Toyota Connected North America has launched a new game engine named Fluorite. The company designed this tool specifically to run high-quality 3D graphics on hardware that is typically less powerful than modern smartphones. While Toyota developed the engine for vehicle dashboards, it is releasing the project as a fully open-source platform.
Engine Made for Cars and Embedded Devices
Fluorite runs well on less powerful hardware. Toyota said it chose this path because most existing engines like Unity and Unreal require too much processing power and cost too much in licensing fees.
Technology and Tools
Fluorite is written in C++ and works with Google’s Flutter toolkit. Developers use the Dart language to write applications and interfaces. The engine also supports modern graphics standards such as Vulkan, which helps with efficient rendering on weak systems.
Toyota introduces Fluorite, a lightweight 3D graphics engine designed for low-power systems and in-car displays.
Fluorite includes tools to speed development. A hot reload feature lets programmers see changes fast. Artists can define interactive areas inside 3D models using familiar tools like Blender.
Open Source and Future Uses
Toyota is releasing Fluorite as open-source software. While its first goal is interactive vehicle displays and cockpits, independent developers can also use it for other projects on low-power devices.
