Over the past months, we have worked hard with many of our users to test and improve SIGNIFICANTLY the passthrough feature and we are glad to release so many functionalities that will unlock incredible opportunities for designing and prototyping immersive apps as well as design and mockup products or experiences on top of the physical world. Along with that, we introduce a teleportation system to make ShapesXR more accessible and allow users to navigate their scenes more intuitively. So, let’s get into it!

1:1 Mode

This is a separate mode that allows users to conveniently and efficiently create MR content for real spaces. The first step is to align the virtual world with the physical world. This is done by setting the center of the scene using the teleport tool and then using the offset feature and floor leveling for a more precise alignment. This will allow you to recalibrate the space between sessions and even have multiple people located in the same physical space co-create together.

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Real-world reference

If you have set up your room boundaries (e.g. walls, desk couch etc) you can add that as reference to your virtual space, toggle it on or off, and once you scale, see a doll view of your environment that you can use as a reference to add digital content without the need to walk around your space or in places that would be impossible to reach.

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New Passthrough Material

We have added a new passthrough material that can be customized with different transparencies and colors. This is a HUGE enabler for creating in MR as it allows to simulate occlusion.

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Teleportation

Thanks to an intuitive and familiar teleportation system, new users or teammates joining your sessions will be able to easily navigate your scene. More advanced creators will also find it super useful as teleportation reset the view to 1:1 scale.

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The comfort mode

The comfort mode halo has been replaced with the passthrough view

Comfort mode is used in many apps to mitigate the effects of motion sickness. This is usually done by replacing the peripheral view of the user with a monochromatic background. We have replaced our "grey ring" with passthrough content (ending up with what looks like a portal into ShapesXR) and felt it was a great comfort improvement.