Table Of ContentGetting Started with Unity
Learn how to use Unity by creating your very own
"Outbreak" survival game while developing your
essential skills
Patrick Felicia
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Getting Started with Unity
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About the Author
Patrick Felicia is a lecturer and researcher at Waterford Institute of Technology,
where he teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students.
He obtained his MSc in Multimedia Technology in 2003 and PhD in Computer
Science in 2009 from University College Cork, Ireland. He has published several
books and articles on the use of video games for educational purposes, including
Handbook of Research on Improving Learning and Motivation through Educational Games:
Multidisciplinary Approaches (published by IGI), and Digital games in schools: a handbook
for teachers, published by European Schoolnet. Patrick is also the Editor-in-chief of the
International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL), and the Conference Director of
the Irish Symposium on Game-Based Learning, a popular conference on games and
learning organized throughout Ireland.
I would like to thank the staff at Packt Publishing for their help
throughout the writing of this book, as well as Marc Schaerer, the
technical reviewer, for his valuable comments and feedback.
About the Reviewer
Marc Schaerer is an interactive media software engineer delivering interactive
learning, training, and entertainment experiences on mobile, desktop, and web
platforms for customers from all over the world through his company Gayasoft
(http://www.gayasoft.net) located in Switzerland.
He makes use of Unity, which he has been using since the technologies 1.x days in
2007, and has been enhancing its capabilities through extensions where suitable.
Marc Schaerer has a strong background in the 3D graphics, network technology,
software engineering, and interactive media fields; he started building up his
knowledge in these fields right from his teenage years and later on solidified
it with studies in Computational Science and Engineering at the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology, Zurich.
This knowledge found usage in Popper (http://www.popper.org), an interactive
3D behavioral research platform for Harvard, developed by Gayasoft and powered
by Unity, Mathlab and ExitGames Photon.
With the rise of serious games, Marc is currently focusing his and his company's
efforts to research options and technologies for the next generation of interactive and
immersive experiences through AR and VR technologies (Metaio, OpenCV, Oculus
Rift) and new forms of input (Razer Hydra, Leap Motion).
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This book is dedicated to my beloved wife, Helena.
