VRTK - Virtual Reality Toolkit - [ VR Toolkit ]

Name: VRTK - Virtual Reality Toolkit - [ VR Toolkit ]
Brand: Sysdia Solutions Ltd
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (269 reviews)

LaunchedJun 201610y

UpdatedFeb 20197.3yAbandoned?

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Pros

VRTK is historically recognized as a comprehensive and feature-rich toolkit that provides a massive library of VR interaction mechanics, UI components, and example scenes that serve as an excellent educational resource for understanding VR architecture and Unity development. For those who manage to configure it correctly—often by bypassing the Asset Store version in favor of the GitHub repository—it offers a powerful, free framework that can significantly accelerate the prototyping and development of complex VR interactions.

Do not use this asset for any professional or production-grade project, as it is a deprecated, unmaintained liability that will inevitably cause integration conflicts and technical debt.

Cons

The asset is severely outdated, abandoned on the Unity Asset Store, and plagued by critical compatibility issues with modern Unity versions, XR Plugin Management, and current SteamVR/Oculus SDKs. Users frequently report broken demo scenes, persistent console errors, namespace conflicts, and a steep, frustrating learning curve exacerbated by obsolete documentation and tutorials. The reliance on community-driven forks and external GitHub repositories creates a fragmented, unreliable development experience that often leads to project-breaking bugs and wasted time.

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Description

NOTE: VRTK v3 has been superseded by VRTK v4 and the subsequent Tilia packages. VRTK v3 does not work in newer versions of Unity (2020 or above) or with the latest 3rd party vendor SDK (SteamVR, Oculus Integration, etc.) without having to manually amend the included code.

VRTK v4 and the Tilia packages are fully compatible with all known versions of Unity at 2018.3 and above and all known versions of 3rd party vendor SDKs.

Use the new VRTK v4 Tilia Package Importer Unity Asset at: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/vrtk-v4-tilia-package-importer-214936

To view the VRTK v4 Farmyard example project then download it from GitHub at: https://github.com/ExtendRealityLtd/VRTK

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SteamVR 2 plugin is not officially supported in VRTK v3.3 - There is a community fork that supports SteamVR 2, please ask in the VRTK slack channel for more details.

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Full online documentation is at: http://docs.vrtk.io

Get support at the VRTK discord channel: http://invite.vrtk.io

VRTK is a productive VR Toolkit for rapidly building VR solutions in Unity3d, including many common solutions such as:

Supports SteamVR and Oculus SDK
VR Simulator allowing building for VR without the need of VR hardware
Laser Pointers on controllers and headset
Curved Pointers on controllers and headset
Play area cursors
Pointer interactions
Snap drop zones for objects
Body Physics that supports leaning over objects
Teleporting
Dash Movement
Touchpad Movement
Move in place/Run in place Movement
Climbing
Object interactions: touching, grabbing using objects
Two hand manipulation of objects: hold guns with two hands, resize objects, etc.
Highlighting objects
Controller haptic feedback
Controller effects: highlighting, opacity, visibility
3D controls such as buttons, levers, doors, drawers, sliders, knobs. etc
Panel menus
Radial menus
Interacting with Unity3d UI elements with pointers or real world collisions
Drag and drop Unity3d UI elements around canvases and into special drop zones
And much more....