Building AR-VR applications on AWS

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Building AR/VR applications on
AWS
Patrick Sard – AWS Solutions Architect
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Agenda
Building AR/VR/3D apps
Why Amazon Sumerian?
Sumerian Overview
Customers & Use Cases
Resources

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AR/VR is coming… that’s why you’re here
• Already working on AR/VR for your business (or personal project)
• You are planning on working on AR/VR projects
• It’s too intimidating to get started
• The IOT session was already full and we’re right across the hall

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App Development Process … Simplified
Developer
has idea
Download &
install 3D
engine
Install device
SDK
Register on
platform
Install
platform SDK
Develop
application
Submit for
approval
Publish
application
Customer
finds app on
store
Customer
hits purchase
button
Customer
waits for
download
Customer
uses
application

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App Dev’l Process …
… For one
platform

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App Dev’l Process … multiple platforms

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With Amazon Sumerian … we simplify

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… so you can focus

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Amazon Sumerian Overview
• Amazon Sumerian comprises an IDE, editor, APIs, Hosts,
templates & asset library to make it easy to build & publish apps
• Prebuilt templates for common scenarios
• Hosts - lifelike characters to guide/narrate your applications
• State Machine/JavaScript support for customizations & behaviors
• Tight integration with AWS services

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What’s New
• AWS Amplify Integration
Securely embed scenes in your own web apps
• VR Controller Asset Pack
Easily add interactivity to VR scenes

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What’s New (2)
• New Hosts
Give your on-screen avatar a new look
• Animations as Assets
Share, reuse, and update animation clips
• Japanese Language Support
Use the Sumerian editor in Japanese

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What’s New (3)
• Multi-User Sharing
Let multiple users collaborate on scenes
• Sumerian for ML (labs)
Run robotics simulations in Sumerian

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Build, protect, and deploy your scene with AWS
Amplify
$ npm install aws-amplify aws-amplify-react
$ amplify init
$ amplify add auth
$ amplify add hosting
$ amplify publish

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WebGL IDE displayed in
browser
Entities
Panel
State
Components
Panel
Canvas
Viewport
WebVR
Mode
Sumerian
Menu
Welcome to Sumerian
Asset
Panel
Orientation & Layout

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Editor basics

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Scene creation & navigation

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State Machine

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Adding animation

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Publishing an application

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Amazon Sumerian
Customers & Use Cases

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How enterprise customers want to use XR
Instructional Design
Brand Engagement
Data Visualization
Simulation
Virtual showcases
Virtual tours
Digital Signage Customer Service
Agents & Chatbots

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https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/demo-sumerian-public/movies/website/amazon_sumerian.mp4

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Customers & Partners
• Sony Pictures
Entertainment
• WeatherBug
• Fidelity
• Samsung Heavy Industry
• Korean Air
• RMIT
• Electronic CareGiver
• GameChanger Charity
• Mobiquity
• ThingLogix
• HappyShip
• Trigger Global
• VMWare
• ThermoFisher

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WebAR – Sony Pictures Entertainment

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3D Web & VR - Fidelity

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Mobile AR - WeatherBug

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Resources
https://slack.sumerian.world
https://twitch.tv/aws/
https://aws.amazon.com/twitch/
https://docs.sumerian.amazonaws.com/
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sumerian/latest/userguide/
https://aws.amazon.com/sumerian/faqs/
https://www.youtube.com/c/AmazonSumerian