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    Tips for Virtual Reality Developers
    Tips for Virtual Reality Developers
    Tips for Virtual Reality Developers
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    Tips for Virtual Reality Developers

    By Sarah Taylor

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    Virtual reality is a booming industry. The technology for consumers and designers just keeps getting better. Learn how to take advantage of the newest advances in VR. If you're new to VR, watch the introductory chapter to get an overview of the terminology, technical considerations for designers (like refresh rate), and the most popular VR hardware, including the Oculus Rift. Instructor then dives into modeling, texturing, and rendering, and offers some tips for making more sophisticated content with ambient lighting and effects. 

    Topics include:
    1-Virtual reality vs. augmented and mixed reality
    2-Display Technology 
    3-Pixels and displays
    4-Exporting the right file formats for VR
    5-Rendering for virtual reality 
    6-Retinal projection
    7-Understanding the future of VR

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSarah Taylor
    Release dateDec 20, 2016
    ISBN9781386287506
    Tips for Virtual Reality Developers
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    Sarah Taylor

    Sarah Taylor has a BA in History and an MSLS. She enjoys reading and writing about history, playing piano, and going on park walks with her dog. You may find her at https://beautifuldreamerdotcom.wordpress.com and Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21550493.Sarah_Taylor.

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      Tips for Virtual Reality Developers - Sarah Taylor

      Introduction

      Hi, I'm Sarah Taylor and welcome to tips for Virtual Reality developers. Virtual Reality is taking the world by storm. And the revolution has truly just begun. In this course, we'll examine processes, workflows, and tips for building 3D content for Virtual Reality projects. Utilizing Maya and Unity, we'll look at how to create assets that are efficient, and effective to create a compelling virtual reality experience. This course also examines current technology enhancements, and benefits that are advancing how content creators build for virtual reality.

      I hope you enjoy this eBook tips for Virtual Reality developers.

      What to know

      A working knowledge, familiarity and experience with virtual reality concepts and 3D content creation tools is recommended, but not completely necessary. A general working knowledge of 3D software packages is quite helpful for understanding navigation basics and the underlying principles and workflows behind 3D software.

      It should be noted that a virtual reality head mounted display is not required. Although it's a lot more fun if you have one. The idea with this book is to provide you with a very solid foundation of the requirements for effective content creation for virtual reality. Enjoy!

      Technology has allowed for a rapid expansion and branching off of different altered experiences. These simulated realities can be defined in three basic ways: virtual, augmented and mixed. 

      What is HMD?

      First let's define the basic device. HMDs or head mounted displays, these are typically stereoscopic screens to immerse a viewer in a simulated or an altered world. Many are now packaged with handheld controllers to allow interaction with simulated or altered environments. 

      Display Technology

      The display is the most prominent part of the HMD, so it stands to reason that we would start here, in the visual center of the device. Today, an HMD might use one of the several techniques to transfer images to the brain, but the most common are the use of liquid crystals. Sounds painful, right? This is more commonly known as an LCD panel, the same type of panel used in smartphones, modern televisions, and computer monitors. A newcomer to the display technology game is OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), which we are beginning to see more and more of already.

      Pixels and displays

      Pixels (short for pixel elements) are the

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