Configuring AR Foundation 3.0.0-preview to work with LWRP or URP

THX TODDS

 

Thanks!

 

Amazing. Thanks, I look forward to testing this

 

Anyone got it to work with 2019.3.0b1 + AR Foundation 3.0? I'm getting blue screen.

EDIT: OK. I got it to work on a fresh project. However I have a problem converting from a existing one. Any tips to look for?

 

Ok I got it to work. The problem was that the Canvas was displayed in "Screen Space - Camera" mode with a separate camera. After switching to "Overlay" all is fine.
Would be nice of you guys to place a simple warning on this post that it does not work when there is a second camera e.g. for canvas rendering. This would spare me and future users a few hours of battling as it doesn't throw any warnings nor errors.

On a side - LWRP is great (thanks for finally integrating it with ARF), but still we should have an option for a separate canvas camera to e.g. to render 3D objects.

 

While easy to set up, a little frustrating we have to do this and doesn't work for our LWRP use case. We are using a custom SRP in the project folder (it's a very slight modification of the LWRP), so even though the fix should still be relevant to our SRP, its not working since it is looking for shaders hardcoded to a path in the package manager


Trying to figure out the least hackiest work around, but any suggestions from the LWRP or ARFoundation devs would help

 

Just updated to this, I seem to be coming across a gamma issue. My project is linear but my camera feed is definitely having gamma applied to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated - I'm a colossal noob at all of this stuff

 

Click the "custom background" checkbox on the AR component.
Add a material that has this linear shader:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/linear-color-space-for-camera-background.537262/#post-4136656

Camera will be crisp again

 

I do not get the option to add "AR Background Renderer Feature" to the Renderer Features of my ForwardRenderer. The Project was created with LWRP and the ARFoundation Package ist installed.

Any idea how I can fix that?

 

Just found it. The project still loaded v2 instead of v3-preview.

 

Bloody legend, thank you very much!

 

Hi. When creating a build for Android (ARCore), the camera background is always black. I managed to solve this problem by replacing the shader.

Code (CSharp):

1. Shader "ALEXWICK/ARCore/ARBackground(Linear)"
2. {
3.     Properties {
4.         _MainTex ("Texture", 2D) = "white" {}
5.         _UvTopLeftRight ("UV of top corners", Vector) = (0, 1, 1, 1)
6.         _UvBottomLeftRight ("UV of bottom corners", Vector) = (0 , 0, 1, 0)
7.     }
8.  
9.     // For GLES3
10.     SubShader
11.     {
12.         Pass
13.         {
14.             ZWrite Off
15.  
16.             GLSLPROGRAM
17.  
18.             #pragma only_renderers gles3
19.  
20.             #ifdef SHADER_API_GLES3
21.             #extension GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 : require
22.             #endif
23.  
24.             uniform vec4 _UvTopLeftRight;
25.             uniform vec4 _UvBottomLeftRight;
26.  
27.             #ifdef VERTEX
28.  
29.             varying vec2 textureCoord;
30.  
31.             void main()
32.             {
33.                 #ifdef SHADER_API_GLES3
34.                 vec2 uvTop = mix(_UvTopLeftRight.zy, _UvTopLeftRight.xw, gl_MultiTexCoord0.y);
35.                 vec2 uvBottom = mix(_UvBottomLeftRight.zy, _UvBottomLeftRight.xw, gl_MultiTexCoord0.y);
36.                 textureCoord = mix(uvTop, uvBottom, gl_MultiTexCoord0.x);
37.  
38.                 gl_Position = gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex;
39.                 #endif
40.             }
41.  
42.             #endif
43.  
44.             #ifdef FRAGMENT
45.             varying vec2 textureCoord;
46.             uniform samplerExternalOES _MainTex;
47.  
48.             void main()
49.             {
50.                 #ifdef SHADER_API_GLES3
51.                 gl_FragColor = texture(_MainTex, textureCoord);
52.                 //gamma to linear conversion
53.         gl_FragColor.rgb = pow(gl_FragColor.rgb, vec3(2.2));
54.                 #endif
55.             }
56.  
57.             #endif
58.  
59.             ENDGLSL
60.         }
61.     }
62.  
63.   Subshader
64.   {
65.     Pass
66.     {
67.       ZWrite Off
68.  
69.       CGPROGRAM
70.  
71.       #pragma exclude_renderers gles3
72.       #pragma vertex vert
73.       #pragma fragment frag
74.  
75.       #include "UnityCG.cginc"
76.  
77.       uniform float4 _UvTopLeftRight;
78.       uniform float4 _UvBottomLeftRight;
79.  
80.       struct appdata
81.       {
82.         float4 vertex : POSITION;
83.         float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
84.       };
85.  
86.       struct v2f
87.       {
88.         float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
89.         float4 vertex : SV_POSITION;
90.       };
91.  
92.       v2f vert(appdata v)
93.       {
94.         float2 uvTop = lerp(_UvTopLeftRight.zy, _UvTopLeftRight.xw, v.uv.y);
95.         float2 uvBottom = lerp(_UvBottomLeftRight.zy, _UvBottomLeftRight.xw, v.uv.y);
96.  
97.         v2f o;
98.         o.vertex = UnityObjectToClipPos(v.vertex);
99.         o.uv = lerp(uvTop, uvBottom, v.uv.x);
100.  
101.         // Instant preview's texture is transformed differently.
102.         o.uv = o.uv.yx;
103.         //o.uv.x = 1.0 - o.uv.x;
104.         //o.uv.y = 1.0 - o.uv.y;
105.         return o;
106.       }
107.  
108.       sampler2D _MainTex;
109.  
110.       fixed4 frag(v2f i) : SV_Target
111.       {
112.            return tex2D(_MainTex, i.uv);
113.       }
114.       ENDCG
115.     }
116.   }
117.  
118.   FallBack Off
119. }

