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Augmented Reality
Build an Augmented Reality android app in 1 hour!
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Build an Augmented Reality android app in 1 hour!

Learn how to create an AR (Augmented Reality) based app for Android using Unity and Vuforia.
3.2 (416 ratings)
Course Ratings are calculated from individual students’ ratings and a variety of other signals, like age of rating and reliability, to ensure that they reflect course quality fairly and accurately.
7,893 students enrolled
Created by Attreya Bhatt
Last updated 9/2017
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  • 42 mins on-demand video
  • 4 downloadable resources
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  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
  • Skills to build beautiful real-world Augmented Reality applications from scratch
  • Build amazing AR apps for Android, iPhone, Windows, Linux and Mac
  • Have a thorough understanding of good practices and principles of Unity and Augmented Reality Developement
  • Learn to integrate complex 3D models with your Augmented Reality application
  • Learn to use Vuforia to easily detect images on your mobile camera and display 3D models
  • Get a hands on experience of using Unity and a deep understanding of its various features
Course content
Expand all 14 lectures 41:42
+ – Introduction to Augmented Reality
3 lectures 05:06

This is the introduction video where we discuss what we are going to build in this project.

The first step
Preview 00:51

In this video, we are going to going to learn the true meaning of the term Augmented Reality. Most of the students get confused between the terms Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. We are going to throw light on that and learn the differences between them.

Augmented Reality 101
Preview 02:42

In the previous video we learned about augmented reality and what it is. In this lecture i wanted to explain to you the process we are going to go about to create our very first augmented reality application.


The first thing we need to about is Vuforia.
The second thing we are going use is a free software called Unity3d.

And lastly,we will discuss the walk-through of the project and what we are going to be making by the end.


Anatomy of an Augmented Reality app
Preview 01:33

Introduction to Augmented Reality

Quiz -1
2 questions
+ – Vuforia
3 lectures 08:48

We are going to learn what is Vuforia and how it is going to help us build an Augmented Reality application.
We are also going to signup to use this service.

Getting started with vuforia
02:24

In order to authorize the usage of Vuforia we need to generate a license key. This tells Unity (going to be used later) that we have the permission to use Vuforia in our project.

Creating a license key for our application
02:02

Marker/Image Target – this is an image which is recognized and tracked by a mobile device’s camera. This acts as an origin for augmentation. Once recognized, content can be displayed with respect to iy

Marker/Image Target
04:22

Confident about Vuforia? Lets test it out.

Quiz -2
1 question
+ – Unity
4 lectures 13:03

We are going to discuss a software called Unity and how to install it.

Intro and installation
03:13

We are going to get familiar with the interface of Unity in this video. Including things like -

1) Camera 2) Package 3) Inspector Panel

Getting to know Unity
03:58

We are going to learn about prefabs (A resource that can be used again and again and there is no need to destroy it)

Prefabs
02:14

We are going to learn about 3d models and how they are going to be used in the project. We will also learn how to import a free 3d model of red samurai into our project from the Unity Asset Store.

Unity Asset Store
03:38

Prefabs

Quiz - 3
1 question
+ – Bringing it all together
4 lectures 14:45

Things we are going to do in this video -

1) Discuss the importance of Packages that have in our project
2) Import the 2 unity packages into our project
3) Add the AR Camera to the scene and hierarchy panel
4) Add the license key to our Unity Project
 


Integrating with Unity
06:21

In this video we are going change the location of our stone_hires image (image target) and add the character of Red Samurai to the scene.

Adding the Red Samurai to the scene
02:17

In this video, we are going to load our image data-set and activate it. We are also going to test whether our Augmented Reality application works or not through the webcam.

Building it for Windows and Testing
Preview 02:30

In this video, we are going to build our Windows Application and convert it to android application. So that it could be used with an android mobile phone.

Building it for Android
Preview 03:37

Packages

Quiz - 3
1 question
Requirements
  • An Internet connection is required
  • You won’t need to buy any software – everything we are going to use will be free
  • Desire to learn and improve your skills
Description

Have you always wanted to build amazing Augmented Reality applications but didn't know where to start? May be you did not have any idea as to which skills were important to learn for building Augmented Reality Applications? May be you didn't want to dive too deep but still wanted make at least one Augmented Reality app? What if I told you that, with no previous knowledge at all you can actually build wonderful augmented reality apps starting today in just 1 hour? 

Reviews

"This Augmented Reality course if the best AR course I have ever experienced. The instructor doesn't waste time explaining useless stuff and directly goes to the meat of the concept. It is a good Introduction to Augmented Reality, Unity and Vuforia. I was able to complete my project within an hour without any problems" - Joe Manda

"This is the first course i have taken on Udemy. Learned a lot. Thankyou" - Damir mahi

In this course we will cover every concept that is important to building Augmented Reality android apps and applications. We will be using the most famous framework for AR applications called Vuforia and integrate it with a game building engine called Unity 3D to making amazing looking Applications. We will cover every step in detail and I will explain why that step is important. By the end of this course creating Augmented Reality Applications will be a piece of cake for you.

So, why choose me as an instructor? Why buy this course among all those other courses?

When i was a kid i saw this YouTube video on how make a folder invisible on Windows XP. I was so fascinated with this idea. Since then my love for technology has only grown. I understand the people who are passionate about learning new things. We will create this project together from start to finish.

So, why wait? If all this sounds great to you, Press on “Take this Course” and start learning today! 100% money-back guarantee!

Who this course is for:
  • People who want to step into the world of Augmented Reality but don't know where to start
  • Students who know already know Unity but want to start building amazing AR applications
  • Anyone who wants to start a career in Augmented Reality
  • Do NOT take this course if are AR expert with many years of experience