Shadows

Give your scene more contrast and depth using shadows, and control their visibility, look, and intensity.

Adding shadows to a scene

1. Toggle shadows on/off in the right sidebar

2. Once toggled on, the properties used to customize shadows will appear

Too many shadows in a VR scene can impact performance. Learn more about optimizing your scene for VR.

Shadow properties

Shadows are derived from global Directional Light in a scene. A shadow’s appearance can be customized using the below properties.

Light direction

Control the rotation of the global Directional Light.

Shadow intensity

Control the strength of the global Directional Light.

Shadow materials

Shadow materials can be applied to objects to make them completely transparent, except for shadows casted on them by other objects.

Read more about Shadow materials and their properties here.