CREATE YOUR NEXT IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY APP IN JUST SIX STEPS

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CREATE YOUR NEXT IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY
APP IN JUST SIX STEPS
As per the Nielsen analytical agencys poll,
about 51 of respondents knew what VR or AR
means. This poll results were impressive since
about one year back only 28 respondents were
aware of this question. Mobile virtual reality
is connecting people to the non-existing world.
Not only do a huge number of mobile devices
nowadays support this technology but the IT
departments too are providing headsets that
would provide full immersion. Though the
headsets are not really advanced and do have
certain level of improvisations yet to be done,
they still provide a pretty good sense of
adventure. Since figures speak lounder than
claims, Google sold more than 10 million of
Google Cardboard glasses in the first half of
2017. As for Samsung, it sold almost 800K of
Gear VR headsets within the same period. Google
Play Store is Choco-blocked with VR apps,
however, only a few of them provide the users
with a really cool VR experience. In this
article, we have spoken about how to create a VR
app to meet all the requirements of all
potential users. 1. Select your VR hardware
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Google Cardboard, are glasses that can be used
with Android smartphones with the OS versions
that are above 4.4. It also backs up VR apps
that are used on iPhones. As per today, Google
cardboard is one of the most popular ways to
dive into the virtual world. However since it is
so easily accessible, it is also slightly low on
quality. Daydream VR, is another google product.
Though slightly on the expensive side, Daydream
VR produces better VR picture quality. This
hardware only works on Android smartphones such
as Motorola Moto Z, Galaxy Note 8, etc. Samsung
Gear VR, is created by Samsung along with Oculus
VR. This hardware works perfectly fine with
Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones. Not only does
the Samsung Gear VR have high-quality lenses and
touchscreen control panel, the handheld
controller imparts a better VR experience for
the customers. Oculus Rift, this headset was
basically made with an intent for working with
PC. With the help of the easy-to-use motion
controllers, the motion on virtual reality look
quite natural. 2. Use special 3D engine Unity vs
Unreal
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Once you have made a choice between the Unity and
Unreal, the two most popular 3D environments for
building games and VR features, we then dive
into the development process. While they both are
pretty easy to use, with Unity, VR development
is a lot easier. 3. UX design

• While creating the designs for a VR app, here are
  a few things to be kept in mind
• It should have small sessions. A good VR app
  would have an easy work flow.
• Smaller sessions would consume lesser battery.
• The best UX design would be user friendly and
  would not tire the user while navigating.

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• The faster the devices respond to head movements,
  the better the experience.
• Immediate acceleration and deceleration should be
  avoided while
• building the UX design.
• 4. VR UI design

• In this step we will need to fill the virtual
  reality app at hand with 3D models and
  animation. Proprietary tools like Blender and
  Autodesk help us implement this complicated VR
  content development stage. While creating the UI
  for the app, taking these points into account
  will be beneficial
• Building a stereoscopic app.
• Integrate UI into the logic.
• Should be found in a comfortable visibility user
  zone.
• Integrating eye-tracking technology.
• VR performance optimization

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• Some important factors like, battery power
  consumption, general app performance, 3D
  optimization help to determine the VR performance
  of the app. Here are a couple of things to be
  kept in mind, while optimizing the app
• The app should be optimized for 60fps.
• Integrate debugging tools.
• Perform batching of draw calls.
• Keep away from overdrawing.
• Activate CPU and GPU throttling.
• Testing

With respect to its complexity, a VR app would
take a longer duration to complete the testing
than any other ordinary app. Graphics engines
read the performance level of your app and would
also help in the app
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optimization process. Moreover, integrated
testing tools will help you find bugs and any
imperfections to fix them easily. If you are
looking to develop a virtual reality app, then
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