Alan Zucconi

Tag: sprite

  • Parallax Shaders & Depth Maps

    Parallax Shaders & Depth Maps

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    In the previous part of this series, Inside Facebook 3D Photos, we have explained how modern mobile phones are able to infer depth from pictures. Such a piece of information is stored in a depth map, which is used for a variety of effects. From blurring the background to three-dimensional reconstruction, this type of technology will…

  • Fading Sprites in Unity

    Fading Sprites in Unity

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    This tutorial shows how to extend the class SpriteRenderer  to support intuitive, painless fading transitions. Despite referring to sprites, this approach can be used to easily animate any property of a game object in Unity. The link for the script used in this tutorial is at the end of the post.