 

Does ARFoundation support having no graphics pipeline set? The ARFoundation sample project did not have any render pipeline assigned. I'm getting a bunch of shader errors, and I'm getting a pink screen on my iPad. Please help.

 

2019.2.7f2

3.0.0 Preview 3

3.0.0 Preview 3

Version 11.0 (11A420a)

13.1 (17A844)

A2152

 

Ok, I didn't touch it or any settings. The only modification I made to the project was I enabled the HumanBodyTracking3D scene. I assumed I had to turn at least 1 scene on.

Ok, I did exactly that, and it crashes immediately. Please see attached screenshot of Xcode for more details.

 

on macOS Mojave 10.14.6 I always get this error:

Library/PackageCache/com.unity.xr.arsubsystems@3.0.0-preview.3/Runtime/XRSubsytstem.cs(50,40): error CS0115: 'XRSubsystem<TSubsystemDescriptor>.OnDestroy()': no suitable method found to override

and I dont have a clue how to fix it.

 

Look what I´ve done here:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/arfoundation-v3-0.736148/page-2#post-5028170

just change

#if UNITY_2019_3_OR_NEWER
protected sealed override void OnDestroy()
#else
public sealed override void Destroy()
#endif

to

#if UNITY_2019_3_OR_NEWER
public sealed override void Destroy()
#else
public sealed override void Destroy()
#endif

 

Revert ARF and ARKit to preview 1. You are set to preview 3 at the moment.

Remove subsystem package.

This worked for me

 

Do you mean just 2019 or all of my Unity installs?

 

Hi all

For some reason SimpleAR demo scene place object on mapped plane after upgrading to LWRP. Any ideas how to resolve?

Using 2019.2.5f1, ran SimpleAR from Samples pack (https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/arfoundation-samples) built and worked, could see Cube. Then upgraded to LWRP following steps above. Get plane tracking (though shader stops working) and tap to place doesn't reveal any object. What am i missing? Or is this a bug?

Am tapping on the generated planes but no instantiation (even though exact same code as before upgraded to LWRP:

Goal is am trying to get ARfoundation 3 + LWRP + occlusion shader working so i can get stuff falling through floor (https://forum.unity.com/threads/ar-foundation-occlusion-object-or-shader.594394/)

Thanks!

 

Look if you have the Tracked Pose Driver on the AR Camera, if not, install the XR Legacy Input Helpers Package and add this component to the camera.

 

Thanks
It's already on there and 'XR Legacy Input Helpers' is already in the project also..

Super weird that it doesn't just work :/
Any other ideas?

 

https://github.com/DanMillerDev/ARFoundation_PostProcessing
Try this project from the XR Evangelist Dan Miller and just use it at a base and upgrade it to LWRP or URP. You even can update to preview 3 when you are on 2019.3. It worked for me, so yeah try it. You even get like a real nice example on how to use PostFX with AR Foundation on top.

