Hololight Stream - Third-party software support

Objectives

  • Know what third-party software is compatible with Hololight Stream.

Third-party software support

With Hololight Stream, you can connect your XR device to various Windows applications that support OpenXR. The following list includes applications we’ve tested and confirmed to work with Hololight Stream. Other OpenXR-compatible applications may also work, but we haven’t officially tested them.

  • Adobe Substance 3D Modeler

  • Autodesk VRED

  • Blender

  • FreeCAD

  • Godot

  • KeyShot Studio

  • NVIDIA Omniverse

  • ParaView

  • Twinmotion

  • UNIGINE

Alignment and third-party software

Multiple factors affect the alignment between 3D elements and the real world:

  • Spatial alignment on the XR device

  • Alignment configuration in Hololight Stream

  • Position of 3D elements in the third-party software

It could be that alignment on the XR device level and the Hololight Stream level are correct, but that 3D elements in the third-party software are positioned in a way that leads to unexpected behavior. If you are having trouble finding the 3D model you want to view or the 3D elements aren’t appearing as expected, try doing the following:

  1. Using the third-party software, make sure to position the 3D model you want to view at the origin (0, 0, 0).

  2. Using the third-party software, make sure to position the camera at the origin.

  3. Using Hololight Stream on your XR device, use the alignment features.
    For more information on alignment in Hololight Stream, check out Alignment in Hololight Stream.

Connect to the third-party software using Hololight Stream as you normally would, and the 3D elements should now be in the expected positions.