Introducing Amazon Sumerian by Tutorials!

May 14 2020

Create unique 3D, AR and VR experiences with our new book, Amazon Sumerian by Tutorials! By Tiffani Randolph.

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Introducing Amazon Sumerian by Tutorials!

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Section III: Creating an Augmented Reality Experience

One of the coolest things Sumerian offers is the ability to create augmented reality apps for mobile devices.

In this section, you’ll create a virtual shoe store where you’ll be able to try on new pairs of shoes — without leaving your home! You’ll learn the basics of augmented reality and also how to store data for a Sumerian scene outside of Sumerian using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Here’s a brief outline of what this section has in store:

  • Chapter 15: Preparing Your Mobile Development Environment: Creating an AR experience means running your Sumerian scene on a device. This chapter walks you through the process of creating a mobile app on iOS and Android.
  • Chapter 16: Augmented Reality in Sumerian: This chapter introduces you to the basics of building AR scenes in Sumerian. You’ll add a virtual shoe and have it appear on demand.
  • Chapter 17: Fetching Data from Dynamo DB: Here, you’ll start to leverage the power of AWS. You’ll store information about your shoes outside of Sumerian in a database and then display that data in your scene. In doing so, you’ll create a custom user interface to display that information.
  • Chapter 18: Completing the Augmented Reality App: In this final chapter, you’ll complete your shoe store by adding additional shoes and allowing users to change a shoe’s size to match their feet.

Section IV: Creating a Virtual Travel Agent

Sumerian offers a feature out of the box that would take months of development time with another engine: The ability to create a host — a virtual person that provides a human touch to your scene.

This final section walks you through the process of creating a virtual travel agent. You’ll learn to leverage AWS to create the speech, respond to the user and return a list of recommended destinations.


These chapters cover the basics of creating a host:

  • Chapter 19: Basics of a Sumerian Host: This chapter introduces you to the host and shows how easy it is to add one to your scene.
  • Chapter 20: Speech in Amazon Sumerian: You’ll learn how to leverage Amazon Lex to provide the “brains” behind your host.
  • Chapter 21: Audio Input & Lex: Once you get your host talking, you’ll naturally want users to respond. This chapter covers the basics of recording voice input. Your host will use this input to respond to the user.
  • Chapter 22: Integrating Amazon Lambda with Lex: In this final chapter, you’ll leverage AWS Lambda to query a database and return a list of “must visit” places for a particular city.

Who Is this Book For?

This book is for anyone who would like to create unique 3D experiences with Amazon Sumerian. No previous programming experience required. This book will teach you everything from the ground up. You simply need the willingness to learn how the Sumerian platform works, and a desire to bring your dreams to life.

How to Get Amazon Sumerian by Tutorials

The best part? Amazon has made this excellent resource available to the community for free!

To get your digital copy of Amazon Sumerian by Tutorials so you can start creating great 3D experiences today, simply head over to Amazon’s site for the book and download the book — completely free of charge.

Meet the Team

This book would be nothing without the dedicated, skilled team behind it:

Brian Moakley is an author of this book. He is a writer and video instructor at Razeware. Brian was also an author and final pass editor of Unity Games by Tutorials and he has produced many videos and articles on a wide variety of subjects at raywenderlich.com. Off work, Brian enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids.

Gur Raunaq Singh is an author of this book. Raunaq is a Software Engineer from New Delhi, India. Having worked as a Unity developer in the past, he has worked on a number of award-winning Augmented Reality applications. He is currently exploring the world of Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

Tammy Coron is the technical editor of this book. She is an independent creative professional and the host of Roundabout: Creative Chaos. She’s also a Development Editor at The Pragmatic Bookshelf, a Sr. Editor at Razeware, and a content contributor at Creative Bloq, Lynda.com, iMore, and raywenderlich.com.

Jake Nolt is the internal designer of this book. He is a 3D designer working for a decade in video game and application development. He is also an assistant professor of animation and the proprietor of a small indie game studio. When not developing or teaching, Jake enjoys spending time with family, gaming, and being outdoors.

Where to Go From Here?

Amazon Sumerian is a fantastic tool that anybody can use to start creating unique 3D, AR and VR experiences in no time at all. Amazon Sumerian by Tutorials will teach you everything you need to know in our trusted step-by-step high-quality tutorial format.

The Amazon Sumerian team, the book team, and the entire raywenderlich.com tutorial team hope you enjoy the book. We can’t wait to see what experiences you build with Sumerian!