AT+Explore | Interactive Archviz

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ArchToolkit allows you to create interactive architectural projects without coding or visual scripting. It has been designed by architects for architects, after 3 years spent creating architectural visualization tools with Unity.

FEATURES


One-click animated camera
Just click on the camera to select fly mode or walk mode. Touch support will be automatically activated when targeting a mobile platform.


Doors, windows and drawers opening
Create an interactive experience for your 3d model. Click on the mesh you need to animate to generate an interactive door, window or drawer


Material Switching
Multiple furnishing options with Archtoolkit and easy real-time material customization.


Build for every platform
View your scene on Smartphone, Tablet, Windows, Mac or VR!

All without Coding Skills
No need to write a single line of code! ​

Upcoming features
360 Photos
Oculus GO and GearVR support
Take Screenshoot
Switch Object
Customization

For further information, feel free to write here or send a e-mail to info@archtoolkit.com​

 

We’re going to release a new update with some cool feature such as support for new VR headset and a new interaction mode. Create your aec presentation faster and on more devices!. More news will be post here soonly. Stay tuned!

 

Hi everyone! A new update has just been published! From now on ArchToolkit will support Oculus GO and Other mixed reality headset like, HP windows mixed reality, and Lenovo mixed reality.

For more information, visit the asset store page

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/archtoolkit-beta-137202

 

Hi everyone! The update 1.0.1 is finally online!

**Whats new

Multiplatform interactions

We updated the interaction system to work on more platforms, you can create once for all the platforms below, all interactions will seamlessy work everywhere
- Oculus Quest
- Oculus Rift S
- Oculus Rift
- Oculus GO
- HTC Vive (Open VR)
- Mobile VR (Cardboard)
- Android/iOS Fullscreen/360
- PC Fullscreen/360 with keyboard, mouse, Joystick and Touch support

Action Sequence (Visual Scripting)

with this system you can create complex animations without coding, developers can easily create new nodes for animation blocks available:
- Triggers: the trigger block defines the event that starts the animation, you can use theese predefined blocks:
- Trigger on enter area
- Trigger on Handle Click
- Trigger on Object Click
- Trigger on Start Scene
- Actions: an action is an animation, it is called by a trigger or at the end of other actions.
- Rotate Object
- Translate Object
- Show Multi Choise Panel
- Toggle Object visibility
- Show 360 photo
- Teleport to point
- Switch Material
- Change Light Color
- Bake Reflection probe
- Utils: a collection of useful nodes
- Debug Log
- Repeat for n times
- Wait for seconds


You can find the update here
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/at-explore-interactive-archviz-137202

 

This seems really awesome for VR walk arounds and interactions.
Is this able to play a 360 top to bottom stereo video in VR? Lets say I walk up to a room with UI in front or all around me and I can click a picture of a place and it transports me to that looped 360 stereo video in VR is this possible yet.

 

Hi thank you for your feedback!

You can actually do something like this (video recorded while I was doing breakfast sorry for the low quality and random images):

Basically you can load a 360 photo and teleport inside the sphere with the visual scripting available actions.

I don't think it's too difficult to add 360 stereo video to this feature, I'm adding to the TODO list right now

 

hello i've bought an archtool kit and im trying to add post-processing to the camera but it doesn't work, can you help me?

 

Hi! Super sorry for the late reply!

To add post processing you need to apply the Post Processing Layer component to the camera that inside the "Visitor" prefab.

Let me know if you have any problem!

 

Hello, this platform is perfect for my project and I'm starting to understand its features more. I was wondering if there was a way to have the gaze pointer interact with UI and colliders? Currently I use an FPS controller to trigger events like hovering the pointer over a collider to reveal Text UI, as well as using world space buttons to open UI elements on a click. AT improves my controller in most every way but I can't figure out how to make these certain things work.

I've added a physics raycaster to the "head" camera in the Visitor object (which is how my FPS controller works), but it seems to conflict with the rotation and pointer functionality.

Do you know of a way to accomplish this using Action Sequences? Thank you.

Edit:
Here's a clip demonstrating what I'm talking about

 

Hi Mixografia, thank you for using AT Explore!
You can easily accomplish this task using the action sequence: basically you can add the UI inside a canvas in screen space and add a "trigger on object click" for each Picture that toggle the relative UI.

