Skip to Content
Augmented Reality Game Development
book

Augmented Reality Game Development

by Micheal Lanham
January 2017
Beginner
334 pages
7h 34m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Augmented Reality Game Development

Slideshow with the Google Places API photos

In the previous chapter, we used the Google Places API in order to populate the place markers around the map with a radar search. Now, as we have the player interacting with a marker, we want them to be able to visualize information about the location. We can do that by executing a detail query about the place, which will return additional information as well as the attached photos. Those photos will be used to create a slideshow for the player while visiting the place.

Along with the slideshow, we will also add text about the place name and the current rating. Later, we will use the rating to determine what cooking monsters a place will want to purchase and for how much.

You will need the Google Places ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality

Joseph Rampolla, Greg Kipper
Augmented Reality for Developers

Augmented Reality for Developers

Jonathan Linowes, Krystian Babilinski

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781787122888