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Visual Effects
 
 
 
This function has the supported visual effects types in SimLab Composer, which are suitable for VR workbench. Users can create two types of visual effects:
 
  • Create Web Browser: Create an active web browser screen in your VR scenes and projects.
  • Create Fire: Create fire from various presets and control its color and smoke for stunning visual effects in your VR scenes and projects.
  • Create Smoke: Create smoke from various presets and control its color for stunning visual effects in your VR scenes and projects.
 
 
Create Web Browser:
 
 
This option allow the user to create the active web browser screen into the VR Viewer, when the user press on this option, a new object like a plane named "VR Web Browser" will appear into the 3D area and into the objects tree, select it and go to Properties dialog, under the VR Web Browser tab, add your web link into the URL field as shown in the image below, also the user can change the with and height the Web browser plane by using the white point on it.
 
 
 
 
Create Fire:
 
The fire effects let you create geometry that is camera-aligned. The objects always align to view default or connected camera. The plane geometry linked to the fire effects will rotate around the local Z axis to face the viewer. The fire effects are centered on the object (plane) which is linked to it.
 
 
 
To create Fire:
 
  • Go To visual effects menu » Click the Create fire button on it.
  • When setting the fire source for VR, the user has options for choosing the fire presets and choose (fire/smoke) color.
 
 
Fire is always kept aligned with the camera.
In object tree you will notice that the shape of the icon has changed to the fire shape.
 
 
Create Smoke:
 
The Smoke effects let you create geometry that is camera-aligned. The objects always align to view default or connected camera. The plane geometry linked to the smoke effects will rotate around the local Z axis to face the viewer. The smoke effects are centered on the object (plane) which is linked to it.
 
 
 
To create Smoke:
 
  • Go To visual effects menu » Click the Create smoke button on it.
  • When setting the smoke source for VR, the user has options for choosing the smoke presets and choose a smoke color.
     
 
In object tree you will notice that the shape of the icon has changed to the smoke shape.