Unity: AR Visualization 01 Basic Concepts

2h 26mIntermediate2021-07-05

Authors

Roger Miller

Owner and Principal Engineer at Collective Mass

Course details

Mobile augmented reality (AR) is currently the most popular and pervasive form of AR in the market. The applications of AR for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries have already started to prove themselves indispensable. In this course, learn how to use the Unity game engine to create an AR mobile application for iOS or Android to view and interact with a 3D model in the real world. As a bonus, instructor Roger Miller also looks at working with the Unity Reflect plugin to help get CAD and BIM data into Unity. If you are an AEC professional, or a Unity engineer looking to break into the augmented reality space, this course is for you.

Skills covered

Real-TimeGame DevelopmentUnityAugmented RealityVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learn the basics of creating AR in Unity
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Overview

04 - The value of mobile AR in AEC
05 - Understanding mobile AR
06 - Understanding interaction
07 - Project overview

2. Setting AR Up in Unity

08 - Installing Unity
09 - Setting up your project in Unity
10 - The Package Manager
11 - Setting up AR in Unity
12 - Understanding AR session origin
13 - Enabling the debug visualizations

3. Publishing Your AR Experience

14 - Getting ready for iOS
15 - Publishing to iOS
16 - Building an Xcode project
17 - Getting ready for Android
18 - Publishing to Android
19 - Best practices for performance

4. Populating Up Your AR World

20 - Getting your model into Unity
21 - Creating your manager script
22 - Setting up AR events
23 - Adding AR plane events
24 - Creating a simple debug panel
25 - Setting up the debug panel script
26 - Driving the debug panel via script
27 - AR comes to life

5. Adding Simple Interaction

28 - Using mobile input
29 - Aligning your assets to your AR world
30 - How to identify a component or mesh
31 - Performant object selection
32 - Getting more from your jet engine
33 - Adding flow
34 - Seeing your AR progress

6. Implementing UI

35 - Preparing for a simple dialog
36 - Creating the dialog UI
37 - Adding functionality to the dialog
38 - Completing your dialog with a button
39 - Wrapping up your interactivity
40 - AR app in action

7. Bonus Content

41 - Upgrading to Unity 2021
42 - Unity Reflect overview

Conclusion

43 - Next steps