Assets

Importing assets

To import assets, you can drag and drop files, or click import at: Editor -> + -> import

Assets

// or at runtime use:
const upload = await world.storage.set(arrayBuffer)
console.log(upload.status, upload.key)

Runtime storage and local project mirrors

Imported Unia assets are stored locally in browser IndexedDB and synchronized with cloud-backed storage. The editor can therefore load an uploaded asset by its registered filename even when no corresponding file is present under a local unia_data/<project>/models/, audio/, or images/ directory.

Optimisation

GLTF/GLB models are compressed using Draco and fflate
Option texture streaming (split textures and dynamically load) - useful for giant scenes.
Textures are converted to WEBP on import
Assets are stored/served on a low latency global network. For more info see storage.
Downloaded assets are cached locally, so scenes reload quickly.

Supported formats

Models: GLB and VRM (Use Blender to export if you use FBX or USDZ)
Audio: MP3, OGG/Vorbis, WAV
Textures: WEBP, SVG, JPG, PNG etc

Duplicate files and filename aliases

Assets are stored by a deterministic hash of their contents. If byte-identical files are imported under different filenames, Unia stores the data once and records the additional filenames as aliases. Scripts may reference either the original filename or any alias.

Blender Export

Blender is recommended for creating/exporting 3d assets with Unia

Blender VRM

BlenderVRM is the best for creating or converting avatars to VRM.

Unity Export

There a few options for exporting from Unity, none are perfect. Recommended: Needle Engine, glTFast or the Unity FBX/GLTF exporter.

UniVRM

UniVRM is great for for exporting avatars from Unity. VRM 0.0 is recommended over 1.0, though both are supported.