Checking for AR availability BEFORE launching AR scene?

I am trying to build some logic to test the device after app start to decide whether to allow for AR scene or only conventional 3D scene.
I know we can use

ARSubsystemManager.systemState

to check that but this works only when AR Session component is present in the scene, which means that there needs to be an attempt to initialize AR Session.
This is pretty expensive task that I would like to avoid straight after launching the app.

Is there any way around?

 

Thanks Tim, I tried ARSubsystemManager.checkAvailability() in a coroutine but is doesn't work unless AR Session is initilized - systemState is returning "Unsupported". When checking systemState in AR-enabled scene it works ok.

I guess it is due to these lines of code inside ARSubsystemManager.checkAvailability():

Code (CSharp):

1.             if (sessionSubsystem == null)
2.             {
3.                 systemState = ARSystemState.Unsupported;
4.             }

For me this means you need to try to initialize AR Session first to check whether it will work.
Of course I am considering this for an "AR-optional" app, where depending on the device compatibility the user is given either 3D-only or 3D+AR options.

 

Ended up doing like you said, thanks!

 

Hi @Saicopate, would you be willing to share what you did to establish AR availability? Thx!

 

Sure.
I run this at the start of non-AR scene (replace Debug.Log with your own implementation).

Code (CSharp):

1.    
2. private void OnEnable()
3.     {
4.         ARSubsystemManager.CreateSubsystems();
5.         StartCoroutine(ARSubsystemManager.CheckAvailability());
6.         StartCoroutine(AllowARScene());
7.     }
8.  
9. IEnumerator AllowARScene()
10.     {
11.         while (true)
12.         {
13.             while (ARSubsystemManager.systemState == ARSystemState.CheckingAvailability ||
14.                 ARSubsystemManager.systemState == ARSystemState.None)
15.             {
16.                 Debug.Log("Waiting...");
17.                 yield return null;
18.             }
19.             if (ARSubsystemManager.systemState == ARSystemState.Unsupported)
20.             {
21.                 Debug.Log("AR unsupported");
22.                 yield break;
23.             }
24.             if (ARSubsystemManager.systemState > ARSystemState.CheckingAvailability)
25.             {
26.                 Debug.Log("AR supported");
27.                 yield break;
28.             }
29.         }      
30.     }
31.  

 

Hi
Implemented the solution above.. appears to be working thanks @Saicopate && @tdmowrer

One question.. if using this check in non AR main menu... should I use

Code (CSharp):

1. ARSubsystemManager.DestroySubsystems()

.. after I have completed the check and before I load into my AR scene? as per ARSession?

Or will these subsystems get destroyed gracefully when I unload the main menu scene and load the new AR scene?

Thanks

 

hey @tdmowrer

I have my ARCore Optional app working on devices that do not support arcore etc. And use the above logic to enable AR within my game.

How would I do same for IOS? Such that my app will be made available to all devices running target IOS ver 11... whether they support ARKit or not.. and then allow the logic above to control enabling/disabling AR within my game.

Thanks

 

I don't appear to have that option... Unity 2018.2.6 ARKit preview 17...? Was it introduced in newer version?

Any way to override in xCode? ie. make ARKit optional?

Thanks

 

How can we update this to work in Unity 2019? ARSubsystemManager and ARSystemState no longer seems to exist.

 

Hello,

I tried the "Checking for Device Support" available in the documentation of AR Foundation package. It works in case of supported devices, but in case of unsupported devices it throws below exception and the ARSession.state gets set to 'None':

E/Unity: DllNotFoundException: UnityARCore
at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.XR.ARCore.ARCoreSessionSubsystem+NativeApi.UnityARCore_session_construct(UnityEngine.XR.ARCore.ARCoreSessionSubsystem/NativeApi/CameraPermissionRequestProviderDelegate)
at UnityEngine.XR.ARCore.ARCoreSessionSubsystem+Provider..ctor (UnityEngine.XR.ARCore.ARCoreSessionSubsystem subsystem) [0x0000d] in <6d08a2168eb04129816197a2388b8f39>:0
at UnityEngine.XR.ARCore.ARCoreSessionSubsystem.CreateProvider () [0x00000] in <6d08a2168eb04129816197a2388b8f39>:0
at UnityEngine.XR.ARSubsystems.XRSessionSubsystem..ctor () [0x00006] in <9721d2a78fbe4e8db7471dffc3f5f1ba>:0
at UnityEngine.XR.ARCore.ARCoreSessionSubsystem..ctor () [0x00000] in <6d08a2168eb04129816197a2388b8f39>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.InternalInvoke(System.Reflection.MonoCMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.InternalInvoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00002] in <c044b3