For the pointer enter/exit effect the action sequence does not officially support those triggers but I'm sending you a modified version of the plugin, here's a very quick test:

 

Hello guys. I really like what I am seeing and l would like to test the asset. Unfortunately its not free
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/at-explore-interactive-archviz-137202

Can someone kindly gift to my unity account gunasekhar738@yahoo.com

 

Hi Cathalmcd! Unfortunately we have a small amount of free coupon code for the asset store.
But you can test it and if you dont like it we can send you the refund!

 

Well I need to make a demo and show that this has value to my friend in construction. If I get the funds I will purchase most of the archviz interiors from the asset store. In these current times every dollar runs the house. Please understand

 

Yes, we understand and quote your sentence

 

Hi again,
I was wondering if there was some way to make the character move by holding down left click and following the raycaster, along with the camera rotation? I think it's possible in general but I'd love to implement it into the character script.

I found this script that seems to accomplish what I'm trying to dobut I'm not sure how or if it can be integrated:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. public class ClickToMove : MonoBehaviour {
4.     private Transform myTransform;                // this transform
5.     private Vector3 destinationPosition;        // The destination Point
6.     private float destinationDistance;            // The distance between myTransform and destinationPosition
7.     public float moveSpeed;                        // The Speed the character will move
8.     void Start () {
9.         myTransform = transform;                            // sets myTransform to this GameObject.transform
10.         destinationPosition = myTransform.position;            // prevents myTransform reset
11.     }
12.     void Update () {
13.         // keep track of the distance between this gameObject and destinationPosition
14.         destinationDistance = Vector3.Distance(destinationPosition, myTransform.position);
15.         if(destinationDistance < .5f){        // To prevent shakin behavior when near destination
16.             moveSpeed = 0;
17.         }
18.         else if(destinationDistance > .5f){            // To Reset Speed to default
19.             moveSpeed = 3;
20.         }
21.         // Moves the Player if the Left Mouse Button was clicked
22.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)&& GUIUtility.hotControl ==0) {
23.             Plane playerPlane = new Plane(Vector3.up, myTransform.position);
24.             Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
25.             float hitdist = 0.0f;
26.             if (playerPlane.Raycast(ray, out hitdist)) {
27.                 Vector3 targetPoint = ray.GetPoint(hitdist);
28.                 destinationPosition = ray.GetPoint(hitdist);
29.                 Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(targetPoint - transform.position);
30.                 myTransform.rotation = targetRotation;
31.             }
32.         }
33.         // Moves the player if the mouse button is hold down
34.         else if (Input.GetMouseButton(0)&& GUIUtility.hotControl ==0) {
35.             Plane playerPlane = new Plane(Vector3.up, myTransform.position);
36.             Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
37.             float hitdist = 0.0f;
38.             if (playerPlane.Raycast(ray, out hitdist)) {
39.                 Vector3 targetPoint = ray.GetPoint(hitdist);
40.                 destinationPosition = ray.GetPoint(hitdist);
41.                 Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(targetPoint - transform.position);
42.                 myTransform.rotation = targetRotation;
43.             }
44.         //    myTransform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(myTransform.position, destinationPosition, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
45.         }
46.         // To prevent code from running if not needed
47.         if(destinationDistance > .5f){
48.             myTransform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(myTransform.position, destinationPosition, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
49.         }
50.     }
51. }

Thanks so much for all your help.

 

Hi Mixografia!
Did you saw that you can double click to move to a position?

Using the same action for rotation and movement will remove the ability to only rotate the camera.
You can check the code inside ArchCharacter.cs, inside the function ClassicMovement you'll find the code for the movement, after that you can check the RotateCameraOrBody function, you'll want to add the movement there.

Let me know!

 

Yes, absolutely! The double click to move is great - I noticed that clicking on walls/vertical surfaces seems to create some problems, like sending the character in the opposite direction sometimes. Also, hitting walls sometimes messes up the physics and will "bounce" the character backwards without stopping.

Ordinarily this is not a big deal (I just indicated to only click on the ground plane, which doesn't have any problems), but my users may not have much experience with these tools and I wanted to streamline the controls as much as possible.

