VR Scene Inspection

The VR Scene Inspection add-on exposes and extends the native virtual reality features of Blender in the user interface. The feature set is limited to scene inspection use cases. More advanced use cases may be enabled through further development inside of Blender.

VR support in Blender is based on the OpenXR specification and requires some set up steps. These are explained in the Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) section.

Activation

• Open Blender and go to Preferences then the Add-ons tab.

• Click 3D View then VR Scene Inspection to enable the script.

Interface

Located in the 3D Viewport ‣ Sidebar ‣ VR tab.

VR Session

Start VR Session

Try to set up a connection to the OpenXR platform to share the viewport with an HMD.

Positional Tracking

Only track rotational changes of the head, do not allow the HMD to affect the location of the viewer in virtual space.

View

Floor

Set visibility of the ground plane in the VR view.

Annotations

Set visibility of annotation strokes in the VR view.

Clip Start/End

Clipping values of the VR view, as in the 3D Viewport.

Landmarks

Landmarks are used to store reusable base poses (position and rotation) for the viewer in the virtual space.

Landmark

A list view.

Selected Landmark

Defines which landmark's settings are shown below the list. Changing the selected landmark does not have an influence on the VR view.

Activate (star icon)

Activates a landmark, making it change the base pose of the VR view.

Add +

Create a landmark.

Remove -

Deletes the selected landmark.

Type

Scene Camera

Follow the scene's active camera to define the base pose of the viewer.

Custom Camera

Set an arbitrary camera to define the base pose of the viewer.

Viewport Feedback

Show VR Camera

Draw an indicator of the current VR viewer pose (location and rotation in the virtual space) in the current 3D Viewport.

Mirror VR Session

Make the current 3D Viewport follow the perspective of the VR view.

Reference

Category

3D View

Description

View the viewport with virtual reality glasses (head-mounted displays).

Location

3D Viewport ‣ Sidebar ‣ VR tab

File

viewport_vr_preview.py

Author

Julian Eisel

Maintainer

Julian Eisel

License

GPL

Support Level

Official

Note

This add-on is bundled with Blender.