Unity: Integrating GPS and Points of Interest

Geographic data is at the heart of much of the large-scale augmented reality work out there, but adding it to projects takes finesse. In this hands-on course, instructor Diego Herrera lays out the process, showing beginners how to use GPS inside Android and iOS applications. Throughout the course, Diego details how to load information from the Google Places API and process the JSON code successfully inside Unity. Learn how to set up an augmented reality camera, as well as how to build a fully-functional application that can sort results by distance.

Learning objectives
Setting up an AR camera
Building a scrolling menu
Creating a scene controller
Using Unity to load data from a website URL
Refactoring code
Populating a virtual object with JSON data
Calculating distance using GPS
Sorting results