Capabilities

With KeyShot Studio VR you can, with the click of a button, bring your product into VR, enabling you to present your product in-scale, and make design decisions throughout the design process.

Our development team is continuously striving to give you the most photorealistic VR experience possible, without compromising the overall performance. On this page you can find an overview of the requirements and capabilities of KeyShot Studio VR.

General Support

Product	Support	Comment
PBR	Supported	KeyShot Studio VR features a physically based rendering engine with materials lit by an HDRI Environment. Features include environment reflection on various roughness levels on both plastic and metal-like surfaces as well as accurate color transmission on transparent objects. Refraction is approximate.
Global Illumination	Not Supported	Interreflection, caustics, and color bleeding is not simulated due to performance requirements in VR. No light sources beyond HDRI environment are supported.
GPU Hardware	Supported	Recommended Nvidia GTX 1080 / AMD Vega 64 or better to keep smooth frame-rate.
Polygon Count	Supported	Polygon Count only limited by GPU memory, but in order to keep a smooth frame-rate we recommend aiming for 3 million or less polygons on a high-end GPU.
File Format Support	Supported	KeyShot Studio VR can directly render all the file types that KeyShot Studio can import. KeyShot Studio VRitself can load .ksp or .bip. Note that the geometry has to be triangle-based. Curve-based geometry, zspheres, and NURBS are not supported (NURBS can be re-tessellated inKeyShot Studio).

High Level Features

Feature	Support	Comment
Multi Materials	Supported	Materials within a Multi-Material can be selected via the KeyShot Studio VR tool Switch Material.
Model Sets	Supported	Model Sets can be selected via the KeyShot Studio VR tool Switch Model Set. If a Model Set is "always visible" this is also respected in VR to e.g. add static scene setups.
Environment	Supported	The active Environment can be selected via the KeyShot Studio VR tool Switch Environment. Move Model lets you rotate the environment, if it is not locked.
Camera	Supported	The camera position can be selected via the KeyShot Studio VR tool Switch Camera. Camera Settings that don't make sense in VR will be ignored e.g. spherical, field of view, shift, depth of field.
Animation	Supported	Animations can be started/stopped via the KeyShot Studio VRmenu. (Long animations can take a long time to load). Fade animations are not supported.
Locked	Supported	Locked parts of the scene tree and locked environments cannot be moved in VR.
Connect	Supported	Users must be on the same LAN or VPN (KeyShot Studio VRConnect needs a direct connection between hosts and clients via their IP). And launch the same version of the scene, either locally or from a shared folder.
Textures	Supported	Limited to image textures using one of the supported mapping types (view supported mapping types) when not baking.
Materials	Partially Supported	Multi-materials and basic materials are supported (view supported material types). Baking can improve the representation of some materials.
Image Styles	Partially Supported	Basic style (gamma/brightness) is supported, Photographic style not supported.
Material Graphs	Supported	Support via baking.
Studios	Not Supported
Configurator	Not Supported
Labels	Supported	Support via baking.

Material Types

KeyShot Studio VR supports the most commonly used KeyShot Studio materials. Materials that are not supported will be appear as the closest matching alternative. Baking can improve the look of your materials in some cases.

