KeyVR Capabilities

PBR

KeyVR features a physically based rendering engine with materials lit by an HDRI Environment. Features include environment reflection on various roughness levels on both plastic and metal-like surfaces as well as accurate color transmission on transparent objects. Refraction is approximate.

Global Illumination

Interreflection, caustics and color bleeding is not simulated due to performance requirements in VR. No light sources beyond HDRI environment are supported.

GPU hardware

Recommended Nvidia GTX 1080 / AMD Vega 64 or better to keep smooth frame-rate.

Polygon count

Polygon count only limited by GPU memory, but in order to keep a smooth frame-rate we recommend aiming for 3 million or less polygons on a high end GPU.

File format support

KeyVR can directly render all the file types that KeyShot can import. KeyVR itself can load KSP or BIP.

Note that the geometry has to be triangle based, curve based geometry, zspheres and NURBS are not supported (NURBS can be re-tessellated in KeyShot).

Multi materials

Materials within a Multi-Material can be selected via the KeyVR tool Switch Material.

Model sets

Model Sets can be selected via the KeyVR tool Switch Model Set.
If a Model Set is "always visible" this is also respected in VR to e.g. add static scene setups.

Environment

The active Environment can be selected via the KeyVR tool Switch Environment.
Move Model lets you rotate the environment, if it is not locked.

Camera

The camera position can be selected via the KeyVR tool Switch Camera. Camera Settings that don't make sense in VR will be ignored e.g. spherical, field of view, shift, depth of field.

Animation

Animations can be started/stopped via the KeyVR menu. (Long animations can take a long time to load). Fade animations are not supported.

Locked

Locked parts of the scene tree and locked environments cannot be moved in VR.

Connect

Users must be on the same LAN or VPN (KeyVR Connect needs a direct connection between hosts and clients via their IP). And launch the same version of the scene, either locally or from a shared folder.

Textures

Limited to image textures using one of the supported mapping types (view supported mapping types) when not baking.

Materials

Multi-materials and basic materials are supported (view supported material types). Baking can improve the representation of some materials.

Image Styles

Basic style (gamma/brightness) is supported, Photographic style not supported.

Material graphs

Support via baking.

Studios

Configurator

Labels

Support via baking.

Diffuse

Flat

Glass

Approximate appearance including refraction and IOR. Does not use roughness.

Glass (solid)

Approximate appearance including refraction, IOR and thickness. Does not use roughness.

Liquids

Approximate appearance including refraction, IOR and thickness. Does not use roughness.

Metal

Baking can result in a closer match of overall color.

Paint

Plastic

Thin Film

Thin Film appears like regular glass without thin film effects (raises warning).

Translucent

Translucent appears as diffuse opaque material (raises warning). Baking can result in a closer match of the overall color.

Advanced Materials

Advanced

Advanced is treated as opaque plastic with diffuse, specular and roughness only (raises warning).

Anisotropic

Anisotropic appears isotropic (raises warning). Baking can result in a closer match of the overall color.

Dielectric

Approximate appearance.

Gem

Gem appears like glass without dispersive effects (raises warning).

Generic

Use baking for an approximate appearance.

Measured

Measured is not supported without baking and objects will appear red (raises warning).

Metallic paint

Metallic Paint looks incorrect for high metal coverage, ignores clear-coat values (raises warning). Baking results in a closer match.

Multi-Layer Optics

Multi-Layer Optics appear like regular glass (raises warning).

Plastic (Cloudy)

Plastic (Cloudy) appears as diffuse opaque material (raises warning) or, when using baking, as tinted glass.

Plastic (Transparent)

Plastic Transparent appears like opaque specular plastic. Transmission is ignored (raises warning).

Real Cloth

Use baking for an approximate appearance.

Scattering Medium

Scattering Medium not supported (raises warning).

Translucent (Advanced)

Translucent (Advanced) appears as diffuse opaque material (raises warning).

Velvet

Velvet sheen ignores back scatter and edginess. Looks like regular specular highlights (raises warning).

Light Sources

Area Light

Area Light appears as emissive. Power is ignored (raises warning).

IES Light

IES Light not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).

Point Light

Point Light not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).

Spotlight

Spotlight not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).

Special

Cutaway

Cutaway not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).

Emissive

Does not contribute light to the scene.

Ground

Ground not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).

Toon

Without baking: Toon contour is ignored. Objects appear as solid base color (raises warning).

Wireframe

Without baking: Wireframe does not show wireframe. Objects appear as solid base color (raises warning).

Xray

Xray not supported. Objects appear as transparent (raises warning) or black with baking.

Material Library Only

Moldtech

Axalta Paint

Without baking: Axalta Paint not supported. Objects appear red (raises warning).

Label

Use baking or a planar mapped texture.

Diffuse Texture Map

Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.

Bump Texture Map

Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.

Specular Texture Map

Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.

Roughness Map (In Material Graph)

Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.

Opacity Map

No support for Opacity Maps.

Texture Maps

*Blend with color is not supported without baking.

VDB

Tiled UV

Use baking.

Tri-planar

Video Maps

Procedural (2D Texture and 3D Texture)

Use baking.

Planar Texture Mapping

UV Texture Mapping

Box Texture Mapping

Cylinder Texture Mapping

Sphere Texture Mapping

Camera Texture Mapping

Active camera is used, but does not update with moving around in VR.

Node Texture Mapping

Use baking.

HDRI environments

Full support for both data driven and procedural environments.

Flatten Ground

Ground Shadows

Background Color

Backplate Image