Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide电子书

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Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide

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Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

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Introducing VR Technology in Unreal Engine 4

Why use Unreal Engine 4 for VR?

What types of VR Technology are available to developers?

Room-scale VR

Seated VR

Mobile VR

Pros and cons of popular VR headsets

HTC Vive

Minimum hardware requirements

Oculus Rift + Touch

Minimum hardware requirements

Windows Mixed Reality headset

Minimum hardware requirements

Samsung Gear VR

Limitations of VR

Introducing our sample project – Server 17

Summary

Locomotion, Design, and Starting Our Project

The Human-Centered Design process

Choosing our locomotion method

Natural locomotion

Artificial locomotion

Cockpit locomotion

Physical locomotion

Setting up new game files in UE4

Project setup

Creating our custom Game Mode

Creating a GameState

Creating a custom PlayerPawn

Programming our custom PlayerPawn

Summary

Exploring Riveting Gameplay in Virtual Reality

What does VR bring to video games?

Popular gameplay mechanics

Shooter experiences

Action/adventure experiences

Vehicle experiences

Physics-based experiences

Puzzle experiences

Rhythm experiences

Educational experiences

Designing the gameplay for Server 17

Adding the hand functionality

Building the teleportation

The server – Building the puzzle box

Building the first tool station

Building the Timer

Summary

User Interface and User Experience inside VR

What is UX design?

User interfaces in VR

Designing the UI elements for Server 17

Displaying the level timer

Redesigning the tool experience

Summary

Creating Optimized Game Art for VR in UE4

Performance is key

Artistic limitations in VR

Static and skeletal mesh limitations

Material limitations

Lighting limitations

Visual Effects (VFX) limitations

Performance-boosting techniques

Static and skeletal mesh techniques

Material techniques

Lighting techniques

Visual effects techniques

Measuring ingame performance

Summary

Finalizing Our VR Game and Next Steps

The importance of game testing

Collecting testing data

Usability testing

Card sorting

Expert review

Preparing for distribution

Summary

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