What is WaveEngine.MRTK
WaveEngine.MRTK is a project that provides a set of components and features used to accelerate cross-platform XR application development in Wave Engine.
WaveEngine.MRTK provides a set of basic building blocks for Wave Engine development on XR platforms such as
- Microsoft HoloLens 2
- Windows Mixed Reality headsets
- OpenVR headsets (HTC Vive / Oculus Rift)
WaveEngine.MRTK is heavily based on Microsoft's Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unity.
Required software
 Windows SDK |
 Wave Engine |
 Visual Studio 2019 |
 Emulators (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| You need the Windows 10 SDK. To run apps for immersive headsets, you need the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update | Wave Engine provides support for building XR projects in Windows 10 | Visual Studio is used for code editing, deploying and building application packages | The emulators allow you to test your app without the device in a simulated environment |
UI and interaction building blocks
These components can be added to your scene and customized using the Wave Engine Editor.
 Button |
 Bounding Box |
 Manipulation Handler |
| A button control which supports various input methods, including HoloLens 2's articulated hand | Standard UI for manipulating objects in 3D space | Component for manipulating objects with one or two hands |
 Slider |
 Hand Menu |
 Fingertip Visualization |
| Slider for adjusting values supporting direct hand tracking interaction | Hand-locked UI for quick access, using the Hand Constraint Solver | Visual affordance on the fingertip which improves the confidence for the interaction |
 Slate |
 Pointers |
 Voice Command / Dictation |
| 2D style plane which supports scrolling with articulated hand input | Learn about various types of pointers | Scripts and examples for integrating speech input |
Example scene
Check out WaveEngine.MRTK's various types of interactions and UI controls in our sample scene, which can be found in the Releases section. (Click on the image to see a demo video)