Anyway, I understand that my request could conflict with the existing rotation controls and I will look into the script on my end. But I was wondering if you had any advice about the collider issues I'm having?

Thank you!

Edit:

The more I try the more I realize there are some problems with the rigidbody movement. I think some of the issues result from using transform.position instead of rigidbody.MovePosition

The rigidbody does not respond well to the physics in the scene, possibly for this reason:

http://answers.unity.com/answers/1406307/view.html

Check the video to see some of these issues.

 

Hi Mixografia!

Yes, it's a known issue.
A fix is coming next week with v1.2, do you want to try it before it's released?

For the movement, we're going to add an option to move forward/backward using the mouse scroll wheel or pinch to zoom gestures on mobile, sounds good to you?

 

Oh that all sounds great! Thanks for addressing these issues. I would love to try it if possible.

Let me know when the update will be available

 

I have been creating an interactive gallery and the bounce issue was driving me crazy.

I have been using 2019.4 with probuilder builtin and the issue seems to be resolved. I do not have AT Explore but using the new probuilder asset might fix the issue.

 

You could freely learn to code and produce an asset similar AT Explore.....instead of asking a company to give away their hard work for free.

 

Hi everyone! We're ready to publish the update 1.2 of the plugin!

If you want to get the update before the approval please drop us a Private Message.

What's new on v1.2:

• New graphics and tab managment: now the tabs are "Interactions" "Scene" and "Build"
• Added Build Templates to easily choose navigation modes and platforms
• Fixed an annoying bug with the "doubletap to move"
• Added the ability to export asset bundles of scenes directly on the build tab
• New on the Action Sequence:
  • Networking/Download json string list
  • Networking/Download or cache assetbundle scene
  • Triggers/On Object Pointer Hover
  • Triggers/On Object Pointer Exit
  • UI/Image Fill
  • Variables/Filter List of String
• Dramatically improved build times and resources folder size with the new build templates system

Also, we thought of sharing our roadmap so this is the public Trello board for the next months of development

PUBLIC ROADMAP​

So in the next update we're going to add.... AR support!
As Augmented Reality means a lot of different view modes we're going to start only with a super requested feature that lets you create an augmented version of the project for Building Sites using AR Foundations Image Plane Tracking simultaneously.

​

 

Hi everyone!
AT+Explore has been selected to be part of this week Asset Store Sale! So you can get the full package and all the next updates for less then 30$
Sale ends August 2.

 

@ambiensvr

This looks like a great asset to add interactivity to a VR 360 scene. I am not an architect so just to be sure, this asset can also be used with scenes created in Unity right?

Thanks for confirming this.

 

Yes of course!

 

Just bought it! Thanks for the quick reply.

 

Thank you! If you have any problem please let us know! 1.2 update will be soon online but if you want to test it just drop us a private message!

 

Hi everyone! Here's a sneak peek of the AR Build Template coming in v1.3.
Same scene, 2 clicks and you can choose to present you work in AR instead of VR, AT+Explore will take care of all packages and settings needed.

How it works?
- The AR Template is meant to be used for real-to-virtual alignment. It's great for interior design, renovation or for building sites preview.
- Inside the update there are 10 markers to print.
- Every marker you put in the Unity scene can be aligned to a "real world" marker.
- You can use all Unity stuff (lightmaps, reflections, light probes on both Built-In and URP) and all interactions from Explore.
Do you like it? Any suggestion?

 

Nice Work! The new AR template will be an amazing add-on to an already great asset!

 

i just bought your asset yesterday , it's work great for 360 pc and android , but when i switch to oculus quest its wrong tracking and the controller can not make the interaction like PC and android phone version

 

Hi, thank you for your message!
Please send me an email, info [AT] ambiensvr [DOT] com with the invoice number, I'll send you the updated version that is going online very soon with a lot of bugfixes.

Thank you
Ennio

 

just sent emai lto info@ambiensvr.com

 

Hi everyone!
We finally finished all tests and submitted v1.3 for review.

Here's the result of the plugin in action at my house that is under construction

Now it's time to start working on the next update!

