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This chapter deals with the authoring of VR and AR applications. The focus here is on the use of authoring tools in the form of software development kits (SDKs) or game engines. First, the actual authoring process will be briefly discussed before selected authoring tools for VR and AR are reviewed. Subsequently, the authoring process and the use of the tools will be illustrated through typical case studies. The other chapters of this book deal with the fundamentals and methodologies of VR and AR. These are generally applicable over a longer period. In contrast to this, this chapter looks at some very specific authoring tools and the authoring process based on them, which can inevitably only represent a snapshot in time. Features, releases and availability of these tools can change at short notice, so that individual sections may no longer be up to date when this book is in press. To take this aspect into account, the case studies listed here are stored in an online repository, where they are regularly updated to reflect the latest versions of the authoring tools and runtime environments.
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Broll, W., Weidner, F., Schwandt, T., Weber, K., Doerner, R. (2022). Authoring of VR/AR Applications. In: Doerner, R., Broll, W., Grimm, P., Jung, B. (eds) Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79062-2_10
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