Preface
Chapter 1: Virtuall Eve th'm for Eve one
  What is virtual reality to you?
  Types of head-mounted displays
    Desktop VR
    Mobile VR
  The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality
  Applications versus games
  What this book covers
    Who are you?
  Types of VR experiences
  Technical skills that are important to VR
  Summary
Chapter 2: Objects and Scale
  Getting started with Unity
    Starting a new Unity project
    The Unity editor
    The default world space
  Creating a simple diorama
    Adding a cube
    Adding a plane
    Adding a sphere and some material
    Changing the scene view
    Adding a photo
    Coloring the ground plane
  Measurement tools
    Keeping a unit cube handy
    Using a Grid Projector
    Measuring the Ethan character
  Importing from the Blender experiment
  An introduction to Blender
    A unit cube
    A UV Texture image
    Importing into Unity
    A few observations
  Summary
Chapter 3: VR Build and Run
  VR device integration software
    Unity's built-in VR support
    The device-specific SDK
    The OSVR project
    WebVR
    3D worlds
  Creating the MeMyselfEye prefab
  Build for the Oculus Rift
  Build for Google Cardboard
    The Android setup
    The iOS setup
    Installing the Cardboard Unity package
    Adding the camera
    The build settings
    The Play Mode
    Building and running in Android
    Building and running in iOS
  The device-independent clicker
  How virtual reality really works
    Stereoscopic 3D viewing
    Head tracking
  Summary
Chapter 4: Gaze-based Control
  Ethan, the walker
    Artificially intelligent Ethan
    The Navmesh bakery
    A random walker in the town
    Interlude - a quick introduction to Unity programming
    The RandomPosition script
    "Zombie-ize" Ethan!
  Go where I'm looking
    The LookMoveTo script
    Adding a feedback cursor
    Observations
  If looks could kill
    The KillTarget script
    Adding particle effects
    Cleaning up
  Summary
Chapter 5: World Space UI
  A reusable default canvas
  The visor HUD
  The reticle cursor
  The windshield HUD
  The game element UI
  The info bubble
  An in-game dashboard with input events
    Creating a dashboard with buttons
    Linking the water hose to the buttons
    Activating buttons from the script
    Look to highlight a button
    Looking and then clicking to select
    Looking and staring to select
  A responsive object UI with head gestures
    Using the head position
    Using head gestures
  Summary
Chapter 6: First-person Character
  Understanding the Unity characters
    Unity components
    The Camera component
    The Rigidbody component
    The Character Controller component
    Unity Standard Assets
    ThirdPersonController
    AIThirdPersonController
       FirstPersonController
       RigidBodyFPSController
  Making a first person
    Move in the direction you're looking
    Keep your feet on the ground
    Don't pass through solid objects
    Don't fall off the edge of the world
    Stepping over small objects and handling uneven terrain
    Start and stop moving
    Using head gestures to start/stop
  User calibrations
    A character's height
    Real-life height of a player
    Recentering
  Maintaining a sense of self
    Head-body disconnect
    Head and body...
    ...And feet
    The body avatar
    Virtual David le nose
    Audio cues
  Locomotion, teleportation, and sensors
  Managing VR motion sickness
  Summary
Chapter 7: Physics and the Environment
  Unity physics
  Bouncy balls
  Headshots
  Trampoline and brick
  A human trampoline
    Like a brick
    Like a character
  Interlude - environment and things
    Wispy Sky
    The planet Earth
    The corporate logo
     Blender
     Unity
  An elevator
  Jumping
  Summary
Chapter 8: Walk-throughs and Rendering
  Building in Blender
    Walls
    Ceiling
  Assemble the scene in Unity
    The gallery room
    The artwork rig
    The exhibition plan
  Adding photos to the gallery
  An animated walk-through
    Unity's animation system
    Scripted animation
  Optimizing for performance and comfort
    Optimizing your implementation and content
       Simplify your models
       Using texture maps instead of complex meshes
       Limiting the objects to be drawn
       Lighting and shadow performance
       Optimizing your scripts
    Optimizing for the Unity rendering pipeline
       Life's a batch
       Multipass pixel filling
       Other rendering tips
    Optimizing for the target hardware and drivers
     Unity Profiler
  Summary
Chapter 9: Using All 360 Degrees
  360-degree media
  Crystal balls
  Magic orbs
  Panoramas
  Infographics
  Equirectangular projections
  Globes
  Photospheres
  Field of view- FOV
  Capturing a 360-degree media
  Summary
Chapter 10: Social VR Metaverse
  Multiplayer networking
    Networking services
    The network architecture
    Local versus server
    The Unity networking system
  Setting up a simple scene
    Creating a scene environment
    Creating an avatar head
  Adding multiplayer networking
    Network Manager and HUD
    Network Identity and Transform
    Running as a host
    Adding spawn positions
    Running two instances of the game
    Associating avatar with the first-person character
  Adding multiplayer virtual reality
    The Oculus Rift players
    The Google Cardboard players
    Next steps
  Building and sharing a custom VRChat room
    Preparing and building the world
    Host the world
  Summary
Chapter 11: What's Next?
Index