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Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) moves to an independent organization within GitHub
Microsoft is excited to share the future vision of Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 as we continue to invest in multi-platform mixed reality development.
Robin Seiler
May 09, 2024 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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Public Preview of Azure Remote Rendering Support for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro
Microsoft is pleased to announce public preview of Azure Remote Rendering support for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro. Unlock insane levels of details for your 3D models in standalone VR!
AndrewLondon
Jul 27, 2023 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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MRTK3 broadens cross-platform interoperability with support for Snapdragon Spaces
Mixed reality app and game creators use a broad range of tools and hardware to support their solutions and creative vision. According to SlashData (2022), “Thirty-seven percent of AR/VR practitioners target both AR and VR and 61% of AR/VR developers target three or more platforms”. That’s why cross-platform tools, like MRTK3, that work across the full spectrum of mixed reality devices are important to making app creation less fragmented and, therefore, less time-consuming. The growing adoption of OpenXR has been key to moving towards a more builder-friendly MR ecosystem. OpenXR is an open royalty-free API standard from Khronos that provides native access to a wide range of devices from many vendors across the mixed reality spectrum. Because MRTK3 is built natively on OpenXR, it is highly portable across OpenXR-based devices including HoloLens 2, Meta Quest 2, Magic Leap 2, and Ultraleap, among others. And now - we are pleased to share that cross-platform interoperability is expanding with support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces. Now developers using MRTK have even more places to land their applications with little to no platform-specific code. Snapdragon Spaces enables developers to build immersive applications for AR glasses from scratch or add head-worn AR features to existing Android smartphone applications. Because it is conformant to the Khronos OpenXR runtime specification, developers will find that many MRTK3 features work out of the box. For those targeting Snapdragon Spaces, they can now use MRTK3 Public Preview to build rich and expressive volumetric UI, like touchable sliders, buttons, toggles, and more. In addition, MRTK3 makes it easier to build performant applications with highly optimized shaders and rendering tools specifically tuned for mobile devices. In the near future, when MRTK3’s full range of capabilities is implemented on Snapdragon Spaces, developers will be able to do even more with the toolkit. This includes data binding, theming and a more straightforward way to implement object manipulations, like grabbing and resizing 3D objects. We are thrilled to see Qualcomm and so many other platform and device makers coalesce around open standards. This will ensure that developers’ investments in OpenXR-based tools will remain valuable even as new devices and platforms emerge. More importantly, reducing platform fragmentation will allow developers more time to innovate, solve problems, and delight users. Get a sneak peek on using MRTK3 in Snapdragon Spaces from our guest appearance at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit. To learn more and stay up to date on MRTK3 Public Preview, join the Mixed Reality Developer Program today.
Desiree Lockwood
Dec 20, 2022 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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Building Volumetric UI with MRTK3
Learn how building 3D volumetric UI in MRTK3 is easier, more flexible, and more powerful than ever.
FinnSinclair
Sep 20, 2022 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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MR Dev Days Hackathon Winners - explore projects made with MRTK3 Public Preview & StereoKit
Check out videos of all the qualifying projects including the top 3 winners in the hackathon project gallery.
Desiree Lockwood
Aug 15, 2022 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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MRTK3 Public Preview!
The latest release of the Mixed Reality Toolkit, MRTK3 Public Preview, is now available! Check out the newest improvements here.
gracehsu
Jun 29, 2022 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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StereoKit News for February
It's been a busy few months since the last update on the open source mixed reality engine! A couple new releases, an entire hackathon, and new learning resources!
koujaku
Feb 07, 2022 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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#MixedRealityChallenge: StereoKit
November is a great time to get familiar with https://stereokit.net/, a code-first, open-source library for building mixed reality experiences using C# and OpenXR. We’ve released a https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHjrKH44ZUatzfM8fXt2CmWv and are hosting an https://mixed-reality-stereokit.devpost.com/ to introduce this easy-onramp project to more developers so we can collect feedback and assess interest.
Jbmcculloch
Dec 03, 2021 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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Introduction to OpenXR Explorer
If you're a Unity or Unreal developer that's building an experience atop OpenXR, or a lower level developer that might be interacting with OpenXR directly, then OpenXR Explorer is a tool that may be of interest to you! There are numerous OpenXR runtimes out there, and OpenXR Explorer can help you find your way around each of these separately maintained implementations.
koujaku
Sep 10, 2021 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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Introducing HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality Production for Unreal Engine
A free new course to get started with HoloLens and Unreal Engine!
lazerwalker
Aug 16, 2021 Place Mixed Reality Blog
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