A collection of awesome XR tools, libraries, frameworks, and software!

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• 3D Modeling and Animation Tools
• Analytics
• Audio Tools
• Development Frameworks
• Development Libraries
• Hosting and Backend Platforms
• Performance Monitoring
• Render Engines
• Speech Recognition
• Visual Effects

• 3DS Max
• Blender
• Cinema 4D
• Maya
• Sketchup
• Quill

• Cognitive 3D (cross-platform analytics SDK that tracks spatial data, object data, and custom events)
• Observer Analytics (cross-platform analytics SDK that measures app usage and tracks session performance)
• Retinad VR (cross-platform analytics SDK that provides visual heatmaps and user segmentation based on receptiveness)

• DearVR Spatial Connect (audio mixing tool manipulated entirely in VR)
• DearVR Pro (suite of DAW plugins and tools for VR audio mixing)
• FB360 Spatial Workstation (free software and suite of plugins for VR audio mixing)

• 6D (advanced AR development platform built on top of ARCore and ARKit SDKs)
• 8th Wall (tool for developing and distributing web-based AR experiences)
• A-frame (development framework for building VR experiences on the web; maintained by Mozilla)
• Cry Engine (robust game engine with support for VR development)
• InstaVR (web-based tool for creating 360° photo and video experiences)
• Lens Studio (snapchat's tool for creating AR experiences and camera filters)
• Lumberyard (game engine with support for VR development)
• React 360 (development famework for building VR experiences on the web; maintained by Facebook)
• Roundme (web-based tool for creating 360° photo tours)
• Spark AR (facebook's tool for creating AR experiences and camera filters)
• Sumerian (development framework for building VR experiences on the web; maintained by Amazon)
• Torch (iOS app for rapidly developing AR applications)
• Tour Creator (web-based tool for creating 360° photo tours)
• Unity (robust game engine with cross-platform support for AR / VR development)
• Unreal (robust game engine with cross-platform support for AR / VR development)
• Wonda VR (web-based tool for creating and distributing VR experiences via the browser)

• ARCore (development SDK for building AR applications on Android)
• ARKit (development SDK for building AR applications on iOS)
• Vuforia (development SDK for building cross-platform AR applications)
• Wikitude (development SDK for building cross-platform AR applications)

• Amazon GameLift (backend platform for game matchmaking, cross-platform play, and more)
• Gamesparks (backend platform for game leaderboards, chat, matchmaking, and more)
• Playfab (backend platform for game commerce, analytics, player management, and more)
• Photon Engine (backend platform for game communication, multiplayer, self-hosting, and more)
• SteamWorks (backend platform for game economy, matchmaking, anti-cheat, and more)

• Oculus Remote Monitor (debugging tool for performance viewing and console logging on an Oculus mobile device)
• OVR Metrics Tool (tool for viewing performance metrics such as framerate, utilization, heat, and more on an Oculus mobile device)

• Arnold (standalone render engine by Autodesk)
• Cycles (open source standalone render engine by Blender)
• OctaneRender (standalone render engine by Otoy)
• Vray (standalone render engine by Chaos Group)

• Amazon Transcribe Speech to Text (speech recognition API by Amazon)
• Google Cloud Speech to Text (speech recognition API by Google)
• IBM Watson Speech to Text (speech recognition API by IBM)

• Adobe After Effects (3D compositing tool for lighting, visual effects, post effects, and motion graphics)
• Fusion (3D compositing tool for lighting, visual effects, and post effects that supports workflows inside of VR)
• Nuke (3D compositing tool for lighting, visual effects, and post effects)