reading

Chapter 4: The Sound of Flowery Prose

Conceptualizing the project

Basic idea/concept

Choosing the right programming language.

Choosing your release platform

Choosing your game engine, libraries, and frameworks

Developing the game design and application design document

Bonus - UML design

Prototyping

Setting up the Unity project

Code implementation details

Working with XCode

Chapter 5: Picture Puzzle - The AR Experience

Project background

Installing Vuforia

Differences between macOS and Windows setups

Windows project setup

Building the Windows project

macOS project setup

Building the macOS Project

Working with Xcode

Chapter 6: Fitness for Fun - Tourism and Random Walking

Background information on Mapbox

Setting up Mapbox

Important items to note

Setting up the project

Scripting the project

Finalizing the project

Chapter 7: Snap it! Adding Filters to Pictures

What is OpenCV?

Creating the project with paid assets

Installing and building OpenCV

Downloading OpenCV

[Configuring the CMake and OpenCV source files]

Configuring the CMake and OpenCV source files

OpenCV with Unity

OpenCV and Unity

Chapter 8: To the HoloLens and Beyond

What is Mixed Reality, and how does it work?

Urban Hunt

Smart Urban Golf

XR applications in media

XR with HoloLens

Getting Mixed Reality ready

Playing with Mixed Reality

Setting up the camera

Performance and quality control

Targeting the Windows 10 SDK

Do the robot

Building and deploying from Visual Studio

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Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1050953481