Here, you’ll get to know about Virtual Reality and how you should step by step start developing a VR Application and keep your first foot in the VR Development aura.

在这里，您将了解虚拟现实以及如何逐步开始开发VR应用程序，并使您的第一脚涉足VR Development光环。

What is Virtual Reality?

什么是虚拟现实？

The term virtual reality is a combination of Virtual: ‘Near’, Reality: ‘That we experience daily’. This states that Virtual Reality takes you near reality, i.e. close to the reality via various means.

虚拟现实是虚拟：“近”，现实：“我们每天都在体验”的组合。 这说明虚拟现实使您接近现实，即通过各种方式接近现实。

For instance, the game launched recently named ‘Pokemon Go’, it took a gamer close to the reality by demanding the player to search for various pokemons in real, but the existence of the Pokemons were virtual (on the screens of the phones).

例如，最近推出的游戏名为“ Pokemon Go”，它要求玩家实际搜索各种口袋妖怪，从而使玩家接近现实，但是口袋妖怪的存在是虚拟的(在手机屏幕上)。

Another example is the VR Set that enlarges the experience of gaming, music, movies or other entertainment options by providing a three-dimensional experience.

另一个示例是VR装置，它通过提供三维体验来扩大游戏，音乐，电影或其他娱乐选项的体验。

According to Yariv Levski the CEO of AppReal-VR- a virtual reality development agency, the VR gaming will increase its business everywhere, the survey’s result depict that from AR & VR gaming, Virtual Reality will dominate the market.

根据虚拟现实开发机构AppReal- VR的首席执行官Yariv Levski的说法 ，VR游戏将在各地增加其业务，该调查的结果表明，从AR和VR游戏来看，虚拟现实将主导市场。

Virtual reality is presently the most demanding technology as it is being used in military, healthcare, education and architecture.

虚拟现实是目前最苛刻的技术，因为它被用于军事，医疗保健，教育和建筑。

如何开始虚拟现实(VR)开发？ (How to Get Started with Virtual Reality (VR) Development?)

Firstly you need to choose the appropriate engines that are available to provide platform to create VR Apps.

首先，您需要选择可用于提供平台以创建VR应用程序的适当引擎。

There are two specific engines that provide the environment to build a platform for VR app development namely: Unity and Unreal.

有两个特定的引擎可为构建VR应用程序开发平台提供环境，分别是：Unity和Unreal。

One has to learn either C# or C++ as this will help in speeding up the creation process. If you have the knowledge of both the technologies, it’s great!

必须学习C＃或C ++，因为这将有助于加快创建过程。 如果您同时具备这两种技术的知识，那就太好了！

Starting up with an Online Course/Workshop

从在线课程/讲习班开始

Initially you can take some Virtual Reality Workshops that will help you in smooth product designing, 3D modeling, video game design and animation. You can also engage yourself in various studies or projects or video tutorials related to Virtual Reality Development, you must have apt knowledge so that a strong knowledge foundation is constructed.

最初，您可以参加一些虚拟现实研讨会，这些研讨会将帮助您顺利进行产品设计，3D建模，视频游戏设计和动画。 您还可以参与与虚拟现实开发相关的各种研究或项目或视频教程，您必须具有适当的知识，以便构建强大的知识基础。

Time to Choose the Suitable Engine

是时候选择合适的发动机了

As mentioned above there are two engines to choose from:

如上所述，有两种引擎可供选择：

Unity: if you’re efficient at coding in C#, you can choose this engine, as this require more coding than the other engine.

Unity：如果您高效地使用C＃进行编码，则可以选择此引擎，因为与其他引擎相比，它需要更多的编码。

Unreal: Whereas, Unreal engine requires less coding, therefore if you’re new to the coding world, you must choose Unreal engine.

虚幻引擎：虚幻引擎需要较少的编码，因此，如果您不熟悉编码领域，则必须选择虚幻引擎。

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If we compare both the engines, you get an advantage with Unity engine as you can customize your workspace, therefore the application will be created with you having the main control over creative aspects.

如果我们将两个引擎进行比较，则可以自定义工作区，因此您将获得Unity引擎的优势，因此将在您拥有对创作方面的主要控制权的情况下创建应用程序。

Even if you choose Unreal engine, at least basic knowledge of coding is required to develop any VR applications.

即使您选择虚幻引擎，开发任何VR应用程序也至少需要具备编码的基础知识。

The Former Game Developers have Advantage

前游戏开发商具有优势

If you’ve developed various games through the traditional programming techniques, you’ll surely have an advantage of having wider knowledge than the people who’re new to the Virtual Reality world.

如果您通过传统的编程技术开发了各种游戏，那么您肯定会拥有比虚拟现实世界新手更广泛的知识的优势。

The one who directly decides to learn Gaming in Virtual Reality Development has to first learn the standard techniques of the traditional game development, as this will create a base for further developing a VR application.

