[Interest] Qt and Unity

[Sean Harmer]

Hi,

On 28/03/2016 22:04, Tyler Brown wrote:
> Is there a Qt development environment that is as feature rich and easy 
> to use as Unity?  We're hiring a UI/UX firm, and they are very 
> familiar with Unity, but if you can point me in a direction that is 
> pure Qt and also a good 3d modeling UI it would be much appreciated.

This is why I asked you about what features you require. Depending upon 
your needs, custom OpenGL code or Qt 3D maybe suitable when combined 
with Qt Quick 2. We have made all sorts of applications with 3D content 
but it depends exactly what you are after.

Cheers,

Sean

>
> Thanks,
> Tyler
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: Tyler Brown <browntd12155 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:browntd12155 at gmail.com>>
>     To: interest at qt-project.org <mailto:interest at qt-project.org>
>     Cc:
>     Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 07:44:13 -0600
>     Subject: [Interest] Qt and Unity
>     My apologies if this got posted before, but I'm not sure it went
>     through.
>
>     Hi everybody,
>
>     Does anybody have experience using Qt with Unity.  We've coded a
>     fairly large architecture with the plan to use QML, but we're
>     doing UI/UX through a 3rd party company and they use Unity.
>
>     With the research I've done it looks like there are three options
>     1) Use the Qt code as a plugin within Unity
>     2) Use Qt's webview to encapsulate Unity into a window
>     3) Use Unity Standalone, get a WinID handle and then embed it into
>     the Qt app (this is Windows only, so not sure if I can resort to
>     other method on other platforms)
>
>     #1 might prove difficult with polymorphism, marshalling, etc...?
>     #2 might not give great performance?
>     #3 only works if we have different solutions for other platforms,
>     even then we'd have to set up a lot of shared memory etc... So I
>     feel that it isn't great
>
>     Platforms to be supported:
>     OS X
>     iOS
>     Windows
>     Android
>
>     We do want almost real-time feedback (delay of less than .5
>     seconds), so performance is fairly important.  Framerate and
>     smoothness would be of higher priority.
>
>     If anyone can shed light on this, it would be great!  Apologies if
>     the question is poorly worded or if I'm missing vital information,
>     just let me know and I'll do my best to fix it.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: Sean Harmer <sean.harmer at kdab.com <mailto:sean.harmer at kdab.com>>
>     To: interest at qt-project.org <mailto:interest at qt-project.org>
>     Cc:
>     Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:13:04 +0100
>     Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt and Unity
>     Hi,
>
>     On 28/03/2016 14:44, Tyler Brown wrote:
>>     My apologies if this got posted before, but I'm not sure it went
>>     through.
>>
>>     Hi everybody,
>>
>>     Does anybody have experience using Qt with Unity.  We've coded a
>>     fairly large architecture with the plan to use QML, but we're
>>     doing UI/UX through a 3rd party company and they use Unity.
>>
>>     With the research I've done it looks like there are three options
>>     1) Use the Qt code as a plugin within Unity
>>     2) Use Qt's webview to encapsulate Unity into a window
>>     3) Use Unity Standalone, get a WinID handle and then embed it
>>     into the Qt app (this is Windows only, so not sure if I can
>>     resort to other method on other platforms)
>>
>>     #1 might prove difficult with polymorphism, marshalling, etc...?
>>     #2 might not give great performance?
>>     #3 only works if we have different solutions for other platforms,
>>     even then we'd have to set up a lot of shared memory etc... So I
>>     feel that it isn't great
>>
>>     Platforms to be supported:
>>     OS X
>>     iOS
>>     Windows
>>     Android
>>
>>     We do want almost real-time feedback (delay of less than .5
>>     seconds), so performance is fairly important. Framerate and
>>     smoothness would be of higher priority.
>>
>>     If anyone can shed light on this, it would be great!  Apologies
>>     if the question is poorly worded or if I'm missing vital
>>     information, just let me know and I'll do my best to fix it.
>
>     What is there in Unity that you need for your UI/UX? Is usuign Qt
>     for this part too not an option? The only information I can give
>     is that the marshalling can quickly become a large burden on
>     development and maintenance.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Sean
>
>>
>>     Thanks!
>>
>>
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