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Google Daydream VR cookbook / Sam Keene

By: Keene, Sam [author].
Publisher: Boston : Addison-Wesley : Pearson Education, ©2019Description: xxii, 356 pages : illustrations. 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780134845517.Other title: Google Daydream Virtual Reality cookbook.Subject(s): Virtual reality -- Computer programs | Augmented realityGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Preface 1. Intro to VR and the Google Daydream Platform 2. Setting Up for Daydream Development 3. Getting to Know the Daydream Controller 4. UI in VR 5. Physics and the Environment 6. Audio and Video in Daydream 7. Advanced Daydream Controller Techniques 8. More Physics Games 9. Multiplayer Games 10. Advanced Optimizations Appendix A. Porting Daydream Apps to Other Platforms Appendix B. Video Formats, Codecs and Best Practices for Preparing and Using Video in VR and Daydream Appendix C. Where To from Here?
Summary: Google’s new ARCore and Daydream VR platforms enable you to deliver advanced augmented and virtual reality games and apps on a wide spectrum of modern Android devices. Now for the first time, there’s a comprehensive deep dive into both ARCore and Daydream for every Android developer and designer. Multi-award-winning AR/VR developer Sam Keene takes a hands-on approach, leading you through all aspects of the ARCore and Daydream frameworks and SDKs, with step-by-step tutorials and advice for building pro-quality AR/VR games and apps. Keene presents his material as a cookbook of recipes to get you up and running with VR/AR development as fast and as painlessly as possible. The recipes in most chapters start by assembling the essential building blocks, which are pieced together to create something larger. You are then free to take these building blocks and turn them into your own creation. Keene also provides an extensive library of downloadable, up-to-the-minute ARCore and Daydream code to jumpstart your project. In addition, he takes you through crucial UX design principles and best practices learned from building large scale VR and AR apps at Google. Google Daydream VR Cookbook shows you how to: Install and explore the Google Daydream development tools Master basic and advanced Daydream Controller techniques Implement intuitive VR user interfaces Integrate audio, video, and realistic physics into your VR games Install and explore the ARCore SDK and development tools Learn how to build AR apps that solve real user needs Master AR game development using ARCore Optimize VR and AR game performance Whether you are a software developer, UX professional, visual designer, beginner, or you come from a different design field, this book is a great practical introduction to VR and AR.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface 1. Intro to VR and the Google Daydream Platform 2. Setting Up for Daydream Development 3. Getting to Know the Daydream Controller 4. UI in VR 5. Physics and the Environment 6. Audio and Video in Daydream 7. Advanced Daydream Controller Techniques 8. More Physics Games 9. Multiplayer Games 10. Advanced Optimizations Appendix A. Porting Daydream Apps to Other Platforms Appendix B. Video Formats, Codecs and Best Practices for Preparing and Using Video in VR and Daydream Appendix C. Where To from Here?

Google’s new ARCore and Daydream VR platforms enable you to deliver advanced augmented and virtual reality games and apps on a wide spectrum of modern Android devices. Now for the first time, there’s a comprehensive deep dive into both ARCore and Daydream for every Android developer and designer. Multi-award-winning AR/VR developer Sam Keene takes a hands-on approach, leading you through all aspects of the ARCore and Daydream frameworks and SDKs, with step-by-step tutorials and advice for building pro-quality AR/VR games and apps.

Keene presents his material as a cookbook of recipes to get you up and running with VR/AR development as fast and as painlessly as possible. The recipes in most chapters start by assembling the essential building blocks, which are pieced together to create something larger. You are then free to take these building blocks and turn them into your own creation.

Keene also provides an extensive library of downloadable, up-to-the-minute ARCore and Daydream code to jumpstart your project. In addition, he takes you through crucial UX design principles and best practices learned from building large scale VR and AR apps at Google.

Google Daydream VR Cookbook shows you how to:
Install and explore the Google Daydream development tools
Master basic and advanced Daydream Controller techniques
Implement intuitive VR user interfaces
Integrate audio, video, and realistic physics into your VR games
Install and explore the ARCore SDK and development tools
Learn how to build AR apps that solve real user needs
Master AR game development using ARCore
Optimize VR and AR game performance

Whether you are a software developer, UX professional, visual designer, beginner, or you come from a different design field, this book is a great practical introduction to VR and AR.

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