直接决定学习虚拟现实开发游戏的人必须首先学习传统游戏开发的标准技术，因为这将为进一步开发VR应用程序奠定基础。

Time for Resource Management

资源管理时间

Unity engine offers free tutorials for the new-bees or we can refer them as beginners in the VR world.

Unity引擎为新蜜蜂提供免费教程，或者我们可以将它们称为VR世界的初学者。

Now one has to add the suitable Assets of Sound and Art, as this plays the most vital role in the VR application development, as the experience of the VR platform must seem real or close to reality for a satisfied experience.

现在，必须添加合适的声音和艺术资产，因为这在VR应用程序开发中起着至关重要的作用，因为对于满意的体验，VR平台的体验必须真实或接近真实。

One can use the pre-created assets available on the Unreal Marketplace and Unity asset store that are developed by experienced artists, you can drop these directly into your choice of engine and they are ready to use.

您可以使用由经验丰富的艺术家开发的在Unreal Marketplace和Unity资产商店上可用的预先创建的资产，您可以将这些资产直接放入您选择的引擎中，即可使用。

You can also choose from other options like Mixamo or Turbo Squid, or other audio sites to acquire the perfect sound effects for your game or other VR App.

您还可以从其他选项中选择，例如Mixamo或Turbo Squid，或其他音频站点，以为您的游戏或其他VR应用程序获得完美的音效。

We suggest you to add three key tools: user attribution, matrices and advertising. These tools can help you know the users, i.e. what they are actually performing in the application; this can be achieved by Google Analytics.

我们建议您添加三个关键工具：用户归因，矩阵和广告。 这些工具可以帮助您了解用户，即他们在应用程序中实际执行的操作； 这可以通过Google Analytics(分析)来实现。

Example of attributions: Adjust or Tune.

归因示例：调整或调整。

Adding these tools might take few minutes extra but the output will be worth all the extra efforts as this will create user interface.

添加这些工具可能会花费几分钟，但是输出值得所有额外的工作，因为这将创建用户界面。

Implementation Time

实施时间

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We recommend you to start with the basics, by creating a mobile VR.

我们建议您通过创建移动VR从基础开始。

You can firstly use various app development platforms that offers you to create VR apps without any coding, these mobile apps will not be as effective, but it will be good to start your VR development journey with it.

首先，您可以使用各种应用程序开发平台，这些平台无需任何编码即可创建VR应用程序，这些移动应用程序虽然效果不佳，但是用它开始您的VR开发之旅将是一件好事。

After creating a mobile VR app, you can now try building a next level game or other application by bringing together all the required resources discussed above, we suggest you to take up an easy project and try not to develop roller-costar applications or endless running games.

创建了移动VR应用程序之后，您现在可以尝试通过汇总以上讨论的所有必需资源来尝试构建下一个游戏或其他应用程序，我们建议您着手进行一个简单的项目，并尝试不要开发过分的应用程序或无休止的运行游戏。

You must believe in your ideas and find ways to execute it, if you don’t think you have the required skills for developing or executing your ideas, you can always take help from other VR developers, there is no harm in consulting the more experienced one.

您必须相信自己的想法并找到执行该想法的方法，如果您认为自己没有开发或执行想法所需的技能，则可以随时寻求其他VR开发人员的帮助，咨询经验丰富的VR者也没有任何害处。之一。

In the End, Keep Updated

最后，保持更新

As we all know, technologies keep on changing with time, thus you need to discover the latest technologies by keeping yourself updated by following news, subscribing to various podcasts or reading amusing articles on the technology changes. As there is a lot to learn even if you think that you’ve acquired all the knowledge about a topic.

众所周知，技术会随着时间而变化，因此您需要通过关注新闻，订阅各种播客或阅读有关技术变化的有趣文章来保持最新状态，从而发现最新技术。 即使您认为已经获得了有关某个主题的所有知识，也有很多东西需要学习。

Also be ready to learn new things and extend your boundaries, you’ll make several mistakes and you might end up creating non-functional applications, but never lose hope.

也准备好学习新事物并扩展自己的界限，您会犯一些错误，并且最终可能会创建无法运行的应用程序，但永远不要失去希望。

Tip: If you’ve a team of VR developers working together on developing a single project for a particular organization, you can always distribute work accordingly as per their interests or specialization in various streams.

提示：如果您有一个VR开发人员团队，他们正在为特定组织开发单个项目，则始终可以根据他们的兴趣或专业将其分配到各个流中。

The process of creating a Virtual Reality Application might consume a lot of time, but the results will always be satisfying!

创建虚拟现实应用程序的过程可能会花费大量时间，但是结果总是令人满意的！

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请通过在下面的评论中分享关于虚拟现实开发文章的想法。

翻译自: https://www.thecrazyprogrammer.com/2017/09/virtual-reality-development.html