دانلود کتاب Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming: For HoloLens and Mixed Reality Headsets

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Table of Contents
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Mixed Reality Future
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Gear Up: The Necessary Hardware and Software Tools
Making Sure Your PC Is Ready
Understanding the HoloLens and Other Windows Mixed Reality Hardware
Inside-Out Tracking and Spatial Mapping
Spatial Sound
Transparent vs. Immersive Headsets
Downloading and Installing the Required and Optional Software Tools
Installing Visual Studio
Installing Unity
Downloading the Mixed Reality Toolkit
Summary
Chapter 2: Unity Crash Course
What Is Unity?
Free vs. Paid Tiers of Unity
Your First Unity App
Step 1: Create a New Unity Project
Step 2: Save Your Scene
Step 3: Create a Ground Plane
Step 4: Rename Your Plane
Step 5: Reset Ground Plane Position
Step 6: Zoom to Your Ground Plane
Step 7: Scale Your Ground Plane
Step 8: Create the Ball
Step 9: Rename Your Ball
Step 10: Reset the Ball’s Position
Step 11: Zoom to Your Ball
Step 12: Raise the Ball’s Position
Step 13: Color the Ground Blue
Step 14: Add Physics to the Ball
Step 15: Enable Keyboard Control
Step 16: Testing Your App
Summary
Part II: Building Holographic Experiences
Chapter 3: Creating Your First Hologram
Getting Unity Ready for Mixed Reality Development
Step 1: Import Mixed Reality Toolkit to a New Unity Project
Step 2: Use Mixed Reality Toolkit to Prepare Your Scene for Mixed Reality Development
Your First Hologram
Step 1: Create a Cube
Step 2: Zoom to Your Cube
Step 3: Move the Cube Away from the Camera
Step 4: Resize the Cube
Step 5. Test Your App
Step 6: Install Your App on the HoloLens
Summary
Chapter 4: Introduction to the Mixed Reality Toolkit
What Is the Mixed Reality Toolkit?
The Three MRTK Repositories
Mixed Reality Toolkit Setup
1. Importing MRTK Asset Files
2. Unity Package Manager
Mixed Reality Toolkit Components
MRTK: Input System
How to Run a Test Scene
MRTK: Hand Tracking
MRTK: Solvers
MRTK: Multi-scene Manager
MRTK: Spatial Awareness
MRTK: Diagnostic Tool
MRTK: Boundary System
MRTK: UX Controls
MRTK: Camera System
MRTK: Profiles
MRTK: Standard Shader
MRTK Online
What Is GitHub?
MRTK Help and Documentation
Summary
Chapter 5: Interacting with Holograms
Input Methods
Gaze Tutorial
Step 1: Set Up Unity Scene
Step 2: Add Scenes to the Build Menu
Step 3: Try the Scene!
Step 4: Understanding the Scene
Step 5: Use Gaze in Your Project
Gestures Tutorial
Step 1. Load Test Scene
Step 2. Try It Out!
Step 3. Bounds Control
Step 4: Press and Touch Interactions
Step 5: Object Manipulator
Step 6: Implementing Gestures in Your Application
Voice Command Tutorial
Step 1: Load the Example Scene
Step 2. Try It Out!
Step 3: Understanding the Scene
Step 4: Add Your Own Voice Command
Step 5: Using Voice Commands in Your Own Project
Best Practices for Voice Commands
Other Hardware Input
Summary
Chapter 6: Using Spatial Awareness
What Is Spatial Awareness?
Spatial Awareness Tutorial
Step 1: Set Up Unity Scene
Step 2. Try It Out!
Step 3. Understanding the Scene
Step 4. Using Spatial Mapping in Your Application
Occlusion
Step 1: Apply Occlusion
Step 2: Try It Out!
Scene Understanding
Summary
Chapter 7: Spatial Sound
Spatial Sound Tutorial
Step 1: Set Up Unity Scene
Step 2: Try It Out!
Step 3: Understanding the Scene
Step 4: Enabling Spatial Sound in Your Application
Spatial Sound Design Considerations
When to Use Spatial Sound
What to Avoid When Using Spatial Sound
Summary
Part III: Growing As a Holographic Developer
Chapter 8: Azure Spatial Anchors
What Is Azure Spatial Anchors?
Azure Spatial Anchors Tutorial
Step 1: Creating new Unity Scene
Step 2: Installing Inbuilt Unity Packages
Step 3: Download and Import Tutorial Assets
Step 4: Preparing the Scene
Step 5: Configuring the Buttons to Operate the Scene
Step 6: Connecting the Scene to the Azure Resource
Step 7: Test the Application in Device
Summary
Chapter 9: Shared Experiences
What Are Shared Experiences?
Multiuser Capabilities Tutorial
Setting Up Photon Unity Networking
Step 1: Creating New Unity Scene
Step 2: Enabling Additional Capabilities
Step 3: Installing Inbuilt Unity Packages
Step 4: Importing the Tutorial Assets
Step 5: Importing the PUN Assets
Step 6: Creating the PUN Application
Step 7: Connecting the Unity Project to the PUN Application
Connecting Multiple Users
Step 1: Preparing the Scene
Step 2: Create and Configure the User
Step 3: Create the Avatar
Step 4: Create the Prefab
Step 5: Configuring PUN to Instantiate the User Prefab
Sharing Object Movements with Multiple Users
Step 1: Preparing the Scene
Step 2: Configuring PUN to Instantiate the Objects
Integrating Azure Spatial Anchors into a Shared Experience
Step 1: Preparing the Scene
Step 2: Configuring the Buttons to Operate the Scene
Step 3: Connecting the Scene to the Azure Resource
Trying the Experience with Spatial Alignment
Summary
Chapter 10: Awe-Inspiring Experiences
What Makes an App Awe Inspiring?
Optimization and Performance
How to Monitor for Performance
Best Practices for Performance
Start Monitoring and Optimizing Early
Optimize Polygons and Textures
Level of Detail Rendering
Culling
Enable Single-Pass Instanced Rendering
Optimize Shaders
Simplygon
Stabilization Plane
Design and Magic
Best Practices for Design
Spatial Mapping
Distance from User
Shadows
Voice
Sharp Text
Bounds Controls
Toolbars
Colors
Design Experiences to Avoid
Additional Resources
Adding Magic: Vuforia
Step 1: Install the Vuforia Sample
Step 2: Try It Out!
Summary
Chapter 11: Turning Holograms into Money
Publishing Your App to the Microsoft Store
Freelancing and Contracts
Where to Find Mixed Reality Freelance Opportunities
Increasing Your Chances of Winning a Contract
Future Opportunities Today
Summary
Chapter 12: Community Resources
HoloDevelopers Slack Team
What Is Slack?
What Is the HoloDevelopers Slack Team
How to Join the HoloDevelopers Slack Team
Participating in the HoloDevelopers Slack Team
Other Online Communities and Resources
HoloLens Developers Facebook Group
Unity and Unity HoloLens Forum
HoloLens Subreddit
Next Reality News
YouTube
Local Events and Meetups
Europe Meetups
North America Meetups
Asia Pacific Meetups
Hackathons
Notable Industry Events
Summary
Index