Is there any support pr plans for support for for raytraced reflections in RealityKit on the Vision Pro M5? I cannot find any documentation regarding this topic.
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The simplest realityView (content, attachments in ...
causes Contextual closure expects 1 argument but 2 were used in closure body. I have checked every example and i cannot understand why i get this error regardless of any content. Note: i have added Attachment(id: "test") to the attachment closure and get Attachment not is scope.
imported both realityKit and SwiftUI.
I have tried every combination of suggestions to get a skybox to appear. Using swiftUI, realityKit and iOS. Non immersive environment. Does anyone have code that works to display a skybox.
When i use a do/catch loop i get environmentResource not found. I have checked the syntax, ensured the folder is referencing the target, used the same name for the folder as the file, the file is a .hdr (i assume this is supported), i have moved the file folder to the top level - no change.
So if I drag an entity in RealityView I have to disable the PhysicsBodyComponent to make sure nothing fights dragging the entity around. This makes sense.
When I finish a drag, this closure gets executed:
.gesture(
DragGesture()
.targetedToAnyEntity()
.onChanged { e in
// ...
}
.onEnded { e in
let velocity: CGSize = e.gestureValue.velocity
}
If I now re-add PhysicsBodyComponent to the component I just dragged, and I make it mode: .dynamic it will loose all velocity and drop straight down through gravity.
Instead the solution is to apply mode: .kinematic and also apply a PhysicsMotionComponent component to the entity. This should retain velocity after letting go of the object.
However, I need to instatiate it with PhysicsMotionComponent(linearVelocity: SIMD3<Float>, angularVelocity: SIMD3<Float>).
How can I calculate the linearVelocity and angularVelocity when the e.gestureValue.velocity I get is just a CGSize?
Is there another prop of gestureValue I should be looking at?
I wanted to drag EntityA while also dragging EntityB independently.
I've tried to separate them by entity but it only recognizes the latest drag gesture
RealityView { content, attachments in
...
}
.gesture(
DragGesture()
.targetedToEntity(EntityA)
.onChanged { value in
...
}
)
.gesture(
DragGesture()
.targetedToEntity(EntityB)
.onChanged { value in
...
}
)
also tried using the simultaneously but didn't work too, maybe i'm missing something
.gesture(
DragGesture()
.targetedToEntity(EntityA)
.onChanged { value in
...
}
.simultaneously(with:
DragGesture()
.targetedToEntity(EntityB)
.onChanged { value in
...
}
)
Starting with iOS 18.0 beta 1, I've noticed that RealityKit frequently crashes in the simulator when an app launches and presents an ARView.
I was able to create a small sample app with repro steps that demonstrates the issue, and I've submitted feedback: FB16144085
I've included a crash log with the feedback.
If possible, I'd appreciate it if an Apple engineer could investigate and suggest a workaround. It's awkward to be restricted to the iOS 17 simulator, which does not exhibit this behavior.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
Thank you.
If I have one portal on the ceiling and one on the floor, can a tall Entity cross multiple portals at once? Will the opposing portal directions cause it to fail?
No matter what I try for the crossingMode and clippingMode of the PortalComponent I can only get it to fully work for one portal at a time.
I have tried flipping the normals for the crossingMode and clippingMode planes.
I have also tried creating a ceiling portal plane with inverted normals.
It seems like whatever Entity is passing through a portal has one portal it wants to deal with at a time and that's it.
My other option is to create portals using occlusion but I prefer the simplest way.
I want to compare the colors of two model entities (spheres). How can i do it? The method i'm currently trying to apply is as follows
case let .color(controlColor) = controlMaterial.baseColor, controlColor == .green {
// Flip target sphere colour
if let targetMaterial = targetsphere.model?.materials.first as? SimpleMaterial,
case let .color(targetColor) = targetMaterial.baseColor, targetColor == .blue {
targetsphere.model?.materials = [SimpleMaterial(color: .green, isMetallic: false)] // Change to |1⟩
} else {
targetsphere.model?.materials = [SimpleMaterial(color: .blue, isMetallic: false)] // Change to |0⟩
}
}
This method (baseColor) was deprecated in swift 15.0 changes to 'color' but i cannot compare the value color to each other.👾
Hello, I am experiencing an issue with a character animation using RealityKit.
