Reality Composer Pro 3 introduces Animation Graph, Behavior Trees, Script Graph, Navigation Mesh, and Compute Graph โ a suite of visual, node-based editors that let you author character animation, autonomous AI routines, interactivity, pathfinding, and particle effects entirely within the editor without writing code.
โข Animation Graph enables runtime blend spaces, motion warping, and IK-driven character animation controlled by boolean/float parameters you set from Swift at runtime
โข Behavior Trees let you define multi-step autonomous routines (patrol, react, interact) visually and test them live in the editor without a build cycle
โข Script Graph adds event-driven no-code interactivity (tap gestures, parameter setters, subgraphs) so your whole team can prototype spatial experiences quickly
Shows how to load a RealityKit scene containing an Animation Graph and toggle the 'isWalking' boolean parameter from Swift to drive character animation state transitions at runtime.
import SwiftUI
import RealityKit
// MARK: - ContentView
struct AlchemistView: View {
@State private var isWalking = false
@State private var rootEntity: Entity?
var body: some View {
RealityView { content in
// Load the scene built in Reality Composer Pro 3
// The scene contains an entity named "Alchemist" with an
// AnimationGraphComponent whose graph has an isWalking Bool input.
if let scene = try? await Entity(named: "AlchemyArea", in: .main) {
content.add(scene)
rootEntity = scene
}
} update: { content in
// Propagate the Swift-side toggle into the Animation Graph parameter
guard let alchemist = rootEntity?.findEntity(named: "Alchemist") else { return }
setAnimationGraphParameter(
entity: alchemist,
key: "isWalking",
value: isWalking
)
}
.overlay(alignment: .bottom) {
Button(isWalking ? "Stop Walking" : "Start Walking") {
isWalking.toggle()
}
.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
.padding()
}
}
// MARK: - Animation Graph Parameter Helper
private func setAnimationGraphParameter(
entity: Entity,
key: String,
value: Bool
) {
// AnimationGraphComponent is the RealityKit runtime component
// that corresponds to the Animation Graph authored in RCP3.
guard var graphComponent = entity.components[AnimationGraphComponent.self] else {
return
}
// Set the named Bool parameter; the key must match the
// parameter name defined in the Animation Graph Inputs Inspector.
graphComponent.setParameter(key, value: .bool(value))
entity.components[AnimationGraphComponent.self] = graphComponent
}
}
// MARK: - Preview
#Preview {
AlchemistView()
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