Cross-Platform AR in Unity! - AR Foundation Overview

Check out more about AR Foundation, ARCore and ARKit here: ole.unity.com/arblogpost
Use the AR Foundation package to add high-level functionality for working with augmented reality. Unity 2018.1 includes built-in multi-platform support for AR. The AR Foundation package wraps this low-level API into a cohesive whole and enhances it with additional utilities, such as AR session lifecycle management and the creation of GameObjects to represent detected features in the environment.
AR Foundation is a set of MonoBehaviours for dealing with devices that support following concepts:
- Planar surface detection
- Point clouds, also known as feature points
- Reference points: an arbitrary position and orientation that the device tracks
- Light estimation: estimates for average color temperature and
brightness in physical space.
- World tracking: tracking the device's position and orientation in physical space.

[@anubhavgupta3562]

*Short - Precise - Easy to understand*

[@UGuruz]

*Quick Implementation*

[@LiamSorta]

That is so nice to hear, thank you very much Anubhav!

[@cleytonmarciosouza5333]

Wow!! The possibilities of creation with this system are great!

[@theloafdude8304]

My dudes! That's literally one of the coolest things you've made so far!

[@AXISMotionStudio]

*The future is in here* 😳 Easy to understand, Nice Work pal

[@EdgarasArt]

Nice, I believe this is something will be used daily by me.

[@darienmuhammed5971]

this is cooool!!!!! this was so well explained, nice voice too

[@LiamSorta]

What a lovely comment, thank you :)

[@UGuruz]

Wow.. It looks very promising.

[@deepvybes]

Unity is ahead of the times!

[@FarBeyond-Studio]

This hands over so much power

[@laitchdasi]

A gem on youtube Thank you

[@b4agraphics964]

Unity is super fun to use and intuitive

[@muhammadikram8009]

I love unity!💟

[@thomasdejonckheer8489]

Hey nice vid, Is there a Script sample for the Break animation when coming closer to it ??

[@360raja7]

Dang this is kewl :o

[@angeldiaz7554]

This is great!

[@misogear]

unity is amazing !

[@ALEINLOSANGELES1]

You guys are great. Question. I am having an hard time including 3D models in the ImageTracking template. It scales crazy every time, Did any one triedit with the very last package of AR foundation ? thanks.

[@soyjosemillan]

The surface detection need gyroscope or specific hardware support?

[@DaviiiD3]

This precision is incrible

[@kolboch]

Test it, issues are very common. Still a lot of field for AR to improve.

[@DaviiiD3]

@@kolboch yes man, you're correct, tnks

[@ivannuari]

Wow. Thats great

[@imDanoush]

*_I love Unity._*

[@sicfxmusic]

I Unity Unity.

[@epultonz215]

hmm... didn't unity 2019.1 version already has AR Foundation released from previews?

[@MACH_SDQ]

Just Awesome !!!!

[@nikitagoncharuk8618]

Can you provide the reference to download this sample?)

[@Michael-jl7wn]

Does the user on boarding come with AR foundations ?

[@kattensaklart9323]

I only have a windows computer and an Iphone, am i completely unable to build and test this? I can't build and run since the button is greyed out and when i simply press start in Unity the game screen is just black.

[@sentientsaladstudios6326]

Unity need to make their own fully fledged game

[@alangeorge4961]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Can we set up oculsion in AR foundation?

[@LiamSorta]

Yes you can!

[@lululu6102]

can I found the project shown in the vid anywhere to download?

[@CannabisTechLife]

_crap_ now I have another part of Unity to learn/ tinker with. My wife will see me... eventually XD.

[@mandojbarron7861]

CannabisCultureTechLife Email ?

[@GrandReaper5]

Any word on image tracking?

[@adityapratama1891]

So? Which android device is currently supported?

[@almaznurmahamed4524]

How I can use my app . Just I can't open my app because I m not have ARcore

[@LameGamerDude]

Does anyone have any idea how can i do the same thing for web

[@maorb83]

Where can i get the dude data at 0:40?

[@Corey3D]

Do you have samples for shadows like at 0:34?

[@AngryApple]

Yeah I only can find hard shadows. :(

[@Antinna]

Need full tutorial with Flutter

[@MadhuChander]

can I install both ARCORE and ARKit plugin in one project ??

[@mohammadrasoulfard-habibi3066]

Yes mate. Use ar foundation

[@codaq4043]

is there no way to develop on windows for ios?

[@mohamedhazeem411]

Is dots support ar foundation

[@MarioMao]

support web platform?

[@extrano_desesperado]

what the commonly mistake if I see black screen?)))

[@mikiyasmengist117]

how can i attach many videos in one AR app?

[@user-kv3pt6xy9w]

year 2030 : AR with photorealism

[@zentergames1622]

I think year 2023

[@paulo45645]

How can i screen share this with another device?

[@vasil-yt]

Is it possible to create multiplayer AR? And maybe even cross platform?

[@LiamSorta]

Hey! Multiplayer AR is very much possible, made easier with features like Cloud Anchors, definitely worth looking into. ARFoundation is cross-platform for iOS/Android as it utilises their native SDKs, though, you wouldn't be able to use Windows/Mac for the sake of them not using those native SDKs.

[@Daster1316]

Maybe for a yugioh AR game using master rule 4

[@Luigi64real]

@@LiamSorta ArFoundation doesn't support cloud anchors yet only iOS multiplayer. Unless they've added it since I last looked which it doesn't look like they did

[@LiamSorta]

@@Luigi64real they aren't currently supported in ARFoundation, but by using the package, you can still utilise the native SDKs to make use of cloud anchors :)

[@0GRANATE0]

@@LiamSorta Cloud Anchors are not available in ARFoundation.

[@polyfoxgames9006]

My phone is just a black screen when I launch it. I set it up correctly

[@LiamSorta]

Hey! There are quite a few possible issues - one being that the app did not request permission and therefore can't render the image. Your best bet is to try the samples repo :)

[@samroberts5480]

same issue here. did you figure out a fix?

[@mnar786]

@@LiamSorta same here.

[@BorisNovikov1989]

Still has no Image tracking feature that is very useful in conjunction with plane detection... So I forced to stay on my custom solution where arcore and arkit can be set in one project.

[@LiamSorta]

Marker tracking is coming soon 😁

[@AlexLeggo]

+1

[@ziad_jkhan]

@@LiamSorta Sources?

[@ziad_jkhan]

Nevermind, I found it on the blog in the description

[@AlexLeggo]

@@LiamSorta soon, as in a intermediate update or as in 2019.2?

[@kamakeh]

What is Love? Look at this video

[@TravelWithDhami]

If only the audio could be a bit louder.

[@karalius000]

The video is really quiet

[@wrenseyllc]

3 Words: Unity Games Store

[@iqbalwidodo496]

is this free? just asking

[@saadanees7989]

Why exactly do i need AR foundation when we have everything in ARcore and ARKit?

[@Tech_Alchemy]

AR Foundation allows for cross-platform development and distribution it still utilises ARCore and AR Kit. It makes it easier to work using a single code base and develop for multiple platforms.

[@LiamSorta]

Hey! @Junaid nailed it here - rather than worrying about SDK-specific syntax/implementation of features, ARFoundation covers all of that for you. As you'd still be importing the native SDKs, you can absolutely still utilise features unique to a single SDK if you want to, without affecting the other :)

[@BuscarSoluciones]

Android :(

[@ajrd2000]

doesn't works???

[@NivekJump]

Lol, this was 24 hours too late

[@dylannrubenn3036]

terrible tutoo, lo que se vienee, espero desarrollar ideas, es muy bueno

[@kevindavda]

Fake