Augmented Reality for Developers

Preface

Augmented Reality has been said to be the next major computing platform. This book shows you how to build exciting AR applications with Unity 3D and the leading AR toolkits for a spectrum of mobile and wearable devices. The book opens with an introduction to augmented reality, including the markets, technologies, and development tools. You will begin with setting up your development machine for Android, iOS, and/or Windows development, and learn the basics of using Unity and the Vuforia AR platform as well as the open source ARToolKit, Microsoft Mixed Reality toolkit, Google ARCore, and Apple’s ARKit! You will then focus on building AR applications, exploring a variety of recognition targeting methods. You will go through full projects ...