HTC launches developer SDK for Vive Pro's front-facing cameras

HTC is giving developers a chance to build some pretty cool experiences using the Vive Pro'south pair of front-facing cameras. The company terminal calendar week appear the Vive SRWorks SDK, which takes advantage of the stereo cameras to put 3D perception and depth sensing in the hands of developers.

Stepping outside of raw camera images, the SRWorks SDK gives developers access to the following:

Depth
Spatial Mapping (static and dynamic meshes)
Placing virtual objects in the foreground or background
Live interactions with virtual objects and uncomplicated paw interactions

With that information, developers tin build some potentially interesting augmented reality (AR) projects, bringing virtual objects into the existent world space effectually them. In the video beneath, you can check out an case of how this might work when interacting with and occluding virtual objects in the infinite effectually yous.

Another example video shows how you can take advantage of the cameras to seamlessly open a portal between the real and virtual worlds.

The SRWorks SDK is available in early admission for developers now, with support for native development with plugins for Unity and Unreal. That'south in addition to two Vive audio SDKs, both of which are also bachelor in early access besides. If you're a developer, yous tin get your easily on the new SDKs from the developer resources portal.

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