Unity for App development
Hey, hang on....what?..... Unity is a games engine, isn't it?.... Well, yes. Yes, it is. It helps you to create 3D and 2D games... that deploy to Android phones, iOS phones and Tablets, Web (some limitations) and if you really want to (and have the licenses) to XBox and PS4.... as well as adding in some Augmented Reality (AR) if you want....and some Virtual Reality (VR) output to Samsung Gear / Oculus if you really want to also..... Whoa....sit back and think about that for a second or two. We have an IDE that allows you to build a UI, really simply, that can be deployed out to multiple devices, can be "smart" in being responsive with the UI and have a single language scripting engine where you can basically write all manner of code in C# that can interface to any backend server based API (written in whatever flavour you want OR someone else's APIs), now we're starting to look promising. How long to setup and make a reasonable app? Really? a couple of...