 

Hello!, I built the app to run in Oculus Quest 2. The app runs fine. But the player movement can be done only like teleporting by trigger on the controller. I want to walkaround or flythrough by using joystick on the controller.
Is it possible? Any tutorial that I can follow?

 

Hi! Thank you for using Explore!!
We are currently working on this possibility because other users asked for this.
In the next update we’re going to add this as a toggle option in the “scene” tab.

Right now I’m out of office for two days so I can’t help you super quickly but when I’m back I can eventually send you a beta version with this option enabled.

In the meantime can you send me the Unity invoice number for verification so we can send you the update directly?

Again, thank you!

Ennio

 

Hi everyone!

Smooth locomotion has been added to the next version of Explore and it will be online very soon.
In the meantime if you already bought the plugin please send me the invoice number and I'll send you back the updated version.

I'll be back to you in a minute

Full Changelog:

V 1.4.b1
In v1.4 we're going to add external modules support, the first module is for realtime multiuser collaboration using PUN 2.
This is a pre-release version with various bugfixes.
What's new:
- VR smooth locomotion (beta)
- minor bugfixes for the AR template
- a new modular system needed for PUN 2 multiusers support (coming veeery veery veery soon) and other external modules.
- minor bugfixes on the scene and build panel
- a new control in the scene panel to edit the VR Fade timing (or to remove it completely)
- New nodes for play/pause/stop videos and a new sample scene only for this.

 

hello Ambiens vr
It is a pleasure to greet you, I have a problem with the update of AT-Explore in unity 2020.1.0f1, how could I solve it?

 

Hi! Join us on discord, we're uploading hotfix for the transition between 2019.4 and 2020 and this error as been fixed
bit.ly/avrdiscord
Send me the invoice number (user: santennio) as a private message so I can add you to the private channel with the fix.

 

Hi, is this possible to make Tom teleport from one position to another? I would like to have Tom teleport to another room when Tom walk trough the cube. Thank you

 

Hi! Yes it's possible in different ways with a simple action sequence.
On our discord bit.ly/avrdiscord there are examples made by other people as well.

 

Thank you for the reply. I still can’t manage to teleport Tom to the desired position. May I ask why the “Teleport to position” action can’t accept the xyz values?

 

Hi! The action sequence node for the teleport will create an handle with a squared Gizmo, you can select the Gizmo and move it to the desired teleport position. Are you able to find the handle for that node?

 

I got it now. Thank you very much!!

 

Hi developer!
Your Asset is really cool! It has many benefits for our construction and architecture industry!
I have a question, hope you can answer it. In function change many models. I see you have a demo of changing 2 models back and forth, if there are 3 or 4 models that need to be changed. How will drag and drop code in "Action Sequence" setup? Thank you very much!

 

Hi! Thank you so much!! (Remember to leave a positive review if you can it helps a lot)

For your question I can answer with an old video (only in italian, sorry. Need to "refresh" some of these old live videos).

In the video you can see how to chain actions and toggle elements, is this what you were asking?

Let me know!

Ennio

 

Hi! I just bought your asset last week, it's work great for 360 pc and android , but when i switch to android AR its show me a black screen like attached image.

Unity V 2020.2.7
AT+Explore V 1.4.8

 

Hi! Thank you for using Explore and thank you for reporting your issue!

First of all: please please please use an LTS version of Unity!

I made a pretty comprehensive guide to fix the problems that may occur with AR Template and the thousands of combination of Unity/AR Foundation/Render Pipeline:

Also be sure to join our Discord server, I'm pretty sure you can find the solution there!

Ennio

 

Hi. How can I import a 3D model to AT+Explore and use the AR feature?

 

Hello! Thank you for using AT+Explore.

You can import your 3D model into Unity as usual and install AT+Explore, then you can follow this tutorial here (or this one here, if you are using AR for indoor navigation).

If you have any questions, please let me know. Be sure to join our Discord server to receive direct support!

 

UI error using in Unity 2021.2.2f1 + HDRP
Plugin on latest version 1.4.9f3

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ArchToolkit.Editor.Window.MainArchWindow.OnGUI () (at Assets/Ambiens/ArchToolkit/ATExplore/Scripts/Editor/WindowSystem/MainArchWindow.cs:274)

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Aborting

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