I have a file created in Blender that contains the rigged Character, a sword, and a shield. The sword and the shield have bones connected to the character's hands so they can follow the character's animation. When I run the animation in Blender and preview the exported USDZ file on Mac, I can see the sword and shield attached to the hands and the animation is fine. But when I add the USDZ model in RealityKit and play the animation, only the character is animating, the sword and the shield are not moving at all.
This is the code I use to animate the character:
private func loadAnimations() {
let unifiedAnimations = children[0].availableAnimations.first!.definition
let animationResource = try! AnimationResource.generate(with: unifiedAnimations)
self.children[0].playAnimation(
animationResource.repeat()
)
}
Here is a link with a Demo Xcode project, the Blender file, and a video:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ypq2iwxc5f9dwzjggsvin/AppleTest.zip?rlkey=wiag3rg44urhjdh2wal8cdx2u&st=vbpf7x11&dl=0
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
I have created a demo project that displays the character on a horizontal surface, and the animation starts playing.
Run the App. The ARView will be set up, and a yellow square will appear in the middle of the screen.
When a horizontal surface is detected the yellow Square will change indicating that the surface is found.
Tap on the screen to load the USDZ model and position it in the yellow square's position.
The Animation will start playing and you can see that the character is animating, but the sword and shield remain still.
Thanks
Topic:
Graphics & Games
SubTopic:
RealityKit
Hi everyone,
I’m experiencing a critical issue with USDZ files created in Reality Composer on an iPad 9th Generation (iPadOS 18.3). The files work perfectly on iPads from the 10th Generation onwards and on iPad Pros. However, on older devices like the iPad 9th Generation and older iPhones, QuickLook (file preview) crashes when opening them.
This is a major issue because these USDZ files are part of an exhibition where artworks are extended with AR elements via a web page. If some visitors cannot view the 3D content, it significantly impacts the experience.
What’s puzzling is that two years ago, we exported USDZ files from Reality Composer, made them available via a website, and they worked flawlessly on all devices, including older iPads and iPhones. Now, with the latest iPadOS, they consistently crash on older devices.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Are there known limitations with QuickLook on older devices, or is there a way to optimize the USDZ files to prevent crashes? Could this be related to changes in iPadOS or RealityKit? Any advice or workaround would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
I'm trying to build a Shader in "Reality Composer Pro" that updates from a start time. Initially I tried the following:
The idea was that when the startTime was 0, the output would be 0, but then I would set startTime from within code and this would be compared with the current GPU time, and difference used to drive another part of the shader graph:
if
let testEntity = root.findEntity(named: "Test"),
var shaderGraphMaterial = testEntity.components[ModelComponent.self]?.materials.first as? ShaderGraphMaterial
{
let time = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent()
try! shaderGraphMaterial.setParameter(name: "StartTime", value: .float(Float(time)))
testEntity.components[ModelComponent.self]?.materials[0] = shaderGraphMaterial
}
However, I haven't found a reference to the time the shader would be using.
So now I am trying to write an EntityAction to achieve the same effect. Instead of comparing a start time to the GPU's time I'm trying to animate one of the shader's uniform input. However, I'm not sure how to specify the bind target. Here's my attempt so far:
import RealityKit
struct ShaderAction: EntityAction {
let startValue: Float
let targetValue: Float
var animatedValueType: (any AnimatableData.Type)? { Float.self }
static func registerEntityAction() {
ShaderAction.subscribe(to: .updated) { event in
guard let animationState = event.animationState else { return }
let value = simd_mix(event.action.startValue, event.action.targetValue, Float(animationState.normalizedTime))
animationState.storeAnimatedValue(value)
}
}
}
extension Entity {
func updateShader(from startValue: Float, to targetValue: Float, duration: Double) {
let fadeAction = ShaderAction(startValue: startValue, targetValue: targetValue)
if let shaderAnimation = try? AnimationResource.makeActionAnimation(for: fadeAction, duration: duration, bindTarget: .material(0).customValue) {
playAnimation(shaderAnimation)
}
}
}
'''
Currently when I run this I get an assertion failure: 'Index out of range (operator[]:line 797) index = 260, max = 8'
Furthermore, even if it didn't crash I don't understand how to pass a binding to the custom shader value "startValue".
