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Multiple-frames BlendShape (failed) Animation in Reality Composer Pro
Goal: To render in an apple vision pro app, the solid-mechanics 3D simulation results coming form an FEA code. Starting point: I have surface vtks with deformations on each node. Each time step has a a mesh with the nodal coordinates. This is straighforward translatable to a usd MeshSequence. Unfortunately, the results cannot be simplified to a scaling o linear transformation as you would do with other game-oriented animations. Tools: Right now, I am using Xcode and reality composer pro (RCP) to build the scenes. Technical limitations: I am aware that RCP can do animations with BlendMesh and skeletons and that MeshSequence is not a problem. Progress: Coverting to the sequence of vtk meshes to a usd MeshSequence is straighforward. This animates correctly in Preview and Blender (see screenshot). I managed to convert from MeshSequence to multiple keys and BlendMesh. This also animates correctly in Blender and preview. Unfortunately, the BlendMesh of multiple blended meshes shows a zero animation time in RCP (see screenshot below) Also, see below usda file scheme for the animation. Of course I am not showing full vectors such as faceVertexCounts, faceVertexIndex, normals. Question: what is the right set up to create a BlendMesh animation that RCP will correctly import and animate, form a set of Meshes or multiple key shapes? Blender animation Time zero RCP "animations" #usda 1.0 ( defaultPrim = "BlendMeshRoot" doc = "Blender v4.5.3 LTS" endTimeCode = 48 framesPerSecond = 24 metersPerUnit = 1 startTimeCode = 0 timeCodesPerSecond = 24 upAxis = "Z" ) def Xform "BlendMeshRoot" ( customData = { dictionary Blender = { bool generated = 1 } } ) { def SkelRoot "Mesh" { custom string userProperties:blender:object_name = "Mesh" float3 xformOp:rotateXYZ = (89.99999, -0, 0) float3 xformOp:scale = (0.009999999, 0.01, 0.01) double3 xformOp:translate = (0, 0, 0) uniform token[] xformOpOrder = ["xformOp:translate", "xformOp:rotateXYZ", "xformOp:scale"] def Mesh "Mesh" ( active = true prepend apiSchemas = ["MaterialBindingAPI", "SkelBindingAPI"] ) { uniform bool doubleSided = 1 float3[] extent = [(25.091871, -34.121277, -13.298501), (299.94482, 245.10088, 202.35126)] int[] faceVertexCounts = [3, 3, ... int[] faceVertexIndices = [0, 10293, ... rel material:binding = </BlendMeshRoot/_materials/MeshSequence_Default> normal3f[] normals = [(-0.3632836, -0.9102419, -0.19870725), .... point3f[] points = [(244.41148, 155.42062, 70.454926),..... float3[] primvars:node_displacement = [(93.54703, 110.9341, 48.37992).... float3[] primvars:Normals = [(-0.0050530406, -0.9910114, -0.13368203),... int[] primvars:skel:jointIndices = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ... float[] primvars:skel:jointWeights = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1... uniform token[] skel:blendShapes = ["frame_0000", "frame_0001", "frame_0002", "frame_0003", "frame_0004", "frame_0005"] rel skel:blendShapeTargets = [ </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Mesh/frame_0000>, ....... </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Mesh/frame_0005>, ] prepend rel skel:skeleton = </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Skel> uniform token subdivisionScheme = "none" custom string userProperties:blender:data_name = "Mesh" custom float userProperties:originalTime float userProperties:originalTime.timeSamples = { 0: 0, } def BlendShape "frame_0000" { uniform vector3f[] offsets = [(0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0),..... uniform int[] pointIndices = [0, 1, 2, ..... } ..... ..... #### BlendShape frame to 0005 ..... def Skeleton "Skel" ( prepend apiSchemas = ["SkelBindingAPI"] ) { uniform matrix4d[] bindTransforms = [( (1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1) )] uniform token[] joints = ["joint1"] uniform matrix4d[] restTransforms = [( (1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1) )] prepend rel skel:animationSource = </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Skel/Anim> def SkelAnimation "Anim" { uniform token[] blendShapes = ["frame_0000", "frame_0001", "frame_0002", "frame_0003", "frame_0004", "frame_0005"] float[] blendShapeWeights.timeSamples = { 0: [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], 1: [0.9697085, 0.03029152, 0, 0, 0, 0], 2: [0.88787615, 0.11212383, 0, 0, 0, 0], ..... 46: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0.11212379, 0.8878762], 47: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0.030291557, 0.96970844], 48: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], } } } } def Scope "_materials" { def Material "MeshSequence_Default" { token outputs:surface.connect = </BlendMeshRoot/_materials/MeshSequence_Default/Principled_BSDF.outputs:surface> custom string userProperties:blender:data_name = "MeshSequence_Default" def Shader "Principled_BSDF" { uniform token info:id = "UsdPreviewSurface" float inputs:clearcoat = 0 float inputs:clearcoatRoughness = 0.03 color3f inputs:diffuseColor = (0.8, 0.4, 0.3) float inputs:ior = 1.5 float inputs:metallic = 0 float inputs:opacity = 1 float inputs:roughness = 0.5 float inputs:specular = 0.2 token outputs:surface } } } def Scope "AnimationClips" { custom rel animations = </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Skel/Anim> } def RealityKitComponent "AnimationLibrary" { custom rel animations = </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Skel/Anim> custom token info:id = "RealityKit.AnimationLibrary" custom double realitykit:approximateDuration = 2 custom double[] realitykit:clipDurations = [2] custom string[] realitykit:clipNames = ["Anim"] custom rel realitykit:clipTargets = </BlendMeshRoot/Mesh/Skel/Anim> custom double realitykit:frameRate = 24 custom bool realitykit:isAnimationLibrary = 1 } }
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Oct ’25
How to trigger actions by OnCollision in Behaviors Component
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?
