List of web resources for 3D, VR, and AR
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- User Experience (UX)
Engine-specific
Unreal Engine 4
- Unreal Engine YouTube Channel, full of tutorials, announcements, and stream recordings
- Unreal forums, and the Unreal VR development forum
- C++ (programming language for Unreal Engine 4)
- Blueprints Visual Scripting
- Video tutorials
Unity
- Unity3d Videos on YouTube, featuring many tutorials and panels
- Unity forums, and the Unity VR forum
- Unity tutorial section, has beginner and intermediate tutorials for using the engine.
- Microsoft Developer Network - Unity: Developing Your First Game with Unity and C#
- Unity manual
- C# (programming language for Unity)
- Unity and C# Video Tutorials by Sebastian Lague
- Unity tutorials for C#
- Unity documentation for C#
- Unity Coding Tips on YouTube
- Intro to C# programming and Scripting for Game in Unity, a $30 video tutorial series over at Udemy
- Introductory C# lessons with interactive code
- A handful of useful C# tutorials at SourceCodester
- Discussion forum for learning C# at Dream.In.Code
3D Models and Art Assets
3D Models
- TurboSquid 3D modelling community
- Sketchfab 3D modelling community
- Blender, a free and open source 3D modelling program
- OpenGameArt has a trove of mixed-quality 3D models free for use.
- NASA's 3D Resources gallery has a number of public domain, space-themed 3D models. The files are in a few different formats, including .FBX, .3DS, .OBJ, and the less familiar .STL (stereolithography), but converters are easily found across the web.
Texture Mapping
- Normal Map Technical Details at the Polycount Wiki
- Texture Maps Explained: Physically-Based Rendering Workflow
Audio
- Oculus's Introduction to VR Audio
- Audacity a free, simple-yet-powerful audio editor
- For stock audio, check out The Free Sound Project, the Free Bluezone SFX list, the #GameAudioGDC Bundle, and the Oculus Audio Pack
Mobile Development
- Nvidia AndroidWorks provides all the SDKs needed to port a Unity or UE4 application to Android
- Android Studio is Android's all-in-one-suite for developing Android applications, and is useful for debugging and many development tasks. It also fulfills required SDKs.
- Google VR SDK for Unity (works for both Cardboard and Daydream)
- Google Cardboard Developer Overview, and the official Cardboard developer community on Google+
- Google Daydream Developer Overview
Additional VR/AR Platforms
Web VR
- Google web tools
- Mozilla A-Frame
- Google I/O 2016 Livestream- Building High Performance Daydream Apps
- Projects:
- WorkshopQuest, an online app that teaches core concepts of WebVR dev. From VR.Lab Brussels
Other
- Leap Motion forum, and their development forum
- Leap Motion best practices guide, generally useful for studying user experience