Here you can find tutorials on augmented reality (AR) – recorded especially for artists and cultural professionals with no prior knowledge! The majority of these instructions also offer a good introduction to the production of mixed and virtual reality applications, as we also work with Unity software in our project.
We have extracted questions from many conversations, which we will answer here briefly, but with spice. You will get an introduction to understanding, developing and publishing mobile AR applications for smartphones and tablets. We provide additional material via download links under the respective videos. Have fun watching and learning!!
Please note: these are the original tutorials with a translated audio track. While the screen recordings of the software Unity are in English, some slides might be in German language.
The translation was funded by DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the project German International University Kairo.
COURSE 2:
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRODUCTION OF AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATIONS WITHOUT PROGRAMMING
5 | WHAT GAMING KNOWLEDGE DO I NEED FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND WHY?
Like computer games, AR applications are interactive real-time systems. Sounds complicated? But it’s not really – especially not when André starts by explaining the basics!
6 | HOW DO I INSTALL UNITY?
Shall we get started? Then download the Unity game engine together with Christoph and learn all kinds of valuable knowledge along the way! Please note: Other than in the video, you can download the current LTS version, which is Unity 2022.3 (Mai 2024)
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7 | FIRST STEPS IN THE UNITY EDITOR: OVERVIEW, GAME OBJECTS, NAVIGATION, TRANSFORMATIONS
Once Unity has been downloaded, Christoph provides an initial orientation – and the good thing about tutorials is: Unlike our classroom presentations, they can be rewound and repeated!
8 | HOW DO I CREATE MY FIRST AR APPLICATION WITH VUFORIA? | UPDATED MAY 2024
Leonid shows you an illustrative example of how to develop an AR application step by step – working with Vuforia is suitable for augmenting 2D artworks such as drawings, paintings and street art.
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9 | WHAT IS AR FOUNDATION AND HOW DO I INSTALL IT? | UPDATED MAY 2024
AR Foundation offers completely new possibilities to make a Unity project AR-capable – for example for markerless tracking, cross-platform projects and AR glasses. Get to know the current state of the art with Christoph and install the tool kit on your computer!
10 | HOW DO I CREATE MY FIRST AR FOUNDATION PROJECT (ANDROID / IOS)? | UPDATED MAY 2024
As with the Vuforia example, Leonid will show you step by step how to develop a simple AR application with Unity and AR Foundation.
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11 | HOW DO I IMPORT MY DIGITAL MEDIA?
Dagmar explains what is important when exporting videos, 2D animations and 3D objects from common programs and then importing them into the Unity project, where they are created as digital extensions of the analog world.
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12 | HOW DO ANIMATIONS WORK IN UNITY? – ANIMATION WINDOW
Animation is not rocket science – André shows you how to use the animation window for your purposes.
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13 | HOW DO ANIMATIONS WORK IN UNITY? – TIMELINE
You want to animate several objects at the same time? André explains how to use the timeline to animate choreographies. Attention: the tutorial on animation windows is a prerequisite for understanding this video.
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14 | HOW DO I GET MY APPLICATION ONTO MY SMARTPHONE?
The AR application is built – now what? Many small steps are necessary to get it onto the smartphone. Christoph goes through them with you to make it work: first for Android and then for iOs devices.