What are Materials in Spatial Computing?
In augmented reality (A/R), virtual reality (V/R) and mixed reality (M/R), the term "material" (plural: "materials") refers to how a model, geometry or object looks on a screen.
In augmented reality (A/R), virtual reality (V/R) and mixed reality (M/R), the term "material" (plural: "materials") refers to how a model, geometry or object looks on a screen.
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Examples of materials that use PBR.
Materials, which are often confused with textures, are the result of texture mapping or physically based rendering (PBR) and dictate how 3D objects, models or geometries appear on a screen.
Computing software development kits such as ARKit, SceneKit, ARCore, ViroCore or 3JS offer out of the box materials.
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