Setting up the Unity environment

Like all projects, we will begin by launching Unity and creating a new project. The first steps will create a project folder which contains several files and directories:

1. Launch the Unity application.
2. Choose the New option after the application splash screen loads.

3. Create a new project by launching the Unity application. Save the project as Trappist1 in a location of your choice, as demonstrated in Figure 2.2:

Figure 2.2: New project window

To prepare for VR, we will adjust the Build Settings and Player Settings windows.

4. Open Build Settings from File | Build Settings.
5. Select the Platform for your target device (iOS or Android).

6. Click the Switch Platform button to confirm the change. The Unity icon in the right-hand column of the platform panel indicates the currently selected build platform. By default, it will appear next to the Standalone...