Dale Knauss' talk at MCE 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. Learn the basics of Virtual Reality using Unity.

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Introduction to Virtual Reality
Development with Unity
May 9, 2017
Dale Knauss
Virtual and Augmented Reality Lead
dale@presencepg.com
@daleknauss
Presence
presencepg.com
@PresenceProdGrp

2. 2© 2017 Presence LLC. All rights reserved.The Web Developer's Guide to Virtual Reality
Becoming A VR Developer
Bring together artists, designers, and developers
Process is closer to Games / Movies than Web / Mobile
More unique specializations to choose from
Focus on creating tools and systems
Use engines, not libraries

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Choices Choices

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Introducing Unity
An Extraordinary Experience
Engine

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Build For Anything

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Tools

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Game Window

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Scene Window

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Hierarchy Window

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Inspector Window

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Console Window

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Project Window

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Edit -> Project Settings -> Player
Google VR SDK (For Daydream & Cardboard):
https://developers.google.com/vr/unity/
Oculus SDK (For Rift & Gear VR):
https://developer.oculus.com/downloads/unity/
Steam VR (For HTC Vive):
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/32647
Building For Virtual Reality

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What You Need To Know
And Where To Learn It

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Unity Fundamentals Unity Tutorials
unity3d.com/learn
VR Software Development
udacity.com/course/vr-software-
development--ud1014
Make Mobile VR Games in Unity
udemy.com/vrcourse
VR Dev School
learn.vrdev.school
Study Guide:
Scripting - MonoBehavior API & Lifecycle
How to use each Unity window
How to use systems that interest you
(Physics, Animations, Particle Effects,
Sounds, Lighting, UI, Networking, etc.)
Debugging / Profiling

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C# and Patterns
Programming with C#
edx.org/course/programming-c-
microsoft-dev204x-3
Game Programming Patterns
gameprogrammingpatterns.com
Study Guide:
C# Fundamentals
Object Oriented Programming
Coroutines
Entity Component Systems
Object Pooling

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3D Graphics
Interactive 3D Graphics
udacity.com/course/
interactive-3d-graphics--cs291
Catlike Coding
catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials
The Book of Shaders
thebookofshaders.com
Learn 3D Modeling
udemy.com/blendertutorial
Study Guide:
3D Coordinate System
Textures
Vertices, Faces, Polygons, Meshes
Shaders (Vertex, Geometry, Fragment)
3D Modeling (Blender or Maya)

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3D Math Khan Academy - Trigonometry &
Linear Algebra
khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry
khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra
3Blue1Brown - Essence of Linear
Algebra
youtube.com/channel/
UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
3D Math Primer for Graphics
and Game Development
gamemath.com
Attribution: I, Sakurambo
Study Guide:
Trigonometry
Linear Algebra
- Vectors
- Matrices
- Quaternions

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Play in Virtual Reality
Tiltbrush (Oculus & Vive)
Google Earth VR (Oculus & Vive)
theBlu (Oculus & Vive)
Rec Room (Oculus & Vive)
My Lil' Donut (Vive)
The Lab (Vive)
Robo Recall (Oculus)
Medium (Oculus)
Eclipse: Edge of Light (Daydream)
Virtual Virtual Reality (Daydream)

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Or Better Yet…
Start Building Amazing Stuff Today!

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StartSmall

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Whitebox Everything
=

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Use Awesome Open Source Libraries
NewtonVR
NewtonVR.comvrtoolkit.readme.io

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Use Prebuilt Assets and Libraries
freesound.org
sketchfab.com
turbosquid.com
assetstore.unity3d.com

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Find A Great Community For Help
Slack Groups
Search for VRDevs or VRTK slack
Reddit
reddit.com/r/unity3D
Unity Forums
forum.unity3d.com

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The Seven Habits
Of Highly Effective VR Developers

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Engage all of the senses
Habit #1:

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Build tools that
empower your team
Habit #2:

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Optimize early and often
Habit #3:

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Take risks and prototype ideas
Habit #4:

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Spend more time in VR
Habit #5:

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Get help from the VR community
Habit #6:

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Have fun and build
what excites you!
Habit #7:

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Dale Knauss
VR / AR Lead
@daleknauss
dale@presencepg.com
Download the slides:
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