Any clues of how to achieve this effect - even if it's a completely different way.
Topic:
Graphics & Games
SubTopic:
RealityKit
Tags:
RealityKit
Reality Composer Pro
Shader Graph Editor
I want to use SwiftUI and RealityView to get AR scene understanding data (ARMeshAnchor) on iOS devices with LiDAR. The only way we can do that is by using ARSession (unless there is another way).
However in previous iOS 18 builds there was this function:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit/spatialtrackingsession/run(_:session:arconfiguration:)
, which worked with SpatialTrackingSession and a custom ARSession together. This function in the the latest iOS and Xcode has since been removed in the RealityKit framework but still there on documentation.
I also wanted to get ARFaceAnchor data which I still cannot get without ARSession, the closest I can get is by using:
let target = AnchoringComponent.Target.face
let anchoringComponent = AnchoringComponent(target, trackingMode: .predicted)
entity = Entity()
entity!.components.set(anchoringComponent)
But I still can't find a way to get the current frame (ARFrame) or the anchors ([ARAnchor]) in the view.
Alternatively if I use if I use this function: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit/spatialtrackingsession/run(_:) and start the ARSession separately. The session (didUpdate and didAdd) only runs for a few frames before getting interrupted.
And if I completely remove SpatialTrackingConfiguration and just run the ARSession. There still is a valid tracked entity for the AnchoringComponent.Target.face component. IF in the configuration for the ARSession I use the ARWorldTrackingConfiguration with face tracking. And I still get updated facial data each frame. But the ARSession didUpdate or didAdd functions don't get called passed the first few frames.
Interestingly if I switch the RealityViewCameraContent.RealityViewCamera to .virtual. I get ARMeshAnchor and ARFaceAnchor data, but no camera feed (as expected). This with or without SpatialTrackingConfiguration.
My overarching question is what is the proper way to access ARMeshAnchors and other ARAnchors created by the system and track them live while also using SwiftUI.
GitHub Repo with sample project can be found here: https://github.com/bpate75/RealityViewTesting
Following the post on
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit/custommaterial it's simple to use shader for materials and get uniforms and params from each vertex. However it's not available for visionOS. Any alternative to use in this case? I want to write shader to fill material by myself. (I have shader experience from web, familiar with fragment shader)
Hey I wanted to make an app that tracks changes in the room and room lightning and I was wondering if its possible to use VirtualEnvironmentProbeComponent to obtain the EnvironmentResource image and store it?
If so are there any example of similar operation I could use?
Thank you!
Hello,
I'm writing an EntityAction that animates a material base tint between two different colours. However, the colour that is being actually set differs in RGB values from that requested.
For example, trying to set an end target of R0.5, G0.5, B0.5, results in a value of R0.735357, G0.735357, B0.735357. I can also see during the animation cycle that intermediate actual tint values are also incorrect, versus those being set.
My understanding is the the values of material base colour are passed as a SIMD4. Therefore I have a couple of helper extensions to convert a UIColor into this format and mix between two colours. Note however, I don't think the issue is with this functions - even if their outputs are wrong, the final value of the base tint doesn't match the value being set.
I wondered if this was a colour space issue?
