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Become an AR Developer: A Complete Guide

Gain insights into AR development with Unity and AR foundation, delving into building marker-based and markerless AR applications, including face filters, enhancing your skills in commercial-scale projects.

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20 Lessons

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Course Overview

Augmented reality (AR) development is one of the essential skills required to thrive in the digital economy of the future. Learn AR development with AR foundation and Unity in this course, and learn techniques essential to building commercial-scale AR applications. The course briefly discusses the metaverse and Web3 ecosystem and how immersive technologies, including AR, contribute to it. After learning about the initial setup, you will know how to build your first AR application from scratch using Unity ...Show More

What You'll Learn

Understanding of the metaverse and Web3 ecosystem and the role of AR technology

Familiarity with core components of AR development

Hands-on experience with AR development using AR foundation and Unity

Hands-on experience in developing advanced AR applications to implement various features

Understanding of the metaverse and Web3 ecosystem and the role of AR technology

Course Content

Getting Started

1 Lessons

Get familiar with AR fundamentals, technologies, practical development skills, Unity, and AR Foundation integration.

Course Overview

Web 3.0 and the Evolution in AR

6 Lessons

Look at Web 3.0's user-centric evolution, AR's expansive use, and latest technologies.

Introduction: Web 3.0 and Its Impacts

Evolution in AR and Its Use Cases

AR Technologies Disrupting Mainstream E-Commerce

Types of AR Applications

AR Development Environments

Latest AR Hardware

Unity Basics: Tools, Assets, and Features

3 Lessons

Work your way through Unity setup, 3D basics, and UI/asset management for AR development.

Unity Project Setup and Installations

Unity 3D Basics: Camera, Materials, Physics, and Input System

Unity 3D Basics: UI, Package, and Assets Import

AR in Unity: Building Your First AR Scene

5 Lessons

Apply your skills to set up, build, run, and interact with AR scenes using Unity.

Set Up AR Foundation with Unity

Build Our First AR Scene

Build and Run the AR Application

Sound in AR

AR Interaction Paradigm

Creating Real World Applications of AR

4 Lessons

Solve problems in configuring AR environments, face tracking, plane detection, and marker-based AR.

Environment Setup for AR Applications

Face Tracking: Filters App (Masks, Makeup, or Glasses)

Plane Detection and Object Placement in AR

Marker-Based AR: Image Tracking

Epilogue

1 Lessons

Investigate enhanced AR skills, recent tech trends, and future learning opportunities.

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