 

Anyone managed to get shadows on the plane working?

 

Have a look at this post.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/lwrp-shadows.652024/
or when you are really impatient
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/...5bf3a1c31bd5e8e0160fa13b26a9a1/arproxy.shader

I modified this shader to work with URP

Code (CSharp):

1. Shader "Augmented Reality/Proxy"
2. {
3.     Properties
4.     {
5.     }
6.  
7.     SubShader
8.     {
9.         Tags
10.         {
11.             "RenderType" = "Transparent"
12.             "RenderPipeline" = "UniversalPipeline"
13.             "IgnoreProjector" = "True"
14.         }
15.         LOD 300
16.  
17.         Pass
18.         {
19.             Name "AR Proxy"
20.             Tags
21.             {
22.                 "LightMode" = "UniversalForward"
23.             }
24.  
25.             Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha
26.             ZWrite On
27.             Cull Off
28.  
29.             HLSLPROGRAM
30.             #pragma prefer_hlslcc gles
31.             #pragma exclude_renderers d3d11_9x
32.             #pragma target 2.0
33.  
34.             // -------------------------------------
35.             // Material Keywords
36.             #pragma shader_feature _ALPHATEST_ON
37.             #pragma shader_feature _ALPHAPREMULTIPLY_ON
38.  
39.             // -------------------------------------
40.             // Lightweight Pipeline keywords
41.             #pragma multi_compile _ _MAIN_LIGHT_SHADOWS
42.             #pragma multi_compile _ _MAIN_LIGHT_SHADOWS_CASCADE
43.             #pragma multi_compile _ _ADDITIONAL_LIGHTS_VERTEX _ADDITIONAL_LIGHTS
44.             #pragma multi_compile _ _ADDITIONAL_LIGHT_SHADOWS
45.             #pragma multi_compile _ _SHADOWS_SOFT
46.  
47.             // -------------------------------------
48.             // Unity defined keywords
49.             #pragma multi_compile _ DIRLIGHTMAP_COMBINED
50.             #pragma multi_compile _ LIGHTMAP_ON
51.  
52.             //--------------------------------------
53.             // GPU Instancing
54.             #pragma multi_compile_instancing
55.  
56.             #pragma vertex HiddenVertex
57.             #pragma fragment HiddenFragment
58.  
59.             #include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Core.hlsl"
60.             #include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/Lighting.hlsl"
61.  
62.             struct Attributes
63.             {
64.                 UNITY_VERTEX_INPUT_INSTANCE_ID
65.                 float4 positionOS   : POSITION;
66.             };
67.  
68.             struct Varyings
69.             {
70.                 float4 positionCS   : SV_POSITION;
71.                 float4 shadowCoord  : TEXCOORD0;
72.             };
73.  
74.             Varyings HiddenVertex(Attributes input)
75.             {
76.                 Varyings output = (Varyings)0;
77.  
78.                 UNITY_SETUP_INSTANCE_ID(input);
79.                 UNITY_INITIALIZE_VERTEX_OUTPUT_STEREO(output);
80.  
81.                 VertexPositionInputs vertexInput = GetVertexPositionInputs(input.positionOS.xyz);
82.  
83.                 output.shadowCoord = GetShadowCoord(vertexInput);
84.                 output.positionCS = vertexInput.positionCS;
85.  
86.                 return output;
87.             }
88.  
89.             half4 HiddenFragment(Varyings input) : SV_Target
90.             {
91.                 UNITY_SETUP_STEREO_EYE_INDEX_POST_VERTEX(input);
92.  
93.                 half s = MainLightRealtimeShadow(input.shadowCoord);
94.  
95.                 return half4(0, 0, 0, 1 - s);
96.             }
97.             ENDHLSL
98.         }
99.  
100.         UsePass "Universal Render Pipeline/Lit/DepthOnly"
101.     }
102.  
103.     FallBack "Hidden/InternalErrorShader"
104. }
105.  

 

Thanks for this, works straight out of the box with:

Unity 2019.2.10f1
ARFoundation 3.0.0 - preview.4
LWRP 6.9.0

I gotta note that the latest LWRP version available in the package manager was 6.9.2, but was getting a black camera background with that one (Not strictly a ARFoundation issue, Vuforia was giving me the same behaviour) so I had to revert.

 

I just updated to LWRP on a new project but for reason ImageTracking doesn't seem to be working anymore. Anyone has a suggestion??