import simd
import RealityKit
import UIKit
typealias Float4 = SIMD4<Float>
extension Float4 {
func mixedWith(_ value: Float4, by mix: Float) -> Float4 {
Float4(
simd_mix(x, value.x, mix),
simd_mix(y, value.y, mix),
simd_mix(z, value.z, mix),
simd_mix(w, value.w, mix)
)
}
}
extension UIColor {
var float4: Float4 {
var r: CGFloat = 0.0
var g: CGFloat = 0.0
var b: CGFloat = 0.0
var a: CGFloat = 0.0
getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
return Float4(Float(r), Float(g), Float(b), Float(a))
}
}
struct ColourAction: EntityAction {
let startColour: SIMD4<Float>
let targetColour: SIMD4<Float>
var animatedValueType: (any AnimatableData.Type)? { SIMD4<Float>.self }
init(startColour: UIColor, targetColour: UIColor) {
self.startColour = startColour.float4
self.targetColour = targetColour.float4
}
static func registerEntityAction() {
ColourAction.subscribe(to: .updated) { event in
guard let animationState = event.animationState else { return }
let interpolatedColour = event.action.startColour.mixedWith(event.action.targetColour, by: Float(animationState.normalizedTime))
animationState.storeAnimatedValue(interpolatedColour)
}
}
}
extension Entity {
func updateColour(from currentColour: UIColor, to targetColour: UIColor, duration: Double, endAction: @escaping (Entity) -> Void = { _ in }) {
let colourAction = ColourAction(startColour: currentColour, targetColour: targetColour, endedAction: endAction)
if let colourAnimation = try? AnimationResource.makeActionAnimation(for: colourAction, duration: duration, bindTarget: .material(0).baseColorTint) {
playAnimation(colourAnimation)
}
}
}
The EntityAction can only be applied to an entity with a ModelComponent (because of the material), so it can be called like so:
guard
let modelComponent = entity.components[ModelComponent.self],
let material = modelComponent.materials.first as? PhysicallyBasedMaterial else
{
return
}
let currentColour = material.baseColor.tint
let targetColour = UIColor(_colorLiteralRed: 0.5, green: 0.5, blue: 0.5, alpha: 1.0)
entity.updateColour(from:currentColour, to: targetColour, duration: 2)
I have a scene built up in RealityComposerPro, in which I've added a ParticleEmitter with isEmitting set to False and 'Loop' set to True.
In my app, when I toggle isEmitting to True there can be a delay of a few seconds before the ParticleEmitter starts.
However, if I programatically add the emitter in code at that point, it starts immediately.
To be clear, I'm seeing this on the VisionOS simulator - I don't have access to a device at this time.
Am I misunderstanding how to control the ParticleEmitter when I need precise control on when it starts.
Hi there,
I've discovered an issue with gesture handling in RealityKit when setting the camera’s fieldOfViewOrientation to horizontal. For instance, if I render a simple box at the center of the view with a collision shape that exactly matches its dimensions, the actual hit area behaves as if it's smaller than the box. Additionally, when attempting to drag the box away from the center, the hit area appears misaligned—offset slightly towards the center.
Since the default fieldOfViewOrientation is vertical and everything works as expected in that mode, it seems that the gesture system might be assuming a vertical FOV. Given that the API allows setting it to horizontal, perhaps gestures should function correctly regardless of the orientation?
Thank you!
Topic:
Graphics & Games
SubTopic:
RealityKit
as in the environments we have real tiem reflections of movies on a screen or reflections of the surrounding hood in the background...
could i get a metallic surface getting accurate reflections of a box on top ?
i don't mean getting a rpobe or hdr cubemap, i mean the same accurate reflections as the water of the mt hood with movie i'm wacthing in other app
Hello,
I created a new project with the provided template for Immersive Environments.
Straight out of box I build to both the Simulator and to Vision Pro and the provided Environment looks like this.
What's interesting is that in Reality Composer Pro, it looks correct so how do I achieve the same look?
Thank you in advance!
I am currently using RealityKit (perspective camera) to render a character in my swiftUI app.
The character has customization such as clothing items and hair and all objects are properly weighted to the rig.
The way the model is setup in Blender is like so: Groups of objects that will be swapped (ex: Shoes -> Shoes objects) and an armature. I then export it to usdc with all objects active. This is the resulting entity hierarchy, viewed in Reality Composer Pro:
My problem is that when I export with the Armature Modifier applied to the objects, so that animations get exported, the ModelComponent gets flattened to the armature and swapping entities is no longer as simple as removing the entity with the corresponding name.
What's the best practice here? Should animation be exported separately and then applied to the skeleton? If so, how is that achieved? I'm not really sure how to proceed here.