Hello,
I'm unable to activate a timeline in my application through an OnTap, OnAddedToScene or OnNotification.
In RCP I can test and play the timelines easily.
When running in the simulator or on device the timelines simply do not run, regardless of the method through which I try to call the API.
I have two questions:
How can I check that my timelines are in my RCP project that's loaded into the scene? I don't see timelines in the entity hierarchy when I debug in RealityKit Debugger
Is Behaviors a component I can manually set at runtime? I can very clearly see the behaviors component attached to my entity in RCP, but when running this code:
.gesture(
TapGesture()
.targetedToAnyEntity()
.onEnded { value in
if value.entity.applyTapForBehaviors() {
print("Success!")
} else {
print("Failure.")
}
}
)
It prints "Failure." every time indicating to me that the entity does not have a Behavior attached to it (whether that's a component or however else the Behavior is associated with the entity)
I also have not had success using the Notification system or even the OnAddedToScene behavior trigger which should theoretically work if a behavior is attached to the entity which the tap experiment indicates it's not.
For context this is my notification trigger code:
private let notificationTrigger = NotificationCenter.default
.publisher(for: Notification.Name("RealityKit.NotificationTrigger"))
@Environment(\.realityKitScene) var scene
Attachment(id: "home") {
Button {
NotificationCenter.default.post(
name: NSNotification.Name("RealityKit.NotificationTrigger"),
object: nil,
userInfo: [
"RealityKit.NotificationTrigger.Scene": scene,
"RealityKit.NotificationTrigger.Identifier": "test"
]
)
} label: {
Text("Test")
}
.padding(20)
.glassBackgroundEffect()
}
.onReceive(notificationTrigger) { _ in
print("test notification received")
I am receiving "test notification received" print statements as well.
I'm using Xcode 16.0 with VisionOS 2.0 on MacOS 15.3.1
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Hello,
we have a RealityKit app that also runs on macOS via Catalyst.
For specific USD assets containing particle systems we have observed a reproducible crash.
Steps to reproduce:
Open Reality Composer Pro
Create new file
Create simple particle system (default one is fine)
export as USDZ
Create project in Xcode
Call Entity.load(… and pass in your USD
Running this on an Intel iMac with macOS Sequoia 15.3 will lead to a crash with the following console log:
validateWithDevice:4704: failed assertion `Render Pipeline DescrvalidateWithDevice:4704: failed assertion `Render Pipeline Descriptor Validation
depthAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatDepthvalidateWithDevice:4704: failed assertion `Render Pipeline Descriptor Validation
depthAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatDepthvalidateWithDevice:4704: failed assertion `Render Pipeline Descriptor Validation
depthAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatDepth32Float) and stencilAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatStencil8) must match.
'
iptor Validation
depthAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatDepth32Float) and stencilAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatStencil8) must match.
'
32Float) and stencilAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatStencil32Float) and stencilAttachmentPixelFormat (MTLPixelFormatStencil8) must match.
'
8) must match.
'
Xcode version: 16.2.0
iMac 2020 3,8GHz Intel Core i7
macOS Sequoia 15.3
FB16477373
It would be great if this could be fixed quickly or a workaround provided since it affects or production app. Thank you!
How do I obtain the device's camera permissions when developing camera apps?
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
My friend cannot build my visionOS project in the simulator. He gets the following error.
Error:
[xrsimulator] Exception thrown during compile: cannotGetRkassetsContents(path: "/Users/path/to/Packages/RealityKitContent/Sources/RealityKitContent/RealityKitContent.rkassets")
In Xcode, he is able to open the RealityKitContent package in realityComposer Pro by clicking on the Package.realitycomposerpro file. No warnings show up wrt this error in RCP either. All scenes appear to be usable/navigable in RCP. This error only comes up when he tries to build the project in Xcode command+b. The is no other information in the Report Navigator's Build logs for this error. The error is always followed by this next error.
Error:
Tool exited with code 1
Yikes, please help!
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
I am submitting a challenge to the Swift Student Challenge. I have created a RealityContent folder using Reality Composer Pro. How can I import this folder into the Swift Package Manager (.swiftpm) project hosted on Playground to ensure that it becomes a usable package?
