Kanzi VR 1.8.0¶

The Kanzi VR feature pack enables you to test and validate a multi-display HMI design in an early phase when you do not necessarily have access to physical displays or a physical dashboard model.

Testing and validation is done through a virtual environment where the HMI screen contents are interactively displayed within a virtual dashboard model. You interact with this virtual environment with either a 3D rendered application on a desktop computer screen or through an attached VR headset.

For a technical overview of Kanzi VR, see Architecture.

Requirements¶

Kanzi VR works with Kanzi 3.9.8 on Windows.

Requirements for VR experience¶

To experience the virtual environment through a VR headset, you need an OpenXR-compatible headset and controllers connected to a Windows computer.

These headsets and controllers have been tested to work with Kanzi VR:

Varjo VR-2 headset with HTC VIVE controllers, Valve Index controllers, and SteamVR Base Stations (2.0)
Oculus Quest 2 headset and controllers
HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite headset and HTC VIVE controllers

Contents of the package¶

The package includes:

doc directory contains this documentation.
examples directory contains the example Kanzi Studio projects of Kanzi VR including a virtual environment of a car cockpit with streamed-in digital displays.
plugins-streaming directory contains the Streaming Plugin:
- applications directory contains source code and executable files for the Kanzi VR application that enable streaming of kzb content.
- lib directory contains the Streaming Plugin library files for the supported platforms, including the Windows DLL files to be used as Kanzi Engine Plugins in Kanzi Studio.
- streaming-web-resources directory contains the web resources utilized by Streaming Plugin for Receiving streams in a browser.
plugins-vr directory contains the VR Plugin:
- applications directory contains source code and executable files for the VR Viewer application. These enable viewing kzb content in VR.
- lib directory contains the VR Plugin library files for the supported platforms, including the Windows DLL files to be used as Kanzi Engine Plugins in Kanzi Studio.

Installing the package¶

To install the package, extract the content of the package to the <KanziWorkspace>/Engine/plugins directory.

Feedback and support¶

Your feedback is very important to us. To send your questions, findings, and comments, use the Kanzi Support Portal at support.rightware.com. When submitting a request regarding Kanzi VR, set the Product field to Kanzi VR.