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Unit 9 - Optimizing VR Apps

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Intermediate

+10 XP

2 Hours25 Mins

(59)

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Summary

In Unit 9, Cristiano Ferreira of Oculus explains how processing power is balanced within VR applications and teaches techniques for identifying and alleviating bottlenecks. You’ll learn about work distribution within VR applications, the technical requirements to pass Oculus VRCs, how to use the Unity Profiler, Frame Debugger and Unity Profile Analyzer. By the end of this unit, you’ll also enable occlusion culling in a VR environment.
Learning Objectives:
Explore the technical requirements to pass Oculus VRCs
Assess how work is balanced across CPU and GPU
Understand Unity optimization workflows with built-in tools
Enable and verify occlusion culling in a VR environment
Submission:
Remember to follow along and build your own vertical slice! You can access additional support and submit your vertical slice to the Oculus Developer Support team for feedback: https://developer.oculus.com/unity-learn-vr/ 

Materials

Vertical Slice - Sample Unity Project.zip

Vertical Slice - Unity Package.zip

Vertical Slice - Playable (Complete Reference).zip

Oculus: Rift Virtual Reality Check (VRC) Guidelines

Oculus: Relative Cost of a Draw Call

Oculus: Guidelines for VR Performance Optimization

Oculus: Testing and Performance Analysis

Oculus: Unity 1.4 Reference Guide