 

ARFoundation 3.0.0 - preview.3 and up only works with 2019.3 see this:

 

Don't know what to tell you, I'm using 2019.2 and works just fine. I'm only using older AR features such as plane and image tracking so far, maybe that's why.

 

I'm lost!

Unity 2019.3.0b9
AR Foundation preview 4 - 3.0.0.0
ARCore XR Plugin preview 4 - 3.0.0.0
ARKIT XR Plugin preview 4 - 3.0.0.0
URP 7.1.2

From the 1st post in this thread, 1 to 3 works great, but then I get to step number 4:
I create the pipeline asset and call it "ARFoundationPipelineAsset"
Then it automatically also creates "ARFoundationPipelineAsset_Renderer" , errrrrrr ok?!?

I go to step 5, select my "ARFoundationPipelineAsset", but then how do I add the Forward Renderer?
There is already a "ARFoundationPipelineAsset_Renderer (ForwardRendererData)" added in here by itself.....

So now while in the steps it only said to create 2 things in the render folder (which I did) I have that extra renderer.

I'm confused if I need it, delete it, use it or what I'm suppose to do with it?

In my render folder I now have:
ARFoundationForwardRenderer
ARFoundationPipelineAsset
ARFoundationPipelineAsset_Renderer (this is the one that was automatically created)

 

Create the RenderPipelineAsset, create a ForwardRendererAsset to it or use the automatically generated one and add it to the PipelineAsset, selected your ForwardRenderer in the PipelineAsset and add the ARBackground to the ForwardRenderer. You can decide to ignore the automatically generated one or use it. URP needs a ForwardRendererAsset anyways, so Unity decided to just produce it automatically when you're creating a PipelineAsset

 

Thanks, I'll give that a try
Of course, it would be so much easier if anything automtic happens anyway, that all this can just be setup by itself when you add AR Foundation as a package
It can detect if you're using URP, LWRP or just plain old SR and automatically do the settings for you

 

This would be dumb, not every AR App is just an AR App. Imagine you have a Non AR mode and an AR mode and even in the Non AR mode the AR Background path needs to be stored. This is a waste of compute.
In this case it is a better approach to change out the Renderer on Demand with
"GraphicsSettings.renderPipelineAsset = YourPipelineAsset;"

Sometimes there is a reason why not everything is set up automatically

 

at least a prompt then asking you to set it or not.....
every few seconds help in the bigger scheme of things

 

So, attempting to utilize ARFoundation 3.0.0 preview 6 + Unity 2019.3.0b12 + URP 7.1.5 + ARKit 3.0.0 preview 4 seems to result in the camera background not appearing. It's just black. This is on a fresh project. Note that I did follow the instructions for configuring the AR camera background with SRP as noted in the documentation.

Interestingly enough, setting a custom material with the appropriate shader does show that it's working, however the background is still solid black.

 

Thanks for the link.
Quick question though @todds_unity
The link says to switch the GRAPHICS settings to the newly created ARFoundationPipelineAsset

....do we also change the QUALITY settings to same ARFoundationPipelineAsset, or do we leave the Quality one on the existing UniversalRP - High Quality that is already assigned to it?

 

on a new project on the cam, instead of the old Track Pose Driver, there is now something just called AR Pose Driver. I'm assuming this replaces the old one

...also, with 2019.3.0b12 and URP 7.1.5, I'm getting a black camera feed when building to android. Appreciate any tips to fix this!!!

 

I'm getting the black background too (LWRP). I can get it to work using custom material but I think using it that way makes the human occlusion feature not work at all.

 

Hi, the ARBackgroundRendererFeature doesn't displays for me

Using 2019.3.0, URP 7.1.6, AR Foundation 2.1.4

 

You probably didn't install the ARFoundation and ARKitXR/ARCoreXR plugin from the Package Manager. If you do so it should show up.

Cheers, Dinesh

 

I installed all the necessary stuff



UPDATE: I installed the AR Foundation from Github and now it appears

 

Hi! How can I use PostProcessData with SRP? In the editor, a glow works for me, but on ios there is no glow ...

 

Yes I would like to know also. ARFoundation apparently uses its own post processing and you shouldnt use the postprocessstack2 with it....

But I havent been able to find its own post processing....

 

Everything works, just daw hdr did not stand)
Look here:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@7.1/manual/Volumes.html