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
Tags:
Swift Student Challenge
Swift Playground
RealityKit
Reality Composer Pro
`error: [xrsimulator] Component Compatibility: EnvironmentLightingConfiguration not available for 'xros 1.0', please update 'platforms' array in Package.swift
error: [xrsimulator] Exception thrown during compile: compileFailedBecause(reason: "compatibility faults")
error: Tool exited with code 1
I want to render a 3d/stereoscopic video in an Apple Vision Pro window using RealityKit/RealityView. The video is a left-right stereo. The straight forward approach would be to spawn a quad, and give it a custom Shader Graph material, which has a CameraIndexSwitch. The CameraIndexSwitch chooses between the right texture vs the left texture.
https://i.sstatic.net/XawqjNcg.png
The issue I have here is that I have to extract the video frames from my AVSampleBufferVideoRenderer. This should work ok, but not if I'm playing FairPlay content.
So, my question is, how to render stereo FairPlay videos in a SwiftUI RealityView?
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
Tags:
Metal
MetalKit
RealityKit
AVFoundation
What is recommended best practice for importing a Blender 3D file into RCP? I assume as a .usdz file? Is there a WWDC24 session or other Apple resource that best explains this. I want to make sure I provide the right format/file to RCP from Blender.
A ShaderGraphMaterial with an Occlusion Surface Output generated with RealityComposer 2 fails to load on iOS 18 and macOS 15 with the following error:
RealityFoundation.ShaderGraphMaterial.LoadError.invalidTypeFound (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit/shadergraphmaterial/loaderror/invalidtypefound)
This happens with both https://developer.apple.com/documentation/shadergraph/realitykit/occlusion-surface-(realitykit) and https://developer.apple.com/documentation/shadergraph/realitykit/shadow-receiving-occlusion-surface-(realitykit)
RealityView { content in
do {
let bgEntity = ModelEntity(mesh: .generateCone(height: 0.5, radius: 0.1), materials: [SimpleMaterial(color: .red, isMetallic: true)])
bgEntity.position.z = -0.2
content.add(bgEntity)
let occlusionMaterial = try await ShaderGraphMaterial(named: "/Root/OcclusionMaterial", from: "OcclusionMaterial")
let testEntity = ModelEntity(mesh: .generateSphere(radius: 0.4), materials: [occlusionMaterial])
content.add(testEntity)
content.cameraTarget = testEntity
} catch {
print("Shader Graph Load Error:")
dump(error)
}
}
.realityViewCameraControls(.orbit)
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
Feedback ID: FB15081296
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
Tags:
RealityKit
Reality Composer Pro
Shader Graph Editor
It's all about notifications to trigger actions from RCP's new Timeline system. From Compose interactive 3D content in Reality Composer Pro I am actually starting to confuse why there was need to use Entity.applyTapForBehaviors in code to trigger content in Behaviors Component. Simply because in Behaviors Component, we have chosen OnTap to allow a "Tap Notification" to trigger our action (on a selected target object).
Then I guess by selecting OnCollision this trigger, I should write something like CollisionEvent.entityA.applyCollisionForBehaviors, which we don't have. And ofc the collision on my object won't trigger this action (because I only did things in RCP not in code).
Ignoring this post has pointed out we could use Behaviors Component's OnNotification to trigger something for now.
I found that I could still use OnTap trigger but actually put my code Entity.applyTapForBehaviors under my subscribed collision's begin event. That actually works better than OnCollision
So what is the design principles here? And how could I trigger a collision notification to let my Behaviors Component's OnCollision actually works?
Hi, I'm very new to 3D and am currently porting a SwiftUI iOS app to visionOS 2.0.
I saw WWDC24 feature Blender in multiple spatial videos, and have begun integrating Blender models and animations into my VisionOS app (I would also like to integrate skeletons and programmatic rigging, more on that later).
I'm wondering if there are “Best Practices” for this workflow - from Blender to USD to RCP 2.0 to visionOS 2 in Xcode. I’ve cobbled together the following that has some obvious holes:
I’ve been able to find some pre-rigged and pre-animated models online that can serve as a great starting point. As a reference, here is a free model from SketchFab - a simple rigged skeleton with 6 built in animations:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/skeleton-character-low-poly-8856e0138f424d68a8e0b40e185951f6
When exporting to USD from Blender, I haven’t been able to export more than one animation per USD file. Is there a workflow to export multiple animations in a single USDC file, or is this just not possible?
