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Question face tracking using rear camera is not available?

Discussion in 'AR' started by pigeon99, Mar 7, 2021.

  1. pigeon99

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    i'm making a AR camera app(android and ios).

    when i using AR foundation with rear camera....face tracking not working...

    face tracking with rear camera is not available????
     
    pigeon99, Mar 7, 2021
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  2. TreyK-47

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    After connecting with the team, looks like this is expected behavior.

    Currently, Android does not support face tracking with rear camera at all.

    Currently, iOS does support face tracking while using the rear camera; however, the face is tracked by using the user-facing camera, not the rear-facing camera.
     
    TreyK-47, Mar 11, 2021
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  3. comescusa1234

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    Hi! Does now Face Tracking work using rear camera on Android??
     
    Last edited: Feb 5, 2023
    comescusa1234, Feb 4, 2023
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  4. davidmo_unity

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    Currently ARCore does not support face-tracking via the world facing camera.
     
    davidmo_unity, Feb 6, 2023
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  5. Mumford-and-Dragons

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    Sorry to reply to an old thread, but is there a reason for this?

    I had ARFoundation facetracking on Android (front camera) working about 2 years ago.
    I've built the exact same scene following same tutorials and the .apk just crashes upon opening.

    I know ARCore does support face tracking on android/world/front facing camera..!
     
    Mumford-and-Dragons, Feb 21, 2023
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  6. SF_FrankvHoof

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    Google (Android) doesn't support it.
    If you want to know why, ask them. It's probably because the Hardware for those camera(s) usually isn't made for it.
     
    SF_FrankvHoof, Feb 21, 2023
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  7. Mumford-and-Dragons

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    But I had this working 2 years ago as stated.
    Are you saying since 2 years has passed, ARFoundation is not supported on Android anymore?
     
    Mumford-and-Dragons, Feb 21, 2023
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  8. SF_FrankvHoof

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    On the front camera, yes. That's supported. It's not supported on the rear camera. Never has been either.
     
    SF_FrankvHoof, Feb 21, 2023
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  9. Mumford-and-Dragons

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    Ah soz, I also ment front camera.
    The .apk just crashes.
    I'll make another thread as this I presume is only asking for rear. soz!
     
    Mumford-and-Dragons, Feb 21, 2023
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  10. moyado

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    I cant believe that after all this years it doesnt work for the near camera. is there any other alternative to it?
     
    moyado, May 15, 2023
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    andyb-unity, May 18, 2023
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  12. antnasce

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    Rear facing camera face tracking (a la the Snapchat app) would be great.. Are there any Unity solutions for this?
     
    antnasce, May 24, 2023
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  13. davidmo_unity

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    Built-in solutions: No, we don't implement our own SLAM algorithm or object detection. ARFoundation is there to provide a uniform API surface for users to use a variety of different AR data providing platforms with the ARCore and ARKit packages being written by us. You may need to look into 3rd facial recognition plugins for Unity but we can't help with 3rd party plugins.
     
    davidmo_unity, May 24, 2023
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  14. makaka-org

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    OpenCV for Unity, e.g. The videos contain examples with Rear Camera and Face Tracking.
     
    makaka-org, Jun 8, 2023
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