Access WebcamTexture while Vuforia is running

Hello,

I would like to take a photo during Vuforia is running and tracking.

Simply using a webcamtexture is not possible, as the Unity implementation of WebCamTexture only allows one active instance.

Retrieving the instance of the WebCamTexture used by Vuforia seems to be not possible as well, as it is generated during runtime and the only way to access the reference is to search for the meshrenderer and retrieve the Texture. But I get only a grey image from this Texture (when casted to Texture2D).

What else can I try?

 

I am having this issue currently so I'm therefore gonna bump this here thread.

I'm making an AR game and would love to be able to basically make a "match the color" style minigame. I can access the color at pixel(x, y) by using the regular ol' WebCamTexture, but that disables Vuforia using it for the AR camera. I've used the script on the Vuforia Dev portal to access the info, but in the editor it only allows for access of the greyscale image. How can I get the color video stream information?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Hi @poisonnuke & @StickerMonster

Below is a link on how to get access to the camera image

https://developer.vuforia.com/forum/faq/unity-how-can-i-access-camera-image

If you need more information on the class, the information is available under link: https://library.vuforia.com/content...Device.html#a78915780527145b9ddece473debdcf98

Thank you.
Vuforia Engine Support

 

That article is 7 years old and contains namespaces that no longer exist. I am able to access the camera image in black-and-white (which is information that second link provides), but I need the color image - it will not let me access the color image in the Unity Editor. Is there a more up-to-date solution?

 

Vuforia dont leave us hanging mate...any updated solution??

 

Hi @StickerMonster & @firsttry21
Here is an updated article on the request: https://library.vuforia.com/content/vuforia-library/en/articles/Solution/Working-with-the-Camera.html#How-To-Obtain-HD-Camera-Frames

Thank you.
Vuforia Engine Support