Basic Materials	Support	Comment
Diffuse	Supported
Flat	Supported
Glass	Supported	Approximate appearance including refraction and IOR. Does not use roughness.
Glass (solid)	Supported	Approximate appearance including refraction, IOR and thickness. Does not use roughness.
Liquids	Supported	Approximate appearance including refraction, IOR and thickness. Does not use roughness.
Metal	Supported	Baking can result in a closer match of overall color.
Paint	Supported
Plastic	Supported
Thin Film	Partially Supported	Thin Film appears like regular glass without thin film effects (raises warning).
Translucent	Not Supported	Translucent appears as diffuse opaque material (raises warning). Baking can result in a closer match of the overall color.
Advanced Materials
Advanced	Partially Supported	Advanced is treated as opaque plastic with diffuse, specular and roughness only (raises warning).
Anisotropic	Partially Supported	Anisotropic appears isotropic (raises warning). Baking can result in a closer match of the overall color.
Dielectric	Supported	Approximate appearance.
Gem	Partially Supported	Gem appears like glass without dispersive effects (raises warning).
Generic	Supported	Use baking for an approximate appearance.
Measured	Supported	Measured is not supported without baking and objects will appear red (raises warning).
Metallic paint	Partially Supported	Metallic Paint looks incorrect for high metal coverage, ignores clear-coat values (raises warning). Baking results in a closer match.
Multi-Layer Optics	Not Supported	Multi-Layer Optics appear like regular glass (raises warning).
Plastic (Cloudy)	Not Supported	Plastic (Cloudy) appears as diffuse opaque material (raises warning) or, when using baking, as tinted glass.
Plastic (Transparent)	Not Supported	Plastic Transparent appears like opaque specular plastic. Transmission is ignored (raises warning).
Real Cloth	Supported	Use baking for an approximate appearance.
Scattering Medium	Not Supported	Scattering Medium not supported (raises warning).
Translucent (Advanced)	Not Supported	Translucent (Advanced) appears as diffuse opaque material (raises warning).
Velvet	Not Supported	Velvet sheen ignores back scatter and edginess. Looks like regular specular highlights (raises warning).
Light Sources
Area Light	Partially Supported	Area Light appears as emissive. Power is ignored (raises warning).
IES Light	Not Supported	IES Light not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).
Point Light	Not Supported	Point Light not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).
Spotlight	Not Supported	Spotlight not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).
Special
Cutaway	Not Supported	Cutaway not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).
Emissive	Supported	Does not contribute light to the scene.
Ground	Not Supported	Ground not supported. Objects appear hidden (raises warning).
Toon	Partially Supported	Without baking: Toon contour is ignored. Objects appear as solid base color (raises warning).
Wireframe	Partially Supported	Without baking: Wireframe does not show wireframe. Objects appear as solid base color (raises warning).
Xray	Not Supported	Xray not supported. Objects appear as transparent (raises warning) or black with baking.
Material Library Only
Moldtech	Supported
Axalta Paint	Partially Supported	Without baking: Axalta Paint not supported. Objects appear red (raises warning).

OpenPBR

KeyShot Studio VR supports most OpenPBR parameters visible in KeyShot Studio. Parameters that are not supported will be appear as the closest matching alternative. Baking support for OpenPBR Materials is currently limited in KeyShot Studio VR.

OpenPBR Parameters	Support	Comment
Base Weight	Supported
Base Color	Supported
Base Metalness	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Base Diffuse Roughness	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Specular Weight	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Specular Color	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Specular IOR	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Transmission Weight	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Transmission Color	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Subsurface Weight	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Subsurface Color	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Subsurface Radius	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Subsurface Radius Scale	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Coat Weight	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Coat Color	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Fuzz Weight	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Fuzz Color	Supported	Does not use roughness.
Emission Luminance	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Emission Color	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.
Geometry Opacity	Partially Supported	Approximate appearance.

Texture Maps

Map	Support	Comment
Label	Supported	Use baking or a planar mapped texture.
Diffuse Texture Map	Supported	Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.
Bump Texture Map	Supported	Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.
Specular Texture Map	Supported	Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.
Roughness Map (In Material Graph)	Supported	Some mapping types and options are only supported with baking.
Opacity Map	Not Supported	No support for Opacity Maps.

Texture Types

Texture Type	Support	Comment
Texture Maps	Supported	*Blend with color is not supported without baking.
VDB	Not Supported
Tiled UV	Supported	Use baking.
Tri-Planar	Not Supported
Video Maps	Not Supported
Procedural (2D Texture and 3D Texture)	Supported	Use baking.

Texture Mapping Types

Overall, only one type of mapping is supported per part.

Texture Mapping Type	Support	Comment
Planar Texture Mapping	Supported
UV Texture Mapping	Supported
Box Texture Mapping	Supported
Cylinder Texture Mapping	Supported
Sphere Texture Mapping	Supported
Camera Texture Mapping	Partially Supported	Active camera is used, but does not update with moving around in VR.
Node Texture Mapping	Supported	Use baking.

Environments

Environment	Support	Comment
HDRI Environments	Supported	Full support for both data driven and procedural environments.
Flatten Ground	Supported
Ground Shadows	Supported
Background Color	Supported
Backplate Image	Not Supported