[B.U.G.] Boston Unity Group

In this talk Jonathan will discuss the problems of project fragmentation in VR / AR projects which target multiple devices and platforms. The ecosystem is plagued with a tangle of devices, platforms and toolkits. Unity is making efforts to unify low level XR SDK under a set of general API classes. But in practice you must still choose a higher level toolkit to build your app, whether that’s SteamVR Interaction System, Daydream Elements, Mixed Reality Toolkit, ARCore, ARKit for Unity, VRTK, and so on. In response, Parkerhill built a solution, BridgeXR toolkit for Unity, which is an in-editor SDK manager. With BridgeXR you can use multiple high level toolkits in the same project, toolkits you already know and trust— past, present and future— while remaining device-independent About the presenter: Jonathan Linowes is founder of Parkerhill Reality Labs, an immersive media indie studio and developer of the BridgeXR toolkit, Power Solitaire VR game, and upcoming Chess Or Die game. He is a VR/AR evangelist, Unity developer, entrepreneur, and teacher. Jonathan holds a BFA degree from Syracuse University, an MS degree from the MIT Media Lab, and held technical leadership positions at Autodesk and other companies. He is author of Unity Virtual Reality Projects (second edition due June 2018) and co-author Augmented Reality for Developers (2017) books available on Amazon. ****** CIC Cambridge is located at 1 Broadway in Cambridge, just outside the Kendall Square Red Line T stop. Whenever possible, public transportation is recommended but for those who choose to drive, parking is available underneath the building on the Third Street side. Visitor parking is also available at the Kendall St garage and at the Marriott Hotel garage, and there's limited street parking as well. When checking in at the ground floor security desk of CIC Cambridge, please be sure to bring along a government-issued ID. Due to a construction project, please excuse the in-progress look of the lobby and allow yourself a few extra minutes for passage up to the 5th floor. ******* By attending or participating in BUG events, you agree to abide by our safe-space policy. If you feel you are unable to, please do not attend. ( https://tinyurl.com/yapx25z7 ) ******* Thanks to our sponsors! Unity (http://www.unity3d.com) and CIC (https://cic.com/cambridge/)