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Unity: Integrating GPS and Points of Interest

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Unity Courses Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Courses Augmented Reality Courses

Course Description

Overview

Use GPS in your Android or iOS app. Learn how to load information from the Google Places API and process the JSON code successfully inside Unity.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Learn how to use GPS with Android and iOS
  • Installation
1. Creating a Virtual Camera With On-Screen GPS
  • Augmented reality camera set up
  • Introducing GPS and location services
  • Create a visual GUI placeholder
  • Preparing the project for export
  • iOS installation
  • Android installation
2. My Place Finder Real Google Places App
  • Creating a Google Cloud live account
  • App layout and scrolling menu buttons
  • Project setup
  • Create a scene controller
  • Connect the GPS class to the place finder app
  • Load data from a website URL, part 1 from inside Unity
  • Load data from a website URL from inside Unity, part 2
  • Refactor code to improve functionality
  • Process the JSON code from a URL
  • Populate a virtual object with JSON data
  • Use the real names on prefabs
  • Calculate distance using GPS
  • Dynamic button listeners, part 1
  • Dynamic button listeners, part 2
  • Sort results by nearest first, part 1
  • Sort results by nearest first, part 2
  • Sort results by nearest first, part 3
Conclusion
  • Inspiration for your future projects
  • Next steps

Taught by

Diego Herrera

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