Software
Required Software
Looking Glass Portrait support
Mac M1 support
Gen2 4K and 8K support
Updated logging behavior
Updated logic for processing serial numbers and monitor IDs (with new, simplified format)
Falls back to JSON calibration file if calibration cannot be read over EDID
Version 1.2.2
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)
(1.2.2)
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.
Provided support for unicode characters (for import file names and OS user names only)
Improved UX by making the .hop export location clickable
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, Light Field Photosets, and RGBD and Quilt media.
Requirements
Changelog (1.1.2)
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
Looking Glass Portrait support
Device emulation
Quilt video recording for playback in Standalone mode for the Looking Glass Portrait
Improved dual monitor application functionality
Recording fix when no device connected
Fixed bug of red tint in editor on some Mac systems
Improved OSX build windowing
FFmpeg encoder fixes
Setting good defaults for NVENC and exposing parameters
Windowing fix on Windows builds
Major refactor of several components
Fixed preview window issues on Unity 2019 and 2020 on Windows and Intel Macs
Fixed Windows multi-monitor bug
Resolved color discrepancies between renderer and encoded videos
Resolved error logs for post-processing in 2018 and 2020
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
Single view mode for improved rendering effects
Plugin now works as an engine plugin and project plugin
UE4.27 support
Bug fixes to project packaging
UE4.26 or UE4.27
Windows only
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
(1.4.0)
(1.4.1)
(1.4.2)
(1.4.3)
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 UE4 allows you to see, play, and interact with your digital creations in 3D within Unreal Engine. Requires HoloPlay Service.
Changelog (1.2.0)
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.