I am using Unity 2019.1.11, AR Foundation 2.1.1 and I am checking it using below co routine:

Code (CSharp):

1. private IEnumerator CheckAvailability()
2. {
3.    Debug.Log("ARSession.state: " + ARSession.state);
4.    if ((ARSession.state == ARSessionState.None) ||
5.       (ARSession.state == ARSessionState.CheckingAvailability))
6.    {
7.       ShowErrorMessage("Started Checking Availability...");
8.       yield return ARSession.CheckAvailability();
9.    }
10.  
11.    Debug.Log("ARSession.state: " + ARSession.state);
12.    switch (ARSession.state)
13.    {
14.        case ARSessionState.Ready:
15.            Debug.Log("Supported and installed");
16.            LoadARCoreScene();
17.            break;
18.        case ARSessionState.NeedsInstall:
19.            Debug.Log("Supported, not installed, requesting installation");
20.            LoadARCoreScene();
21.            break;
22.        case ARSessionState.Installing:
23.            Debug.Log("Supported apk installing");
24.            LoadARCoreScene();
25.            break;
26.        default:
27.            Debug.Log("Unsupported Device Not Capable");
28.            LoadNonARCoreScene();
29.            break;
30.    }
31. }

@tdmowrer : What am I doing wrong? Please help.

 

Guys please help. Am I missing anything here?

 

hey @thesanketkale
I found signing up to ARSession.stateChanged += ARState; at start worked well for me, also running coroutine CheckARSupportedByMobile at start. hope it helps, cheers

Code (CSharp):

1. IEnumerator CheckARSupportedByMobile()
2.     {
3.         Debug.Log("State " + ARSession.state);
4.  
5.         if ((ARSession.state == ARSessionState.None || ARSession.state == ARSessionState.CheckingAvailability))
6.         {
7.             Debug.Log("Checking AR Availability on mobile device");
8.             yield return ARSession.CheckAvailability();
9.         }
10.     }
11.  
12.     public void ARState(ARSessionStateChangedEventArgs e)
13.     {
14.         switch (ARSession.state)
15.         {
16.             case ARSessionState.None:
17.             case ARSessionState.CheckingAvailability:
18.                 Debug.Log("AR Session - Looking for availability");
19.                 break;
20.             case ARSessionState.Unsupported:
21.                 Debug.Log("AR Session - not available to this mobile device");
22.                 break;
23.             case ARSessionState.NeedsInstall:
24.                 m_Session.enabled = true;
25.                 Debug.Log("AR Session - needs to be installed in mobile device ");
26.                 break;
27.             case ARSessionState.Installing:
28.                 m_Session.enabled = true;
29.                 Debug.Log("AR Session - Installing AR onto mobile device ");
30.                 break;
31.             case ARSessionState.Ready:
32.                 m_Session.enabled = true;
33.                 Debug.Log("AR Session - supported by mobile device and ready to fire up ");
34.                 break;
35.             case ARSessionState.SessionInitializing:
36.                 m_Session.enabled = true;
37.                 Debug.Log("AR session is initializing ");
38.                 break;
39.             case ARSessionState.SessionTracking:
40.                 Debug.Log("AR Session is tracking");
41.                 break;
42.             default:
43.                 Debug.Log("AR Session - no switch worked");
44.                 break;
45.         }
46.     }

 

Hi @Tarrag,

Firstly I must say, thank you for replying. Just after your response, I thought that if the same code was working for you, I must have been doing something wrong in my splash scene or player settings. That's where I figured out that I had added ARSession prefab in my splash screen scene where I was checking the ARCore availability. I had added it thinking that while using ARSession.CheckAvailability() the ARSession object might need initialization via a gameobject in the scene. But apparently I was mistaken as CheckAvailability() being a static coroutine, does not need the ARSession to be initialized. The ARSession script on the ARSession prefab in the scene was actually throwing the exception and not ARSession.CheckAvailability().

Having removed the ARSession prefab from the splash screen, the ARSession.CheckAvailability() is setting the correct ARSessionState now. Thanks again for the reply.

Regards,
Sanket.

 

I am getting unsupported when ground plane works... does this work with vuforia? I'm trying to use arfoundation just to check if the device has arcore, becuase vuforia's
VuforiaRuntimeUtilities.GetActiveFusionProvider isn't working either...
I'm desperate here...

 

ARFoundation's check for ARcore support does work. You can do as shown in previous threads and it should set the ARSession.state to a valid state after couple of seconds of start of ARSession. Just make sure to keep ARSession active and enabled in the scene when you are doing the check. Once your check is done and if you don't need it (like in your case if you are using vuforia) you can destroy the ARSession gameobject.