12 Unity Verified Solutions Partners to Build XR
The XR development landscape is constantly changing and new tools are being introduced to XR developers. If you’ve hit a wall with your development or find yourself running out of precious time for your 3D projects, these tools can help you. Unity has a selective list of verified solutions partners that can help developers create amazing 3D experiences ranging from 3D asset management to testing without compiling.
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Cognitive3D
This is a useful analytics tool that provides insights from users within the 3D environment. The tools measure specific metrics like comfort and presence. Cognitive3D is focused on telling you “why” something happened versus “what” happened. This provides a 1 to 1 replay of exactly what a user did with biometrics — specifically the eyes — hands and head. It also measures app performance, spatial optimization, in-app survey engagement, dynamic objects and evaluates success at scale. They have a convenient dashboard to organize the data from 3D environments in real time.
This SDK is free to use.
Convai NPCs
This SDK makes NPCs smarter so they can converse organically with other players with text or voice and carry out advanced actions. Developers can add a backstory for their characters, knowledge base and a chosen voice. This lets players have natural conversations with each other and does not disrupt the game with awkward movements or incoherent responses. What makes this extra believable synchronized lip syncing so face and body animations complement the conversation.
This SDK is free to use.
echo3D
echo3D is a 3D asset management platform that enables developers to manage, update, and stream 3D, AR/VR, Metaverse, & Spatial Computing content to real-time apps and games. It offers a 3D-first content management system (CMS) and content delivery network (CDN) in addition to a suite of tools built into the desktop console. 3D assets can live on the cloud creating smaller, faster and more scalable assets. All assets are compressed and converted for optimization and can be distributed globally. Experience echo3D’s amazing tools like the WebAR Customizer, 3D Scene Editor, USDZ converter, 3D asset converter, 3D model version control, ultimate compression and more.
This tool has a free tier.
FMOD
Audio is sometimes left behind with game development and FMOD wants to change that! This is an end-to-end solution for adding any audio to any game. You can build adaptive audio using their FMOD Studio authoring tool and play it in-game with its own proprietary engine as a complete replacement for Unity’s audio system. They optimize audio performance so it doesn’t take forever to load and offers faster audio iterations. Scripting sound behaviors and real-time editing reduces development time so the audio works perfect every time.
This SDK is free for indie developers.
Game Bench
Optimization is a critical part of game development and Game Bench tries to help developers with that process. This optimizes CPU, GPU, network traffic, memory loads and battery to make sure animations are smooth, games load quickly and they run smoothly. This eliminates the need for tradeoffs — instead of spending time testing performance, developers can explore adding that new feature they didn’t think they had time for.
Contact them directly for pricing options.
GameDriver
Many developers are thrilled at the opportunity to automate testing! This test automation toolkit is for any immersive experience. By testing early, quickly and consistently, developers can optimize their time and effort with their project while focusing more on the user experience. GameDriver has received accolades for how great the onboarding process is. It also offers the ability to test locally or remotely against foreign hosts, allowing for Continuous Testing and DevOps integrations so global teams can collaboration on their tests.
This SDK is free to use.
Gleechi
This is an interaction engine creates realistic and natural hand interactions for VR with their VirtualGrasp technology. This minimizes the need for emphasis on physics models. They use the concept of “object baking” to render all objects “graspable” regardless of how intricate they are. The tool is simple but effective. The baking process factors in object-mesh analysis so no textures or other related information about the model are used or shared. They only factor in the mesh details and then the data is removed after the analysis is complete.
This SDK is $25 for a limited time.
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Pacelab WeaVR
This is a platform designed for industrial training to create, manage and play XR content with no code. All of this can be controlled directly through the browser which makes it simple to create quick XR training experiences. They provide tools to track engagement and measure the users knowledge retention. They are well known for supporting high-resolution models and have extensive experience in aviation and industrial training.
This tool starts at 99 euro per month.
Spatial Reality Display SDK by Sony
This SDK uses a high-speed vision sensor and facial recognition algorithms to empower precise spatial reality experiences. This caliber of experience is not typically found in conventional glasses-free 3D displays and does not require special glasses or a headset although this tech can be applied to XR experiences as well as other content. Spatial computing has come a long way in providing accurate measurements and scans with great accuracy. This typically works as an extension of their hardware lineup, the ELF-SR2 and the ELF-SR1.
Contact them for more information on pricing.
Umodeler
Umodeler strives to help developers prototype low poly 3D models faster. Some developers are fantastic at 3D modeling and others not so much. This asset creation tool is fairly new and being improved every day. You can edit and manipulate 3D meshes without having to leave Unity. They offer drawing tools to help developers outline the desired 3D object. They also have powerful 3D modeling tools, a UV editor, compatability with other texturing tools, learning materials and an active community.
This SDK has a Lite free version or a full version for $125.
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echo3D (www.echo3D.com) is a 3D asset management platform that enables developers to manage, update, and stream 3D, AR/VR, Metaverse, & Spatial Computing content to real-time apps and games.
