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Unity AR camera settings provider — MRTK2

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The Unity AR camera settings provider is an experimental MRTK component that enables mixed reality applications to run on Android and iOS devices.

Unity AR camera settings provider options

Unity AR camera settings configuration

For a guide on how to add the provider to your scene: How to configure MRTK for iOS and Android

Tracking settings

The Unity AR camera settings provider allows configuration options for how tracking is performed. These settings are specific to the Unity AR camera settings provider implementation.

Pose Source

The pose source defines the available types of augmented reality tracking poses. In general, these values map to a component of the device on which the application is running.

The available options are described in the following table.

Option Description
Center The center eye of a head mounted device.
Color Camera The color camera of a mobile device.
Head The head eye of a head mounted device, often slightly above the center eye.
Left Eye The left eye of a head mounted device.
Left Pose The left hand controller pose.
Right Eye The right eye of a head mounted device.
Right Pose The right hand controller pose.

The default value for pose source is Color Camera, to enable a transparent display on mobile devices, such as a phone or tablet.

Tracking Type

The tracking type defines the portion(s) of the pose that will be used for tracking.

The available options are described in the following table.

Option Description
Position The position of the device.
Rotation The rotation of the device.
Rotation And Position The position and rotation of the device.

The default value for tracking type is Rotation And Position, to enable the richest tracking experience.

Update Type

The update type defines at what points, during frame processing, the pose data will be sampled.

The available options are described in the following table.

Option Description
Before Render Just before rendering.
Update During the update phase of the frame.
Update And Before Render During the update phase and just before rendering.

The default value for tracking type is Update And Before Render, to enable the lowest tracking latency.

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