Chapter 3: Exploring Tools and Development Platforms

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xvii
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Augmented Reality 1
6. Chapter 2: Visualizing the AR Environment and Components 23
7. Chapter 3: Exploring Tools and Development Platforms 43
8. Chapter 4: Up and Running with Unity 3D 65
9. Chapter 5: Creating a First Custom Component 97
10. Chapter 6: Refreshing C# Concepts with Unity 111
11. Chapter 7: Trying Out a First 3D Mobile App Development 145
12. Chapter 8: Building Marker-based AR Apps with Vuforia 163
13. Chapter 9: Developing Marker-based Dynamic AR Apps 193
14. Chapter 10: Marker-less AR Apps with ARKit and ARCore 239
15. Chapter 11: World-Scale AR App with Niantic Lightship 271
16. Chapter 12: Best Practices in Augmented Reality Application Design 301
17. Chapter 13: AR App Performance Optimization 321
18. Appendix: Answer Key for Chapter Questions 339
19. Index 343