If you mean current location of the user/device, it’s the AR camera object, it represents the rear camera of the device.

Vuforia engine runs on various platform, here is their list: developer.vuforia.com/library/platform-support/recommended-devices

@@joshuadrewlow for creating map , we need an iphone right? since the vuforia area creator app is only available for iphone

Correct, you need an iPhone with LiDAR support. Or you use the scan of a Matterport, NaVis or Leica camera. Often companies have those scans, they can be imported. Just in case you work with a partner.

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You are cool! Thanks for your comment 😎

How many parts of tutorials? Totally depends on what do you want to achieve with your app. Some apps might never require to activate a new floor. There are always things that can be improved, e.g. server side data management. Are you looking for something particular?

Thanks Patrick!

Yes, please read the docs. This is not a "build it from scratch tutorial". Vuforia and Unity have excellent docs.

Have the same queston! Does it have to be perfect?

Hi there, sorry for the late answer. You can use iPhone to create a Matterport scan yes. According to this page you can even now buy the MatterPak addon and therefor should be able to create an AreaTarget with it: matterport.com/cameras

@@joshuadrewlow Thanks a lot! Keep up the amazing work

Thanks ☺️

Unity and Vuforia. Check out other videos on my channel. I created some tutorial videos. Thanks for your comment.

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Where did the Area Target disappear? In the Area Target Generator app or inside Unity? In the Area Target Generator you can only look at one data set at the time, but you can create multiple Area Targets from that data set, by cropping different regions.

@@joshuadrewlow it was on unity. But i saw your other video and it helped a lot thank you so much

Good to hear it worked. Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🏻

@@joshuadrewlow hello its me again. how do i have access to more than 20 area target on vuforia?. i reached the limit but i still need to scan more area target.

What is the format of the 3d map? Do you already have an Area Target? For the navmesh you can take whatever 3d model. For the Area Target you need the MatterPak.

It is expensive. Only recommend for real apps. Not if you create prototype or test things. Here you finde information, it requires an iPhone with LiDAR: developer.vuforia.com/library/environments/area-targets#prerequisites

Yes, the Unity internal path finding system called NavMesh.

I worked with point clouds not GPS coordinates. Do you also want to show the way with AR or just 2D on a map? Did you see part 1 of my tutorial?

@@joshuadrewlow for testing purposes i want to do this in my office and i have 2D map but i do want to use the phone back camera so i guess in 3D i am still new to all of this.

I see. This might be a good page to start: developer.vuforia.com/library/environments/area-targets Maybe a word of caution: Navigation is a very complex use case. AR makes it even more complex. If you are completely new to AR I suggest you try to start with a simple AR use case like showing a 3D model with a reference image: developer.vuforia.com/library/objects/image-targets

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Deploy to where? To phone or to app store? Follow The build guide of Unity.

Hi there, thanks for your question. I have no experience at all with Faro scanner. Here is a thread I found about possibility when you have the Faro Raw files: developer.vuforia.com/forum/area-targets/e57-leica-areatarget-genrator It says that you can follow similar settings like Leica: developer.vuforia.com/library/environments/area-targets

Thanks for dropping by! iOS is the cheapest version. By using the Vuforia Creator App. It can be used only with LiDAR supported devices. Android is not supported. Professional 3D scanners can also be used like Matterport, NaVis or Leica.

I used the 3d model created by Vuforia. Some imperfect parts I occluded myself with basic cubes and a custom shader, link in the description. in kore advanced projects I even edited the 3d model in Blender to fix certain things.

@@joshuadrewlowthanks man!

Like you have already seen the answer, I commented on your comment in the tutorial video. Cheers

@@joshuadrewlow sorry about the double post! When I originally posted on this video, my comment didn’t show up until several hours later for some reason.

Sorry for seeing your comment so late! Sometimes I don’t get notified properly by YT. Did you find a solution? Best approach for me is to activate/deactivate ATs once the user us walking up stairs. How did you try to solve it?

@@joshuadrewlow hi there yes we solved the issues , but we would really need more guidance on this can we arrange a meeting with you please as we have less time

I will try to upload a tutorial to help you out. For possible meeting please contact me on LinkedIn. Are you on there?

Unfortunately not at the moment

I use Unity and Vuforia Engine. For localisation I use the Vuforia Area Targets, an optimised point cloud for augmented reality.

I think AR Indoor navigation and Vuforia Engine

Would be very interesting, but no I haven’t tried that.

@@joshuadrewlow How does this program work if the building has an elevator?

You can handle it for example with colliders. Has to be handled with extra logic, but it’s possible.

@@joshuadrewlow Can you make a video of this? This is very important to me.

It’s possible with Vuforia yes. Nevertheless it depends what your use case is. If you just need a small AR experience I recommend using AR Foundation. For larger AR experiences you can take a look at Vuforia Area Targets. With the API I showed in this video you can create them on runtime on the device. You could persist them, upload to a server and download it on other device as well. You also have the option to create a point cloud needed for a session with a pro camera e.g. Matterport or NavVis. Does that help?

@@joshuadrewlow My use case would be the following: I would like to develop an app with which I can display sensor data in real time with augmented reality. To do this, however, I have to put text fields with the sensor information where the sensors are in the real world. Of course, I only want to have to do this once and then every time I start the app again, it remembers the positions of the individual sensors. Thanks for your quick response btw :)

I clicked on delete comment accidentally dang it!

