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Introduction to Mobile Augmented Reality Development in Unity

https://programminghistorian.org/lessons/intro-to-augmented-reality-with-unity Contents Lesson Goals How can Humanists use Augmented Reality? A Note About AR Creation Platforms Software Requirements Unity Vuforia SDK Java Development Kit Android SDK Tools (only if testing on an Android device) Xcode Connect the Android SDK and Java Development Kit to Unity Navigating the Unity Interface Setting up Unity for AR Development Convert your Image Target to a Dataset Import the Image Target Add an Image Overlay Test Your Scene Building Your Application to a Mobile Device Android Troubleshooting Android Builds iOS Extending the Tutorial

Vuforia in Unity

https://library.vuforia.com/articles/Training/getting-started-with-vuforia-in-unity-2017-2-beta.html Getting Started with Vuforia in Unity 2017.2 Table of contents Getting Started with Vuforia in Unity 2017.2 Vuforia in Unity 2017.2 About Vuforia Installing Vuforia Create a new Unity project Vuforia Game Objects Activate Vuforia in your project Accessing Vuforia features in Unity Add Targets to your scene Adding digital assets Playing the scene Building and running your app Configuring a project for Digital Eyewear Learn More

Augmented Reality Tutorial No. 14: Augmented Reality using Unity3D and Vuforia (part 1)

augmented-reality-tutorial-unity3d-vuforia/ Augmented Reality Tutorial using Unity3D and Vuforia This is one of the simplest Augmented Reality tutorial using Unity3D and Vuforia.  Camera is pointed to the image target, which is recognized, tracked and virtual character added on top of it. You can use variety of awesome looking effects, 3D models and their animations from  Unity Asset Store   to make your AR solution look as good as possible. Download  #  Unity3D (download and install it)  (*.exe file) Unity3D is also available to download from  here Download  #   Download and Import Unity3D Extension  (*.unitypackage file) Unity3D extension is also available to download from  here Download  #   Download and Import EdgarasArt tracker in Unity3D   (*.unitypackage file) You can create your own tracker  here Download  #   Print this image to augment the content   (*.jpg file) Download  #   The same resized image to 512×512 pixels   (*.jpg file) Download  #   Dow

How to Build an AR Android App with Vuforia and Unity

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https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-build-an-ar-android-app-with-vuforia-and-unity/ Virtual and Augmented Reality has been getting a lot of attention lately. Lots of really cool Head Mounted Devices (HMDs) like  Oculus ,  Hololens ,  HTC Vive ,  FOVE , and  Magic Leap  have been coming up. The simplest and cheapest of all these HMDs is  Google Cardboard , and it already has more than a million users worldwide. Patrick has covered  Building Google Cardboard VR Apps in Unity  in his recent post. In the following two tutorials, we will be developing a basic Android Augmented Reality application for Google Cardboard using Unity3D. We will be using the Augmented Reality SDK named “Vuforia” to make this app. The following software and the corresponding versions will be used in the following two posts: Vuforia 5 Unity 3D 5.x Cardboard SDK version 0.5.x (needed for next tutorial) Android Studio and SDK tools (these need to be installed and set up for Unity builds to work. More inf

Game Development Tutorial Series

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The following are the multi part tutorial series hosted on GameFromScratch.com.  They are listed by a mix of chronological order and popularity.  If it exists, the link will bring you to the series table of contents, otherwise there may be multiple links. LibGDX Text Tutorial Series A massive tutorial series covering all facets of game development with LibGDX. LibGDX is a cross platform, Java based game engine. Click here for Table Of Contents Blender Game Art Tutorial Series One of the longest series on GFS, this tutorial walks you from complete Blender beginner to creating a game ready, modeled, textured, animated and rendered sprite. Basically teaches you everything you need to know to get started using Blender. Click here for Table Of Contents Unreal Engine 2D Game Development Tutorial This tutorial looks at all facets of creating a 2D game in Unreal Engine using the Paper2D library. There will be a companion tutorial covering Unity eventually. Click here for T