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Set up an XR level (virtual window)

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An XR license is needed for

  • Rendering XR Walls

  • Showing the XR panel

  • Showing Pixotope World Settings > XR

For functionality specific to the Unreal Editor and some in-depth knowledge, check out https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Engine/Editor.

Create a new show

If you already have a show you work on you can skip this step.

  1. Go to START > Storage > Shows

  2. Click on "Create new show", select "from template" and choose XR project

Learn more about how to Create, open and manage shows

Launch a level

In the Director

  1. Go to SETUP or PRODUCTION > Show > Launch

  2. Open the PixotopeXRTemplate level by clicking on "Launch in EDITOR"

Learn more about how to Run levels in Edit, Preview Live and LIVE mode

Virtual set extension

If you plan an additional virtual set extension, separate the graphics and XR content using a level streaming setup.

Learn more about how to Set up a virtual set extension with translucent holdouts

Create a new empty level

You can reuse the PixotopeXRTemplate level, or create a new empty level.

Learn more about how to Create level and set up color-managed viewport

Enable XR rendering

  • In Director: Add the machine to the "XR" Render group in SETUP > Configure > Machines

  • OR In Editor: Set the Compositing Type to "XR" in Pixotope World Settings > General

Learn more about Render groups - AR, VS, AR+VS, XR and how to Configure machines

To output the XR wall texture(s) also in the viewport and the computer monitor when in live mode, change the "Visualization Mode" in Pixotope World Settings > General from "Normal" to "Off-axis texture".

When using virtual camera moves, make sure to enable "XR From Current Camera" in Pixotope World Settings > XR.

To increase image quality using NVIDIA's DLSS go to PRODUCTION > Adjust > Composite > 3D Graphics > Render quality.

For supported graphics cards and more details see Using NVIDIA DLSS

Add a Digital Twin

  1. Add a Digital Twin XR actor to the level from Place Actors > Pixotope

    • The actor gets automatically placed as a child underneath the Camera Root

For creating an automatic Digital Twin using Pixotope Tracking check out Calibrate XR alignment

For creating a Manual Twin check out Create a Manual Twin

XR Manual Alignment

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This tutorial showcases an older version of Pixotope.

  • Learn how to align the XR walls in Pixotope with the physical LED wall

Adjust XR

Learn more about how to Adjust XR

Enable multi-machine syncing

In multi-machine setups with

  • more than 1 XR machine

  • a virtual set extension

enable multi-machine syncing.

Learn more about Configure multi-machine syncing