How is the Android AR support?

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Altair1234

I have been seeing demos for AR Kit (Apple's AR SDK) but nothing for Android so far. Is Android AR supported by Godot at all? I'm looking to make some toy projects in Godot and I'm very interested in making one with AR.

If not, will it be available in Godot 4.0?

Calinou

There's a draft pull request implementing ARCore in Godot: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47455

However, Godot currently doesn't support AR on Android as it stands. It's not planned for 4.0 either (unless a motivated contributor does the work).

DerrickBarra

@Calinou Does Godot have a way for companies to help pay for development of specific features like this? I would be all for helping to pay for the development of a competitor go Unity's ARFoundation for Godot.

cybereality

I have some stuff in the pipeline that I'm working on. The first part of it has already been released (MIT license), which is to allow you to use old school 3D glasses (red/cyan) in the Godot editor (and in exported games):

https://cybereality.itch.io/godot-stereo-3d-add-on-for-godot-engine

I've also started working on an add-on that will let you use 3D mice in the editor, like the Space Navigator for 6DOF camera movement. I have some other stuff planned, but I don't want to explain too much right now until I'm sure I can get it working. I'm more focused on 3D and VR, though AR would not be hard to implement if I can figure out the math.

cybereality

There's also this project I made a while ago (but never finished) that allows 3DOF tracking on mobile devices (you need an accelerometer, gyro, and mag for the full tracking).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K1r54U1sFTeS-PGPgIGrOkjWnjEe3vDn/view?usp=sharing

It works on Android, never tried it anywhere else but it might work on iPhone too. However, the code for the tracking has to warm up, it takes about 30 seconds, so it's a little janky in the current state. I kind of abandoned the project but I might revisit it later.

Altair1234

@cybereality I'll check that out, thanks!

Calinou

@DerrickBarra said: @Calinou Does Godot have a way for companies to help pay for development of specific features like this? I would be all for helping to pay for the development of a competitor go Unity's ARFoundation for Godot.

See the "Commercial support" section on the Contact page :)