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Learn ARCore - Fundamentals of Google ARCore

Learn ARCore - Fundamentals of Google ARCore

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Overview of this book

Are you a mobile developer or web developer who wants to create immersive and cool Augmented Reality apps with the latest Google ARCore platform? If so, this book will help you jump right into developing with ARCore and will help you create a step by step AR app easily. This book will teach you how to implement the core features of ARCore starting from the fundamentals of 3D rendering to more advanced concepts such as lighting, shaders, Machine Learning, and others. We’ll begin with the basics of building a project on three platforms: web, Android, and Unity. Next, we’ll go through the ARCore concepts of motion tracking, environmental understanding, and light estimation. For each core concept, you’ll work on a practical project to use and extend the ARCore feature, from learning the basics of 3D rendering and lighting to exploring more advanced concepts. You’ll write custom shaders to light virtual objects in AR, then build a neural network to recognize the environment and explore even grander applications by using ARCore in mixed reality. At the end of the book, you’ll see how to implement motion tracking and environment learning, create animations and sounds, generate virtual characters, and simulate them on your screen.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1
Getting Started
Getting Started
Immersive computing
AR and ARCore
The road ahead
Summary
2
ARCore on Android
ARCore on Android
Installing Android Studio
Installing ARCore
Build and deploy
Exploring the code
Summary
3
ARCore on Unity
ARCore on Unity
Installing Unity and ARCore
Building and deploying to Android
Remote debugging
Exploring the code
Summary
4
ARCore on the Web
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ARCore on the Web
Installing WebARonARCore
Installing Node.js
Exploring the samples
Debugging web apps on Android
3D and three.js
Summary
5
Real-World Motion Tracking
Real-World Motion Tracking
Motion tracking in depth
3D sound
Resonance Audio
A tracking service with Firebase
Visualizing tracked motion
Exercises
Summary
6
Understanding the Environment
Understanding the Environment
Tracking the point cloud
Meshing and the environment
Interacting with the environment
Drawing with OpenGL ES
Shader programming
Exercises
Summary
7
Light Estimation
Light Estimation
3D rendering
3D lighting
Light estimation
Cg/HLSL shaders
Estimating light direction
Exercises
Summary
8
Recognizing the Environment
Recognizing the Environment
Introduction to ML
Deep learning
Programming a neural network
Training a neural network
TensorFlow
Summary
9
Blending Light for Architectural Design
Blending Light for Architectural Design
Setting up the project
The environment and placing content
Building the UI
Interacting with the virtual
Lighting and shadows
Exercises
Summary
10
Mixing in Mixed Reality
Mixing in Mixed Reality
Mixed reality and HoloKit
Introducing WRLD
Setting up WRLD for MR
Navigating the map
Mapping, GIS, and GPS
What's next?
Exercises
Summary
11
Performance Tips and Troubleshooting
Performance Tips and Troubleshooting
Diagnosing performance
Tips for managing better performance
General troubleshooting
Exercises
Troubleshooting tips
Summary
12
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Installing WebARonARCore

In order to run ARCore from the web, we also need a browser that supports ARCore or ARKit. At the time of writing (beta preview), no browser supports ARCore or ARKit, and therefore, we need to install a special or experimental browser. The experimental browser we will install is called WebARonARCore.

At the time of writing, Google ARCore is in the beta preview. If Google ARCore is in full release (1.0) and supported in a browser on your device, then you can bypass this section.

Installing WebARonARCore is quite simple and just requires you to point a browser on your device and install an APK. Follow the given steps to install WebARonARCore:

  1. Point a browser on your device to https://github.com/google-ar/WebARonARCore or just Google git WebARonARCore.
  2. Follow the instructions in the README file to find and click on the WebARonARCore&...
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