We are using Vuforia for image tracking with hololens and unity engine. Vuforia works fine. We are also using Azure Spacial Anchors to fix the location of objects. However, Anchors do not seem to work with Vuforia. It appears that Vuforia captures camera events and does not pass them on to Azure Anchors, maybe?
Is there a way to get both technologies working at the same time?
the major issue would be Vuforia occupied the Camera pipeline
you may stop Vuforia and switch to ASA and switch back.
Or you may use pics and time stamps and ASA
Please read this page
https://library.vuforia.com/platform-support/working-camera-unity
may help you get the camera frame. then you may make the parameter transferd to a service you hosted in linux server, with Spatial https://github.com/microsoft/azure_spatial_anchors_ros
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Good morning,
I am trying to install the Mixed Reality Toolkit for Hololens 1. I need to do a Spatial Mapping in Unity and I would like to use a "Spatial Mapping" prefab which should be displayed after Unity configuration with the MRTK tool. Unfortunately, I don’t see the prefab. I enabled the "SpatialPerception" in the Player configuration and simply put "Microsoft Reality Toolkit Foundation" in my project from the MRTK tool. How can I access the Spatial Mapping prefab please?
Thank you.
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To use spatial mapping in the app, we should enable the Spatial Awareness system in the MixedRealityToolkit profile and register spatial observers to provide mesh data. There is not a Spatial Mapping "prefab" in MRTK. Here is a step by step guide showing how to do that:Spatial awareness getting started
I work with ARCore in Unity and would like to know how I can synchronize coordinate system between 2 devices with help Network Manager. Maybe somebody knows if it is possible/impossible. Thanks.
Using Cloud Anchors is probably the most reliable way of coordinating multiple viewers in the same AR Scene.
The Cloud Anchors Sample uses the Unity networking to share information.
I am trying to replicate the 'Creating Cloud Recognition Apps in Unity - Augmented Reality - Vuforia (new)' video published by Vuforia developer portal.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVpISTEcx4
However in the script they use
(ImageTracker)TrackerManager.Instance.GetTracker(Tracker.Type.IMAGE_TRACKER);
but in the Viforia API there is no ImageTracker and seems obsolete
I did find ObjectTracker
https://developer.vuforia.com/library/sites/default/api/unity/classVuforia_1_1ObjectTracker.html
I tried using this but I don't it is correct
ObjectTracker tracker = TrackerManager.Instance.GetTracker<ObjectTracker>();
Any help, suggestion or tutorials in the right direction would be very help full.
Thanks.
I'm already make an augmented reality app that can read images marker, but I wonder if i can make augmented reality without marker in unity.
Can anyone tell me how?
Maybe What you need is SLAM, I think. Simultaneous Localization And Mapping, and is markerless, just recognite and track the environment.
These are 2 videos about slam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbaEw5-YvA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YLzcWX-gWU
One is from kudan, one is from wikitude. If this feature is what you want. Then I am sure that what you need is SLAM.
You can get more from:
wikitude slam
kudan
And, vuforia is not adviced. In fact, Smart Terrain does recoginate the environment, it still need a marker.
You can use Google ARCore, Vuforia or 8thWall SDKs. All of them have motion tracking or extended tracking. So you do not have to use markers. You can take a look at ARCore HelloAR example:
https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/unity/tutorials/hello-ar-sample
you can using ARUnity. ARUnity is the Unity plugin for ARToolKit. (Well the marker would be some kind of image which is used for tracking. ARToolKit calls it NFT.)
You can download it here:
http://www.artoolkit.org/download-artoolkit-sdk
(Scroll down for the ARUnity download link)
Documentation is available here:
http://www.artoolkit.org/documentation/doku.php?id=6_Unity:unity_getting_started
Best is, it is free and open-source :).
I want to load a 3D object from a URL to a CloudRecoTarget, anyone knows how to do it?
Can you specify your intention more precise? I'm not sure if if get it.
Where is your problem and what kind of technology are you using (App, Server...)?
I guess you want to upload a 3D object, that you are downloading from somewhere of the web, to the Vuforia Cloud Database to create a Vuforia Marker that can be used in Unity for an AR application.
Usually you have a server that handles the communication between the app and the Vuforia API. Your server can simply add a target (your 3d object) to the cloud database and after analysing the target you can download the marker from Vuforia. That's the way I've done it.
Probably you can do this without a server using Unity and C# only. Have a look at the Vuforia API to write you own Vuforia Client in C#. Maybe there is a code snippet somewhere.