Google Cast Remote Display Plugin for Unity

Posted by Leon Nicholls, Developer Programs Engineer

Today we launched the Google Cast Remote Display plugin for Unity to make it easy to take your Unity games to TVs. The Google Cast Remote Display APIs use the powerful GPUs, CPUs and sensors of your Android or iOS mobile device to render a local display on your mobile device and a remote display on your TV.

Unity is a very popular cross-platform game development platform that supports mobile devices. By combining the Google Cast Remote Display technology with the amazing rendering engine of Unity, you can now develop high-end gaming experiences that users can play on an inexpensive Chromecast and other Google Cast devices.

Games Using the Plugin

We have exciting gaming apps from our partners that already use the Remote Display plugin for Unity, with many more coming shortly.

Monopoly Here & Now is the latest twist on the classic Monopoly game. Travel the world visiting some of the world’s most iconic cities and landmarks and race to be the first player to fill your passport with stamps to win! Its a fun new way to play for the whole family.

Risk brings the original game of strategic conquest to the big screen. Challenge your friends, build your army, and conquer the world! The game includes the classic world map as well as two additional themed maps.

These games show that you can create games that look beautiful, using the power of a phone or tablet and send that amazing world to the TV.

Add the Remote Display Plugin to Your Game

You can download the Remote Display plugin for Unity from either GitHub or the Unity Asset Store. If you have an existing Unity game, simply import the Remote Display package and add the CastRemoteDisplayManager prefab to your scene. Next, set up cameras for the local and remote displays and configure them with the CastRemoteDisplayManager.

To display a Cast button in the UI so the user can select a Google Cast device, add the CastDefaultUI prefab to your scene.

Now you are ready to build and run the app. Once you connect to a Cast device you will see the remote camera view on the TV.

You have to consider how you will adapt your game interactions to support a multi-screen user experience. You can use the mobile device sensors to create abstract controls which interact with actions on the screen via motion or touch. Or you can create virtual controls where the player touches something on the device to control something else on the screen.

For visual design it is important not to fatigue the player by making them constantly look up and down. The Google Cast UX team has developed the Google Cast Games UX Guidelines to explain how to make the user experience of cast-enabled games consistent and predictable.

Developer Resources

Learn more about Googles official Unity plugins here. To see a more detailed description on how to use the Remote Display plugin for Unity, read our developer documentation and try our codelab. We have also published a sample Unity game on the Unity Asset Store and GitHub that is UX compliant. Join our G+ community to share your Google Cast developer experience.

With over 20 million Chromecast devices sold, the opportunity for developers is huge, and it’s simple to add Remote Display to an existing Unity game. Now you can take your game to the biggest screen in millions of user’s homes.

Read More..

Tell us about your experience building on Google and raise money for educational organizations!

Here at Google, we always put the user first, and for the Developer Platform team, our developers are our users. We want to create the best development platform and provide the support you need to build world-changing apps, but we need to hear from you, our users, on a regular basis so we can see what’s working and what needs to change.

Thats why were launching our developer survey -- we want to hear about how you are using our APIs and platforms, and what your experience is using our developer products and services. Well use your responses to identify how we can support you better in your development efforts.

Photo Credit: Google I/O 2014

The survey should only take 10 to 15 minutes of your time, and in addition to helping us improve our products, you can also help raise money to educate children around the globe. For every developer who completes the survey, we will donate $10 USD (up to a maximum amount of $20,000USD total) to your choice of one of these six education-focused organizations: Khan Academy, World Fund, Donors Choose, Girl Rising, Raspberry Pi, and Agastya.

The survey is live now and will be live until 11:59PM Pacific Time on October 15, 2014. We are excited to hear what you have to tell us!

Posted by Neel Kshetramade, Program Manager, Developer Platform

Read More..

Subway Surfers Hack Tool Download iOs Android No Password No Survey

Subway Surfers Hack Tool for iOs/Android [No Password] [No Survey]

Subway Surfers, the most addictive endless running game available on the Internet, gets a new upgrade. If you are a big fan of playing this game and want to enhance its functionality a bit more, you are at the right place. There are hackers for every new things available on the web. There’s a special individual version of Subway Surfers available with us. Subway Surfers Hack Download for Android from here. Get unlimited Keys & Coins Free for lifetime by installing this hacked version of the most amazing game, Subway Surfers. More details are as follows!
Subway Surfers is not just available for Android Platform, it is available for all types of major smartphone platforms including iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry. You instantly can start playing this game from any of your other devices on the go. There are people who play this game regularly and hence want to get more coins and Keys to purchase other power boosters. If you are looking for the same, all you need to have is a Subway Surfers Hack version installed. Before to move further, let’s get some of the useful and interesting features of this game. Following we have created a list of all the innovative features packed inside this game, take a look!

