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Create & Explore Your Own Virtual Reality Zoo Experience

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Looking to create a virtual zoo experience that you and your friends can explore in VR? Use this VR zoo demo app build with Oculus Quest, echo3D and Unity. The full demo can also be found on echo3D’s GitHub.

Register

  • Don’t have an API key? Make sure to register for FREE at echo3D.

Setup

Clone the echoAR-Zoo-VR-Explorer.

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Echo API Setup

  • Set the API key in the echoAR.cs script inside the echoAR\echoAR.prefab using the the Inspector.
  • Add the 3D model from the ‘Models’ folder to the console in corresponding scenes.
  • Each folder in the Models folder should be a new project (API key) in your echo3D console. So for example, there would be an API key holding all of the models from the Overworld Models folder, another API key holding all of the models from the Tiger Models folder, another API key holding all of the models from the Macaw Models folder, etc.
  • If a model does not have a corresponding CSV file, it means that there is no metadata to input for that model. Hence, you can skip adding any metadata to that model. Otherwise, copy the metadata from each model’s corresponding CSV file in the folder.
  • We recommend to add videos and audios from Models\VideosAudios to a seperate key Load a Key.
  • Set the Video API key inside the Prefabs\echoAR (video).prefab using the the Inspector.
  • Add the corresponding metadata listed in the Models folder.
  • For videos and audios project, make sure all models’ metadata have a “Index” key with a special non-negative integer value.

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Build & Run

Learn more

Refer to our documentation to learn more about how to use Unity and echo3D.

Support

Feel free to reach out at support@echo3D.co or join our support channel on Slack.

More Screenshots

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Resources and Reference

XR Rig Setup

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Unity Assets

Developers

echo3D (www.echo3D.co; Techstars 19’) is a cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps, games, and content.

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