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Mar ’25
[visionOS] How to render side-by-side stereo video?
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?
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Aug ’25
[xrsimulator] Exception thrown during compile: cannotGetRkassetsContents
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!
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Feb ’25
Loading USDZ with particle system crashes on Intel Macs
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!
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Mar ’25
Issue with Behaviors + Timelines in VisionOS
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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Feb ’25
Why can't I load a ModelEntity from RealityKitContentBundle?
If I place the .usdz file in the project directory alongside other .swift files, ModelEntity loads it perfectly. However, if I try to load the same file from Reality Composer Pro under RealityKitContent.rkassets, I get the error: resourceNotFound("heart"). Could someone help me with this? Thank you so much Code: // // TestttttttApp.swift // Testtttttt // // Created by Zhendong Chen on 2/17/25. // import SwiftUI @main struct TestttttttApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } .windowStyle(.volumetric) } } // // ContentView.swift // Testtttttt // // Created by Zhendong Chen on 2/17/25. // import SwiftUI import RealityKit import RealityKitContent struct ContentView: View { @State private var enlarge = false var body: some View { RealityView { content in do { // MARK: Work let scene = try await ModelEntity(named: "heart") content.add(scene) // MARK: Doesn't work // let scene = try await ModelEntity(named: "heart", in: realityKitContentBundle) // content.add(scene) } catch { print(error) } } } } #Preview(windowStyle: .volumetric) { ContentView() }
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Feb ’25
System issues encountered when developing VisionOS related programs using Unity
Using Unity to develop VisionOS program, pressing the right knob of VisionPro during use will exit the Unity space and destroy the model in the space. The model in the space has been disconnected from the SwiftUI interface. After clicking the right knob, return to the system main interface, and then click the right knob again to return to the inside of the program. However, Unity space cannot be restored, and calling the discisWindow method on the SwiftUI interface has no effect, so the interface cannot be destroyed. Is there any solution??
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Feb ’25
How to programmatically update Model Position Offset of GeometryModifier?
is it possible to dynamically update ModelPositionOffset of GeometryModifier with a depth map image? in my code I set up the parameter for "DepthMapTexture" universal input node and tried setting the depth map for depthTextureResource. I have 2 DrawableQueues. One for setting InputTexture, and one for setting DepthMapTexture. This only shows the part that concerns setting DepthMapTexture this is where I define the plane entity. and this is the shader graph what I noticed with GeometryModifier is that, the depthMap image has to be same as input image's dimensions. and when I applied this material to usdz file, with pre-assigned image and depth map from RCP, and loaded that Entity from code, depth map was applied correctly. what I am unsure is that if it is impossible to define a model entity from code, apply ShaderGraphMaterial from RCP, and dynamically update the image used in GeometryModifier. Maybe I'm missing something when defining Entity, something that allows geometric modifications?
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Mar ’25
Shader Graph Material: Feather Edges Image Effect
Hi, I am trying to create a simple effect to create feather edges on the image using Reality Composer Pro. Something like this: As you can see it has softer edges on all sides that dissolves into transparency with the background. this is what I have been able to achieve on my own. I want to use the "feather" input node value (float) from 0.0 to 1.0 to increase or decrease the strength of the feather edges.
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Mar ’25
attenuation map covers over object
hi, I'm trying to create a virtual movie theater, but after running computeDiffuseReflectionUVs.py and applying attenuation map, I noticed the light falloff effect just covers over the objects. I used apple provided attenuation map (did not specify the attenuation map name on python script) with sample size of 6000. I thought the python script would calculate vertices and create shadow for, say, back of the chairs. Am I understanding this wrong?
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Apr ’25
Launching a timeline on a specific model via notification
Hello! I’m familiar with the discussion on “Sending messages to the scene”, and I’ve successfully used that code. However, I have several instances of the same model in my scene. Is it possible to make only one specific model respond to a notification? For example, can I pass something like RealityKit.NotificationTrigger.SourceEntity in userInfo or use another method to target just one instance?
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May ’25