Software
Required Software
Looking Glass Portrait support.
Mac M1 support.
Resolved quilt rendering bug.
Tray UI now supports new SN format.
Version 1.2.5
HoloPlay Service facilitates communication between your computer and any connected Looking Glass devices. Required for Looking Glass applications and development tools.
Changelog
(1.2.0)
(1.2.5)
Resources
3D Viewers
Windows 10 and MacOS Catalina or newer that have USB-C and HDMI ports. We recommend running HoloPlay Studio on computers with a dedicated graphics cards. Computers that only have integrated graphics will provide a lower quality experience.
HoloPlay Studio is optimized for Looking Glass Portrait use
The computer running HoloPlay Studio must meet the minimum hardware specs when used with the 4K and 8K Gen2 systems.
Critical bug fixes for computers with an AMD GPU.
Critical performance patches for high resolution video playback.
Improved support for the 4K Gen2 display.
UX improvement for syncing to Portraits without a connected HDMI cable.
Improved logging behavior.
Minor UX improvements.
Audio recording
Adjustable time limit on recording
Support for Looking Glass 8.9", 15.6", and 8K devices for live stream (recording functionality is experimental)
UI redesign to match HoloPlay Studio
Removing RGBD compression to optimize speed
Changeable temporary file drive location
Looking Glass 4K and 8K support
Added custom WordArt
UX and bug fixes
Looking Glass Portrait support
Quilt video recording and quilt image screenshot functionality
Improved loading speed
Unity
HoloPlay Studio is the hologram companion app for your Looking Glass Portrait. With it, you can import holograms from a variety of sources, make minor edits to any hologram you create, and sync to your Looking Glass Portrait for Standalone Mode.
Supports iPhone Portrait Photos, Android Depth Photos, Light Field Photosets, and RGBD and Quilt media.
Requirements
Changelog (1.3.5)
Resources
Depth Recorder is an interactive application for creating holographic video clips for the Looking Glass Portrait using an Azure Kinect. You can view a live stream from the Azure Kinect in your Looking Glass Portrait and record a clip that can be stored on your device for playback in Standalone mode. Get playful — try out different backgrounds and particle effects to bring your capture to life!
Depth Recorder is currently Windows only and requires a discrete graphics card. We recommend a GTX 1650 or better.
Changelog
(0.2.0)
Resources
Diorama is an interactive application that allows you to load in Portrait mode and other depth photos and compose a scene with them. Powered by Giphy, you can create an animated scene around your photo with lights, word art, backgrounds, and gifs. When you're happy with your composition, you can export a video clip to store on your device for playback in Standalone mode!
Diorama requires a discrete graphics card. We recommend a GTX 1650 or a Radeon Pro 5000M series for Macs.
Currently, M1 Macs are not supported.
Changelog
(1.1.0)
A model importer for the Looking Glass. It can load gltf's, glb's, and obj's. It can also work with Leap Motion. Requires HoloPlay Service.
Changelog (1.2.0)
Resources
Tools Used
Developer Tools
Generate a borderless fullscreen window at a specific position
Distort the camera's projection matrix
Render multiple views to a texture
Apply a shader to the texture
API refactor
Support for DPI scaling on main monitor (for horizontal screen arrangements only)
Support for recording quilt videos of scenes with video textures
Unity 2018.4 or later (Unity 2020 LTS recommended)
M1 Macs are not yet supported
Built-in render pipeline only (no URP or HDRP support)
Ubuntu 18.04 for Linux is experimental and has stability issues
Support for all Looking Glass hardware
Adjustable capture box
View a preview of our viewport in the Looking Glass
Still and animation rendering
More details here
Blender 2.93 or later
Unreal Engine 5 support
Improved post-processing effects
Improved sequencer workflow
UE4.27 or UE5
Note: UE5 support is currently primarily for cinematic exports due to performance issues
Windows only
Powerful dedicated GPU - we recommend an RTX 3090
The HoloPlay Core SDK is a cross-platform software development kit that makes your existing 3D software compatible with the Looking Glass. Use your application’s current UI and workflow to build seamless plug and play experiences for your end users.
