Create AR Games at real locations! (Unity + Lightship VPS Tutorial)

Thanks for watching my journey. I want to build the most exciting AR Experiences including Games, Movies and usefull Apps. My background is mainly in 2D / 3D Animation using Blender and After Effects, but I always loved the idea auf Augmented Reality. Furthemore I liked to code. So in late 2022 I decided to learn Unity and get deeper into AR Software Development. Let's see how far we can come :)

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Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

1:00 Download the Lightship Wayfarer App

1:38 Sign into Lightship.dev

2:20 3D Scanning

3:30 Explore the VPS Map and add wayspots

05:15 Geospatial Browser

07:10 Download our 3D Scans

07:40 Setup Unity Project with Lightship ARDK

12:00 Setup VPS in editor

15:30 Potential errors and shadow catcher

18:00 Adding AR Occlusion  

20:00 Testing VPS in editor with playback

21:30 Plane detection and placement at VPS

33:15 Make placed objects persistent (Save)

55:20 Make placed objects persistent (Load)

01:30:00 Cleaning up moms spaghetti code

01:35:30 Finish the loading logic

01:40:30 Retrieve VPS locations with coverage manager

02:08:00 Localize and navigate retrieved VPS

02:32:00 Final testing and outro

Video Tutorial for installing ARDK3:
How to make an AR App: Setup Unity fo...

Templates for playback (In editor testing):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

My Lightship ARDK 3 Playlist:
ARDK3 Tutorials

Niantic Wayfarer App:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/VXu...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

Code for this tutorial:
https://github.com/Alive-hub/Lightshi...

More on VPS:
https://lightship.dev/products/vps

How to install ARDK3 to Unity:
https://lightship.dev/docs/ardk/setup/

ARDK3 Sample Package:
https://lightship.dev/docs/ardk/sampl...

Unity assets used in this tutorial:

Dragons:

https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lumXw...

House:

https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lumXw...

Weapons:

https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lumXw...

3D Assets that are great for AR / VR purposes *:

Low Poly, Animated Dinosaurs:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly, Animated Animals:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly Junge:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly Forest:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...


Convert Terrain to Mesh (For Transforming a Terrain to view):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Explorer Character Pack:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...





*The given links are part of Unitys affiliate program
Note: Some of the images and graphics used are from FreePik. I own the rights / premium license to use those graphics.

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