Hi
After a long break, and silence I am pleased to announce the latest version of the AR plugin! It’s a big update with lots of changes. Please check the changelog for details!
AR Plugin V2.0 – 2022-02-03
- Completely refactored, and updated for Unreal Engine v4.27
- Underlying ARToolkit framework updated to the latest ARToolkitX SDK
- The plugin uses render targets for marker detection and tracking
- Video image resolution can be downscaled for tracking, while the app can use full resolution video for presentation
- New camera controller blueprint, and UI has been added to handle webcam parameters, such as resolution / fps
- Camera input now using the native mediaplayer framework of Unreal Engine
- Video file can be also used for marker detection, and tracking
- The plugin uses the native android camera plugin to access camera image on Android
- Simplified workflow – turn any scene into an AR scene by changing only the game mode, and publish the same application for multiple platforms
- Simplified shadow catcher plane blueprint, just add it to your scene for high fidelity augmented shadows
- Virtual objects can cast real time shadows to the real environment
- New pawn, and player controller blueprints
- Simplified marker loading, no enumerations with marker names are required anymore
- Event based marker tracking and detection
- Cube marker support added
- IWYU support
- Runs on low end devices with no ARKit / ARCore support available
- Runs inside the editor, without the need of any handheld device
- Camera image material that adapts (scales/crops) to the size of the viewport. Any device aspect ratios can be used automatically.
- New object interaction blueprint (rotate, scale) using mouse or touch inputs
- Landscape / Portrait modes are both supported on handheld devices
Available on http://ar.uplugins.com !
In case you have purchased the previous 1.X version of the plugin within a year, you can get the new 2.0 version for free.
For who purchased the 1.X version in the past, I’ll give a 50% discount from the price of the updated new plugin.
Please send me an email with your # order id to info@uplugins.com to proceed.