Developers can use any rendering backend (DirectX, OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan, WebGL) and any windowing library (e.g. GLFW, Qt, SDL). Beyond that, in order to render to the Looking Glass display, your application must be able to:
Also, your end user must have HoloPlay Service installed on their machine.
Resources
Bring 3D scenes and characters to life using the Unity Plugin for your Looking Glass. Requires HoloPlay Service.
Changelog
(1.5.0)
Requirements
Resources
Note that the HoloPlay Unity Plugin and applications built on top of the Plugin are not open source and is provided under license.
The source code is provided as an example of what’s possible with the Looking Glass.
Create beautiful holographic scenes and animations with our community-made Blender add-on. Requires HoloPlay Service.
UPDATE! The old add-on has been deprecated and our community add-on, AliceLG, is now the official Blender solution for Looking Glass devices.
Features (AliceLG 2.0)
Requirements
Resources
The HoloPlay Plugin for Unreal Engine allows you to see, play, and interact with your digital creations in 3D within Unreal Engine. Requires HoloPlay Service.
Changelog (1.4.0)
Requirements
Resources
Looking Glass support built in partnership with Kitware
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is open source software for manipulating and displaying scientific data. It comes with state-of-the-art tools for 3D rendering, a suite of widgets for 3D interaction, and extensive 2D plotting capability.
VTK is a C++ library with several higher-level language wrappers, including Python and Java, and is the core for ParaView and 3D Slicer. To use VTK with Looking Glass you have to build VTK from source code.
VTK provides support for all Looking Glass displays provided you have the HoloPlay Core SDK. When building a VTK project from source, you must enable the flag in CMAKE and must also reference the dynamic libraries and header files provided by the SDK.
For more information, view the documentation.
Integrations
VR/AR headgear-free viewing experience.
Compatible with Windows 10, Mac 10.12+ and Linux CentOS7+/Ubuntu 18.04+. Discrete graphics card recommended for optimal performance.
Ready to use with all Looking Glass displays with Incentive PyMOL version 2.4.0. For open-source PyMOL support, click here.
VR/AR headgear-free viewing experience.
Compatible with Windows 10, Mac 10.12+ and Linux CentOS 7+ / Ubuntu 18.04+. Discrete graphics card recommended for optimal performance.
Ready to use with all Looking Glass displays with Maestro 2020-2.
instructions on how to use ParaView
example datasets to explore
By Schrödinger
PyMOL for the Looking Glass requires HoloPlay Service. Download the latest version here.
View 3D molecular models in PyMOL as holograms with an easy one-time setup.
Download the info sheet for more information about setup and compatibility.
By Schrödinger
Maestro for the Looking Glass requires HoloPlay Service. Download the latest version here.
Build 3D molecular models in Maestro and view them as holograms with an easy setup.
More on this official Looking Glass integration:
Download the info sheet for more information about setup and compatibility.
Looking Glass support built in partnership with Kitware
ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application. ParaView users can quickly build visualizations to analyze their data using qualitative and quantitative techniques.
ParaView nightly builds include native support for all Looking Glass displays.
Please visit the Looking Glass ParaView documentation for:
Please complete the Getting Started guide for your device before using ParaView.
Looking Glass support built in partnership with Kitware
3D Slicer is an open source software platform for medical image informatics, image processing, and three-dimensional visualization. Built over two decades through support from the National Institutes of Health and a worldwide developer community, Slicer brings free, powerful cross-platform processing tools to physicians, researchers, and the general public.
Provides support for viewing over 50 file formats, including DICOM, neuroimaging, and microscopy.
3D Slicer Preview Releases include native support for all Looking Glass displays.
For more information, visit the documentation.
Please complete the Getting Started guide for your device before using 3D Slicer.
Download Instructions
Select the Preview Release version from the download page:
Legacy Software
To see our other tools and legacy software, visit our documentation site.