Long story short: yes this is definitely possible with Vuforia! If it's only a machine panel or something like that, try to use Model Targets. You will get away a lot cheaper! For large areas you can use Area Targets. hard part will be to get live data over API into Unity app. Ideal you already have one from sensor manufacturer. Sorry for longer reply. Working on two navigation apps :)

Have you tried using the Runtime occlusion mesh, but I am pretty sure this didn’t work for me also. You can try to set up AR Foundation additionally in the project. As far as I know you can have both in the scene. I think there is some documentation out there. To add human/finger occlusion in AR Foundation is really easy, you just have to add the correct script that is already in the framework. If you need more help tell me and I can make a video about it. ✌🏻

What object? This use case uses the scanning of an environment. And yes an iPhone with LiDAR support can be used.

Nope not into this stuff

Thanks ✌🏻

Distance is from adding up the distances between the corner points of the calculated path by the NavMeshAgent. You need to use Vector3.Distance() docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Distance.html Time is calculated simply by using the average walking speed I found on Google. Is that enough detail?

Off screen pointer not working. In unity asset pointer object will be 2d but I think you have using as 3d object right? How can I used it.Can you please help me..

The target object has to be a 3d GameObject yes! Check out carefully the demo scene of the asset. I think I used the second corner of the NavMeshAgent‘s path and in most cases it works. It could be done more smoothly.

@@joshuadrewlow Its working smoothly. Again thank you for excellent video and support! Great work😇

I sure can do a more detailed video about, but actually I already have talked about it. Did you see my other video where I already shared some things about it? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7WaltOqu5OyYIU.html Here is the link for the script that I used: gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/67839/is-there-a-way-to-display-navmesh-agent-path-in-unity/86255#86255

​@@joshuadrewlowThanks for your fast reply and the link to your Script and now I will watch your other video😃

@@julianwagner5376let me know if you need more information ✌🏻

Hello Sir, thank you for your comment. It looks like that this is not possible out of the box. I found some documentation on how to extract a 3D point cloud from a Zed Mini device (www.stereolabs.com/docs/depth-sensing/using-depth/#getting-point-cloud-data). Nevertheless, then you still need to convert it into .e57 file and I have no expertise in that. I also don't have time or money to buy one specifically to try this out. Have you tried scanning a room with an iPhone using the Vuforia Capture app?

I created it myself

Yes I actually want to make a video about this, but here are the prices: - Commercial license to publish unlimited apps with advanced technology like Area Targets: around 30k USD per year - University license for student use: 10k USD per year I received those pricing lists not too long ago upon requesting a Vuforia agent. Unfortunately they currently don’t have any thresholds in their pricing models. I very much hope they will add this in the future. Best regards, Josh

@@joshuadrewlow Thanks for your reply. That seems like really expensive. Other ways of Indoor navigation is cloud anchor, but they are probably not so robust like area target

You mean cloud anchor from Google ARCore? Yes this is not so robust. I think it is so expensive because it solves many issues quite good. I haven’t tried it though and neither the WorldAnchor from Apple.

I used the Matterport Pro2 camera. For the upper floor we used the capture app of Vuforia (which is free to use).

Thanks :)

You need to better understand in detail how this stuff works. It is not the model that is used for localisation. The model is only a side product that helps with development. What is used for localisation is a point cloud. This is a dataset of unique points in the environment, like a digital twin. During the localisation process (this happens actually all the time with the device camera) the phone creates a point cloud of what it’s currently seeing and compares it with a previously scanned point cloud to find it’s precise location. Vuforia requires that you create point clouds (they call it “Area Targets”) with certain methods, the cheapest one is with the free iOS app. All you need is a device with LiDAR support. More information here: library.vuforia.com/environments/area-targets

@@joshuadrewlow Thanks, I get it now. Previously, I was planning to use gps coordinate since I only need objects to appear in a specific location.

You could try use the product of a company that have produced something similar to my concept (they were much faster and professional than I): www.treedis.com/

No, I don't remember having an error like this. From which to which version did you update? Do you have the repo somewhere? You could send me a link if you want: [email protected]

Of course yes, just deactivate the object with the renderer. So your issue is that your navmesh is occluding line? You can also make the line render y positions a bit above the ground/navmesh

@@joshuadrewlow ya, my issue is our AT is not good quality is there any way to hide that, all the walls and floor appear as dull so I wanted to hide that.

@@ekeshkumar-rc4hb Are you saying that you are seeing the AT mesh when running on mobile? That should not happen. Did you enable Occlusion mesh on Area Target Behaviour?

@@joshuadrewlow yes sir i applied occlusion mesh, in advanced settings option in AT.

Hm I don't know how to help further. You could create a small screen recording or contact me on one of my channels to have a video call: firefighter-ar.com

Unfortunately this not possible no.

You are very welcome

@@joshuadrewlow ❤️

Thanks for stopping by. To narrow down your problems I need to ask some questions: 1: Where is the LineRenderer not showing? When running on the device or is it also not showing in the Editor? If it's showing in the Editor and not on the device then maybe the Area Target (AT) cannot be found. Have you tried to simply place a cube as child of the AT, and can you see it when running on the device? 2: What do you mean with the dynamic INT? 3: With "pointer" do you mean the off screen target indicator? What do you mean with scaling? What are you scaling, adding more ATs? Make sure that you set the indicator to one object only. For debugging try to show indicator to a static cube in the scene which is child of the AT. Hope this helps to get a bit more light into your problems. Best regards, Joshua

Have you seen my tutorial playlist? kzfaq.info/sun/PLcYgptwJHxUE7Q9ymWEX0zDs3SDgMarxu

@@joshuadrewlow If an area of 4000 square meters is used, what will be the size of the android application?

If I use an area of 70-80 sq m now, it will be 70-80 mb.

Very good question. The biggest factor is the texture used for occlusion. You can see it in the build report. Once it gets too big you can either reduce the quality of the texture (because most likely you only need it in editor) or not use texture occlusion, but manually with a custom occlusion shader on low polygon objects.