As a temporary workaround, here is a python script I’ve been using to loop through all Blender animations, and export a model for each animation:
import bpy
import os
# Set the directory where you want to save the USD files
output_directory = “/path/to/export”
# Ensure the directory exists
if not os.path.exists(output_directory):
os.makedirs(output_directory)
# Function to export current scene as USD
def export_scene_as_usd(output_path, start_frame, end_frame):
bpy.context.scene.frame_start = start_frame
bpy.context.scene.frame_end = end_frame
# Export the scene as a USD file
bpy.ops.wm.usd_export(
filepath=output_path,
export_animation=True
)
# Save the current scene name
original_scene = bpy.context.scene.name
# Iterate through each action and export it as a USD file
for action in bpy.data.actions:
# Create a new scene for each action
bpy.context.window.scene = bpy.data.scenes[original_scene].copy()
new_scene = bpy.context.scene
# Link the action to all relevant objects
for obj in new_scene.objects:
if obj.animation_data is not None:
obj.animation_data.action = action
# Determine the frame range for the action
start_frame, end_frame = action.frame_range
# Export the scene as a USD file
output_path = os.path.join(output_directory, f"{action.name}.usdc")
export_scene_as_usd(output_path, int(start_frame), int(end_frame))
# Delete the temporary scene to free memory
bpy.data.scenes.remove(new_scene)
print("Export completed.")
I have also been able to successfully export rigging armatures as a single Skeleton - each “bone” showing getting imported into Reality Composer Pro 2.0 when exporting/importing manually.
I would like to have all of these animations available in a single scene to be used in a RealityView in visionOS - so I have placed all animation models in a RCP scene and created named Timeline Action animations for each, showing the correct model and hiding the rest when triggering specific animations.
I apply materials/textures to each so they appear the same, using Shader Graph.
Then in SwiftUI I use notifications (as shown here - https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/756978) to trigger each RCP Timeline Action animation from code.
Two questions:
Is there a better way than to have multiple models of the same skeleton - each with a different animation - in a scene to be able to trigger multiple animations? Or would this require recreating Blender animations using skeleton rigging and keyframes from within RCP Timelines?
If I want to programmatically create custom animations and move parts of the skeleton/armatures - do I need to do this by defining custom components in RCP, using IKRig and define movement of each of the “bones” in Xcode?
I’m looking for any tips/tricks/workflow from experienced engineers or 3D artists that can create a more efficient/optimized workflow using Blender, USD, RCP 2 and visionOS 2 with SwiftUI.
Thanks so much, I appreciate any help! I am very excited about all the new tools that keep evolving to make spatial apps really fun to build!
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
Tags:
RealityKit
Reality Composer Pro
visionOS
I made an animation in Blender using geometry nodes that I exported to USDC file (then I used Reality Converter to convert to USDZ) and I can see the animation when viewing from the finder but does not play after importing to RCP. Any idea how I can play the animation? Or can the animation be accessed through Xcode?
Thanks!
We are building an AR experience for deployment on iphones. We are using Unity but it looks as if Reality Composer Pro has better features for spatial audio. I am not sure if Reality Composer Pro can only be used for Vision Pro or can it also be used for deployment on Iphone or ipad.
Reality Composer is no longer available in XCode 15 Release. Is this intended or will be available in later releases? Do I need to revert to Xcode15 Beta8 to get Reality Composer?
I've been using the MacOS XCode Reality Composer to export interactive .reality files that can be hosted on the web and linked to, triggering QuickLook to open the interactive AR experience.
That works really well.
I've just downloaded XCode 15 Beta which ships with the new Reality Composer Pro and I can't see a way to export to .reality files anymore. It seems that this is only for building apps that ship as native iOS etc apps, rather than that can be viewed in QuickLook.
Am I missing something, or is it no longer possible to export .reality files?
Thanks.
Topic:
Spatial Computing
SubTopic:
Reality Composer Pro
Tags:
QuickLook
Reality Composer
Reality Composer Pro