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Learn ARCore - Fundamentals of Google ARCore

You're reading from   Learn ARCore - Fundamentals of Google ARCore Learn to build augmented reality apps for Android, Unity, and the web with Google ARCore 1.0

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788830409
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Micheal Lanham Micheal Lanham
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Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. ARCore on Android 3. ARCore on Unity 4. ARCore on the Web 5. Real-World Motion Tracking 6. Understanding the Environment 7. Light Estimation 8. Recognizing the Environment 9. Blending Light for Architectural Design 10. Mixing in Mixed Reality 11. Performance Tips and Troubleshooting 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Interacting with the virtual


We want our users to be able to place and then move or adjust their object's pose as they need to. If you recall, a pose represents the six degrees of freedom that an object can be represented in in 3D space. Before we start posing an object though, we need to be able to select an object. After we select an object, we want to be able to outline it in order to identify it to the user as selected. Since outlining the object sounds like an essential first step, let's tackle that first. Follow along the given steps to create the object outlining:

  1. Go back to Unity. Create a new folder in the Assets/ARCoreDesign/Materials folder and name it Shaders.
  2. Right-click (Ctrl + Click on Mac) inside the new folder within the Project window and from the Context menu, select Create | Shader | Standard Surface Shader. Name the new shader ARMobileSpecularOutline.
  3. Double-click on the ARMobileSpecularOutline shader to open it in your code editor.
  4. Delete the contents of the file. We will...
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