Hololight XR Streaming for AR and VR

EVENTS

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Hololight XR streaming platform interface

Hololight CAD Viewer

NASA XR Operations Support System (XOSS) Lunar mission scenario developed by Buendea and NASA's Advanced Operations Concepts Lab

Autodesk VRED

Keyshot Studio VR

Person wearing different XR headsets, demonstrating Hololight's device-agnostic XR streaming platform

Person holding an iPad Pro, demonstrating Hololight's device-agnostic XR streaming platform

Meta Quest

HTC Vive

Pico

Snap Spectacles

HoloLens 2

UI Screenshot

UI Tile Hover

Portrait

Meta Quest

HTC Vive

Pico

Lenovo ThinkReality VRX

HoloLens

AVP

HOW WE DO IT

Hololight Streams Pixels, Not Content

Even modern XR devices struggle with large industrial data, and processing sensitive files on AR/VR headsets is a security risk. That's why Hololight streams only pixels, never the data itself:

Images rendered by the engine (e.g. Unreal Engine, Unity 3D, NVIDIA Omniverse, Autodesk VRED, KeyShot) are pixel-streamed to the AR/VR headset. The pixels are encoded and encrypted before being transmitted over the network to the XR device.

The device then decodes the pixels and displays the images in their original quality. These rendered images of your application can be streamed from a local PC, the cloud, or a local server, without being limited by the performance of the headset.

No More Sensitive Data on XR Devices

AR and VR headsets are often shared or used across locations. With XR streaming, no data is stored on the device, only images are displayed and all data stays in your infrastructure.

Hololight AR Visualization of Viper Engine as Hologram

Stream Industrial Models At Full Size and Complexity

Industrial models and digital twins often exceed the capabilities of AR and VR headsets. XR streaming shifts the heavy processing to workstations or servers, enabling smooth visualization of large models without extensive data preparation.

Planning a large, complex factory layout in VR.

Stay Ahead of a Rapidly Changing Device Landscape

XR hardware evolves quickly and teams use different headsets. XR streaming bridges applications and headsets, allowing apps to work across all major devices and remain compatible as new hardware is introduced.

Two people working together in XR using different headsets.

Remove the Complexity of Scaling XR

Scaling XR across teams and use cases can become unmanageable. Hololight's streaming technology provides a central foundation that bridges apps and devices, while the platform Hololight Hub enables centralized management.

A woman wearing the PICO 4 Ultra enterprise uses the platform Hololight Hub to access her XR app library.

Work With Complex Models

Large industrial digital twins can easily overwhelm AR and VR headsets. With VR streaming your powerful PC or server renders everything while the headset simply displays the result. This lets you work smoothly with multi-million-polygon models without reducing complexity or changing your workflow.

Use High-End Visual Effects Without Device Limitations

Realistic lighting, shadows, reflections, and ray-traced visuals often exceed what AR and VR devices can produce on their own. Hololight Stream removes this limitation by letting your external hardware handle advanced rendering and visual effects. Your headset receives only the final image, so even the most demanding scenes look exactly as intended, without sacrificing quality or performance. With DirectX 12 support, you can stream photorealistic ray-traced scenes in real-time directly to your end device.

Design Reviews

True-to-scale evaluation of complex CAD models
Photorealistic visualization of surfaces, materials, and proportions
Early validation of design intent before physical prototypes
Collaborative reviews with design, engineering, and management
Reduced reliance on physical mockups and clay models

Collaboration and Alignment

Shared XR reviews across locations and departments
Alignment between design, engineering, and management
Inclusion of external partners and suppliers
Reduced travel for design and decision meetings
Faster consensus through spatial understanding

Presentation and Decision Support

Immersive presentations for internal stakeholders
Clear communication of design concepts and variants
Support for milestone and gate reviews
Improved understanding for non-technical audiences
Consistent visualization quality across devices

Using the Apple Vision Pro with Hololight Stream Runtime, Genesis can visualize photorealistic Car Designs from Autodesk VRED in XR instantly with just one click.

For us, Hololight Stream Runtime is more than just a tool. It’s become a standard in our design process.

– Alexander Makush | Project Lead, Genesis Design Studios

Go to success story

Using Hololights Streaming Technology, Felder AG achieves faster setup, fewer errors and profitable production, even for single custom pieces.

This is only possible with the streaming technology by Hololight. The streaming technology is the key. If this wouldn’t work perfectly, nobody would use it.

– Armin Brucic | Head of Software Development & Application Engineering, Felder Group

Go to success story

Runtime

From Desktop App to XR Headset in One Click

With Hololight Stream you can stream OpenXR-supported applications to all major AR and VR headsets – including the Apple Vision Pro – with just one click. This lets you instantly and seamlessly explore your 3D models in AR or VR, without worrying about performance, device limitations, or security concerns.

Compatible with

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and other OpenXR supported apps

Gif showing changing Apps and Headsets, demonstrating that Hololight lets you stream XR apps to any major AR or VR device.

SDK

Make Your XR App Streamable

If you’re building XR applications in Unity or Unreal, you can add AR and VR streaming capabilities in minutes and go from screen to XR fast!

Simply integrate the Hololight Stream SDK into your project and then focus on your application while Hololight handles streaming and compatibility across all major AR and VR devices.

Build for free with full functionality, and contact us when you’re ready for a commercial license.

Contact us for commercial use

Enable Enterprise VR Streaming Across Engines

Download for Unity

Download for Unreal

FAQ

Learn more about XR Streaming for Enterprises

Does Hololight support VR streaming?
Which XR streaming technology does Hololight use?
Why do I need to stream AR and VR applications?

Streaming removes the need for data preparation, avoids performance bottlenecks on headsets, supports more complex models, and ensures no sensitive data is stored on the device.

Typically, the performance of mobile AR/VR devices is limited, as is the size and complexity of industrial 3D content (e.g. machines, cars, airplanes). To allow users to see all the details of their 3D objects and avoid time-consuming data preparation, lower level of detail (LoD) or polygon reduction, Hololight provides unique integrated streaming technology. This way, XR applications run on more powerful local servers or in the cloud and pixelstream content in real time to the XR device. Because the data is stored on IT-managed servers, sensitive data stays protected, increasing data security.

AR/VR Streaming is also essential for future-proofing your enterprise XR strategy, because it decouples your applications from specific headset hardware. As new devices enter the market or existing ones reach end of life, your XR workflows continue to run unchanged on powerful backend systems.
How secure is XR streaming for enterprise use?

XR streaming keeps applications and data on your IT infrastructure, while only the rendered images are streamed to the AR/VR headset. This means sensitive data is not stored or processed on the end device itself.

This architecture is well suited for enterprise and industrial environments and can also be applied in highly regulated or sensitive contexts, such as the defense sector, where strict security requirements apply.

Learn more on our page about Secure XR Streaming in Defense.
How do I use Hololight's XR Streaming technology in my company?

Hololight Stream can be used in two ways:

Developers integrate the Hololight Stream SDK to make an AR or VR application streamable. The Hololight Stream SDK is free to explore with full functionality. To remove the watermark and use it commercially, reach out to our team.

End users can install Hololight Stream Runtime once to stream compatible OpenXR applications – such as Autodesk VRED, KeyShot, blender and many more – to a wide range of AR and VR devices. You can download a free trial for Hololight Stream Runtime here.