Subway Surfers Hack – Key Features

• Highly addictive gameplay for unlimited fun
• Endless running gameplay to play the game for hours
• Upgrade characters by playing it for some more time
• Collect coins and get more power boosters
• Get scored high by running more and more
• Colourful and vivid HD graphics throughout the gameplay for everyone
• Challenge and help your friends reaching their goals and much more

Tags:

*android subway surfers

*download subway surfers

*apk subway surfers

*subway hack apk

*hack subway surf

*hack subway surfer

*subway surfers pc

Read More..

Terraria v1 1 2 Mobile Version Paid Full for Android

DIG! FIGHT! EXPLORE! BUILD!

NOW WITH MULTIPLAYER! Wi-fi games support up to 4 players! Play Terraria with friends across any other mobile devices! Adventure together or duel each other in player-vs-player combat!

The critically-acclaimed, best-selling indie sandbox adventure has arrived on Android!

Read More..

HTC One vs Apple iPhone 5s comparison part 1

The HTC One was released earlier this year a midst a fair amount of hype and anticipation. The handset has seemingly brought HTC back into the forefront of mobile technology, to the point where Robert Downey Jr. is now their marketing star. Apple has refreshed the iPhone with the 5s, and its popularity continues to rise year after year. Competition has grown substantially, with various manufacturers releasing great smartphones set to compete in every major market. So how has HTC continued to stand out against the crowd? With its build quality and gorgeous display.

HTC placed an emphasis on build quality, providing the same type of aluminium material found on the iPhone 5 and now the 5s. Without delving too deep into its multitude of features, below is a video comparison of the HTC One and Apple’s newest flagship, the iPhone 5s. Both phones provide unique experiences and are worthy competitors against one another. 

Check out more no nonsense tech at Technibility.com!

Have any questions or comments? Feel free to share! Also, if you like this article, please use media sharing buttons (Twitter, G+, Facebook) below this post!

Read More..

Launchpad Online for developers Getting Started with Google APIs

Google APIs give you the power to build rich integrations with our most popular applications, including Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Google Drive and more. If you are new to our developer features, we want to give you a quick jumpstart on how to use them effectively and build amazing things.

As you saw last week, we’re excited to partner with the Startup Launch team to create the “Launchpad Online”, a new video series for a global audience that joins their cadre which already includes the established “Root Access” and “How I:” series, as well as a “Global Spotlight” series on some of the startups that have benefitted from the Startup Launch program. This new series focuses on developers who are beginners to one or more Google APIs. Each episode helps get new users off the ground with the basics, shows experienced developers more advanced techniques, or introduces new API features, all in as few lines of code as possible.

The series assumes you have some experience developing software and are comfortable using languages like Javascript and Python. Be inspired by a short working example that you can drop into your own app and customize as desired, letting you “take off” with that great idea. Hopefully you had a chance to view our intro video last week and are ready for more!

Once you’ve got your developers ready to get started, learn how to use the Google Developers Console to set up a project (see video to the right), and walk through common security code required for your app to access Google APIs. When you’ve got this “foundation” under your belt, you’ll be ready to build your first app… listing your files on Google Drive. You’ll learn something new and see some code that makes it happen in each future episode… we look forward to having you join us soon on Launchpad Online!

Posted by Wesley Chun, Developer Advocate, Google

+Wesley Chun (@wescpy) is an engineer, author of the bestselling Core Python books, and a Developer Advocate at Google, specializing in Google Drive, Google Apps Script, Gmail, Google Apps, cloud computing, developer training, and academia. He loves traveling worldwide to meet Google users everywhere, whether at a developers conference, user group meeting, or on a university campus!

Read More..

HTC One M8 Android 4 4 3 latest system dumps 2 22 401 4

Today HTC has officially started rolling out the newest Android 4.4.3 update (with Android 4.4.4 security fixes included) for the HTC One M8. The newest system version is tagged as 2.22.401.4 and it brings a lot of improvements system wide. Some of them we already mentioned here and here.

If you dont want to wait for the OTA notification you can already flash latest system dumps.  For more details please visit my XDA thread.

If you are a power user and a custom ROMs flasher, you can also grab the latest Android Revolution HD based on the 2.22.401.4 update with many extra goodies under the hood.

Finally, if you only want to root your device and keep the rest stock, feel free to visit my XDA thread with a special rooting tools.

All above files can be accessed via Downloads Page on my blog.

Do you have any questions or comments? Feel free to share! Also, if you like this article, please use media sharing buttons (Twitter, G+, Facebook) below this post!

For latest news follow Android Revolution HD on popular social platforms:

Read More..