Unity 2020 Virtual Reality Projects: Learn VR development by building immersive applications and games with Unity 2019.4 and later versions

by Jonathan Linowes

Explore the latest features of Unity and build VR experiences including first-person interactions, audio fireball games, 360-degree media, art gallery tours, and VR storytelling This third edition of the Unity Virtual Reality (VR) development guide is updated to cover the latest features of Unity 2019.4 or later versions - the leading platform for building VR games, applications, and immersive experiences for contemporary VR devices. Enhanced with more focus on growing components, such as Universal Render Pipeline (URP), extended reality (XR) plugins, the XR Interaction Toolkit package, and the latest VR devices, this edition will help you to get up to date with the current state of VR. With its practical and project-based approach, this book covers the specifics of virtual reality development in Unity. You'll learn how to build VR apps that can be experienced with modern devices from Oculus, VIVE, and others. This virtual reality book presents lighting and rendering strategies to help you build cutting-edge graphics, and explains URP and rendering concepts that will enable you to achieve realism for your apps. You'll build real-world VR experiences using world space user interface canvases, locomotion and teleportation, 360-degree media, and timeline animation, as well as learn about important VR development concepts, best practices, and performance optimization and user experience strategies. By the end of this Unity book, you'll be fully equipped to use Unity to develop rich, interactive virtual reality experiences. Whether you're a non-programmer unfamiliar with 3D computer graphics or experienced in both but new to virtual reality, if you're interested in building your own VR games or applications, this Unity book is for you. Any experience in Unity will be useful but is not necessary.

592 pages, Paperback

Published July 30, 2020

Reviews

[Kim Vergottini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very up to date and easy to follow!

So far this has been my most useful resource. It is written in a way that is very easy to understand even if you are new to Unity. I live the project oriented approach. Gives you very practical ideas for application.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Linowes adopts a great project-based approach to tackling Virtual Reality in Unity. Given the constantly moving target that VR development presents to the student, he has done an incredibly good job in delivering an up to date text (as of December 2020) that takes the reader from zero to hero. The few minor gaps between the text and the current reality were easy enough to tackle, and the amount of code examples, resources and utilities included with this book deliver a comprehensive tool-set to anyone intending to specialize in this area.