Android Cardboard and Unity VR

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Virtual reality has been known to be fairly expensive; however, Google has created Cardboard. It is a VR headgear device made from cardboard and uses an Android phone. In this course, you'll learn how to create VR apps for this platform.

Target Audience
Developers or app designers who are developing a Cardboard Virtual Reality app using Unity

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.6

Lesson Objectives

Android Cardboard and Unity VR

start the course

download the Google VR SDK that can be used to create an Android VR app using Unity

configure a Unity scene to be able to develop VR apps using Google VR

configure a Unity scene to enable Google VR gaze detection

set up a game object that can respond to Google VR gaze-based interaction

implement a UI menu in VR that responds to Google VR gaze events

configure a UI menu to toggle its display on an off in response to user events

set up a UI menu that moves and rotates relative to current user gaze

deploy a Google VR app on an Android device

deploy a Google VR app on an iOS device

create a simple Cardboard VR app using Unity

Course Number:
sd_exvr_a06_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner