Vizard supports nearly all standard virtual reality hardware devices as well as a huge range of peripheral devices. Click here to see a list of supported devices
Vizard easily connects to over 100 different hardware peripherals, from biofeedback devices, to full body motion capture systems, data gloves to eye trackers and more. Using our built in “Vizconnect” GUI you can easily swap out hardware with no coding. For a full list of supported devices click here
Vizard standard licenses are node locked meaning a single license can only be used on one computer at a time. Please contact license@worldviz.com for a reset or if you need to move your license to another computer.
WorldViz offers two levels of paid technical support for Vizard license holders, Silver Support and Gold Support. Both levels give Vizard users direct access to WorldViz support engineers via an email ticketing system as well as phone support. For complete support service information please contact sales@worldviz.com. For free support all Vizard users are invited to sign up for the WorldViz free user forum. Please also look at the Vizard documentation and the WorldViz knowledge base.
Yes, WorldViz offers both on site and remote training seminars. WorldViz can customize training seminars to meet specific training needs as well as provide introductory training to Vizard and SightLab VR Pro. Please contact sales@worldviz.com for pricing information on training options.
Vizard Development will suit the needs of most researchers and students and includes all the core features of Vizard including the ability to publish and distribute standalone executable applications. Vizard Enterprise is required for commercial distribution of Vizard based applications, i.e. selling your Vizard App on the Oculus Store or selling standalone Vizard executables directly to customers. Vizard Enterprise is also required for our advanced clustering capabilities, i.e. if you want to run large Projection VR or CAVE environments that are driven off of multiple computers or graphics cards, or if you need clustering for a multi-person VR headset system with precise time synchronization where millisecond synchronization between the participants is required. Vizard Enterprise is also required for live-streaming Motion Capture data directly into a VRenvironment for real time avatar embodiment. For a more detailed comparison please see the Vizard Editions on our website.
Bydefault standard Vizard licenses are perpetual licenses. However, WorldViz does offer time limited versions of Vizard available upon special request. Please contact sales@worldviz.com if you have a requirement for a time limited version of Vizard.
Getting started with Vizard is easy. For a quick tutorial on launching into a scene see this tutorial. Vizard uses Python as its coding language, the world’s most accessible, popular scripting language. For getting started with the Python tutorial, please click here.
Yes, you can download a free trial of Vizard from the downloads page of our website. The free version has the following restrictions:
1. A watermark is rendered to the output screen
2. Scripts will automatically exit after 5 minutes of running
3. Plug-ins created with the Vizard SDK are not supported
To obtain pricing information, please contact us. To activate a purchased license, please follow the instructions here. Time limited versions of full versions of Vizard are available upon request for evaluation purposes.
Unity assets can be brought over to Vizard using the .fbx exporter that’s built into Unity. Please see instructions here. Vizard and Unity are not directly compatible as they utilize different engines and different programming languages.
Vizard is a Windows based software, but you can use “VMware Parallels” to run Windows based applications on your Mac. So development and basic testing with Vizard can be done on a VMware partition on Mac, but for testing with VR peripherals like VR headsets, typically a PC is the better and more functional solution.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
● Operating system: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10 (requires a 64bit OS)
● CPU: Intel™ Core™ i5-4590 or AMD FX™ 8350, equivalent or better
● Memory: 4GBGPU-GTX1070
● Hard Drive: 1.8 GB free
● Graphics hardware: GTX 2080 (for OpenXR)
Recommended Hardware Requirements
● Operating system: Windows 11 64bit
● CPU: Intel™ Core™ i7-4790K Memory- 16 GB
● Graphics hardware: GTX 3080
● Hard Drive: 5.0 GB free
● Audio: 7.1 Channel surround sound headset
Vizard is typically delivered electronically. If you need a physical copy of Vizard, Vizard can be delivered on a thumb drive or disk. Clients may be responsible for the shipping cost.
To get started with having 3D models to use in your project, you can either use a 3D modeling program (such as 3DSMax, Blender, Sketchup, etc.) or an online content library such as SketchFab (using the .glTF download option). Here’s a knowledge base article on how to get models from Sketchfab to Vizard. For 3D modeling programs, see this article on the various workflows suggested. For more information see this page on 3D models in the documentation.
Vizard supports avatars that are in the .fbx, .glTF or cal3D format. Some supported avatar workflows include:
1. FBX Avatars
2. Mixamo Avatars
3. Reallusion Avatars
4. Ready Player Me Avatars
5. Avaturn
To add a 3D model the simplest method would be to open Inspector (Under “Tools” in the Vizard IDE select “Inspector”) and either using File-Open or dragging and dropping a 3D model into the world builder window. Alternatively, you can use code to add a model in Vizard directly usingvizfx.addChild(‘yourModle.osgb’) (after importing the viz and vizfx modules using import viz and import vizfx).
Yes,there are many tutorials available in the Vizard documentation, as well as examples of common tasks. We also offer pre-made templates for performing eye tracking experiments with our SightLab VR Pro Vizard Add-on. In addition, we can help create customizable templates and fully built applications with our custom development team. For information on custom development or SightLab VRPro, contact sales@worldviz.com.
There is no immediate plan for that but you can use a streaming service like Plutosphere (or similar apps) to stream a Vizard application to your android device (such as the standalone Quest.
