Varjo Output with Varjo Plugin

The Varjo plugin supports Varjo head-mounted displays. It is assumed that you already have Varjo Base and SteamVR installed.

Both the windowed and the full screen modes are supported. By default, on the PC display the image is rendered in mono mode (image from the left eye). Use setViewportMode() to change the mode to stereo (both eyes) as follows:

Supported Devices#

Supported Features#

The table lists all Varjo native features with an indication which of them are supported in the Varjo plugin:

Features	Varjo Plugin
Supported graphics APIs	DX11
Human-eye resolution
Eye tracking
Eye tracking parameters
Eye camera datastream
Mixed reality (MR)
MR environment reflections
MR post-process shaders
MR datastream
Chroma keying
Varjo Markers
Depth buffer submission
Velocity buffer submission
Multi-app support
Support for multiple layers
Occlusion mask
Instanced rendering
Foveated rendering
SLI-compatible

See Also

To use the Varjo virtual display with Unigine, perform the following:

1. Download Varjo SDK and perform all required steps.

2. Create a new project with Varjo support via UNIGINE SDK Browser: click Plugins, check the Varjo support (Varjo plugin) option in the form that opens and click OK.

   Notice

   To add Varjo support to an existing project, in UNIGINE SDK Browser, click Other Actions -> Configure Project -> Plugins -> Varjo support (Varjo plugin) -> OK.

   

3. Implement the application logic by using functions of the Varjo plugin API.
4. Plug in the Varjo virtual display.
5. Launch the Varjo plugin on the application start-up.

To launch the plugin, specify the extern_plugin command line option on the application start-up:

main_x64.exe -extern_plugin "Varjo"

If you run the application via UNIGINE SDK Browser, set the Stereo 3D option to Varjo in the Options tab and click Apply.

The following console commands can be run for the Varjo plugin.