vircadia-native-core

One-Minute Overview#

Vircadia is an open-source metaverse platform that enables users to create and participate in virtual worlds. It's designed for developers looking to build custom virtual spaces, educational applications, or social experiences with cross-platform support capabilities.

Core Value: Provides developers with a complete metaverse development framework for everything from simple virtual spaces to complex immersive experiences.

Quick Start#

Installation Difficulty: High - Requires multiple complex dependencies and build environment configuration

# The project uses CMake for building and requires all dependencies to be installed first
git clone https://github.com/vircadia/vircadia-native-core.git
cd vircadia-native-core
# Please refer to BUILD.md for detailed build instructions

Is this right for me?

• ✅ Educational Projects: Suitable for institutions creating immersive learning experiences
• ✅ Virtual Social Platforms: Ideal for building social applications with custom virtual worlds
• ❌ Simple 3D Applications: Not suitable for lightweight 3D displays or simple virtual scenarios
• ❌ New Developers: Not recommended for developers without C++ and complex system building experience

Maintenance Status#

• Development Activity: Project is deprecated, current development has moved to the Vircadia World repository
• Recent Updates: Although there was a release in March 2024, the main project has been marked as deprecated
• Recommendation: New projects should consider using Vircadia World as an alternative

Commercial & Licensing#

License: Apache License 2.0

• ✅ Commercial Use: Permitted
• ✅ Modification: Allowed
• ⚠️ Restrictions: License and copyright notice must be included

Documentation & Learning Resources#

• Documentation Quality: Basic - Primarily build guides, lacking tutorials and examples
• Official Documentation: BUILD.md, BUILD_WIN.md, BUILD_LINUX.md, BUILD_OSX.md, BUILD_ANDROID.md
• Sample Code: Unknown