How I created an AR Strategy Game prototype (Unity + Lightship)

Published: 29 April 2024
on channel: Alive Studios
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Thanks for watching my journey. I want to build the most exciting AR Experiences including games, movies and productive apps. My background is mainly in 2D / 3D Animation using Blender and After Effects, but I always loved the idea auf Augmented Reality. Furthermore 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 :)

This tutorial is about AR multiplayer using Unity & Lightship. The tutorial includes:

Setting up Unity & Lightship for Multiplayer
Creating a simple arcade shooting prototype in standard 3d, then bringing it in multiplayer
How to use image colocalization
Enable the player to create image targets for colocalization on runtime

It is suppose to show the basics of Shared AR Multiplayer experiences, by building a prototype. This prototype is however not suppose to be a "production ready" game-

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:28 General Concept

01:38 Using Unity + Lightship

02:14 Placement System

04:45 Resource System

06:35 Virtual Positioning

07:39 Switching Views AR 3D

08:39 Why things don't work

10:20 A possible solution

Video Tutorial for installing Lightship:

   • How to make an AR App: Setup Unity fo...  

Link and written instructions to install Lightship to Unity:

https://lightship.dev/docs/ardk/setup/

Templates for playback (In editor testing with video):

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...

Lightship ARDK Sample Package (Includes an invisible shadow catcher for the built in pipeline):

https://lightship.dev/docs/ardk/sampl...

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

(The given links are part of Unity’s affiliate program and help support the channel at no extra cost)

Shadow catchers for URP:

URP Shadowcatcher (Free)

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

URP Shadowcatcher:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Beautiful, Low-Poly Packs:

Low Poly Hummingbird, Animated:

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

Low Poly, Animated Dinosaurs:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly, Animated Animals:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly Jungle:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly Forest:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Fantasy Kingdom:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Explorer Character Pack:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

VFX ( Particles, Fire, Magic, Smoke etc.)

Epic Toon VFX

[https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...](https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lumXw...)


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