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Resolved How to correctly linearize AROcclusion environment depth texture?

Discussion in 'AR' started by Thokr, Mar 17, 2023.

  1. Thokr

    Thokr

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    I'm trying to implement this shader but instead of Z buffer I want to use AROcclusionManager environment depth texture.

    I replaced this code:

    Code (CSharp):
    1. //get depth from depth texture
    2. float depth = SAMPLE_DEPTH_TEXTURE(_CameraDepthTexture, screenPos);
    3. depth = Linear01Depth (depth) * _ProjectionParams.z;
    with this:

    Code (CSharp):
    1. // Get depth UV from the display matrix.
    2. float2 depthUv = mul(float3(uv, 1.0f), _DepthDisplayMatrix).xy;
    3. // Sample the environment depth (in meters).
    4. float depth = tex2D(_CurrentDepthTexture, depthUv).r;
    5. // Normalizing the depth
    6. depth = (depth - _MinDistance) / (_MaxDistance - _MinDistance);
    7. // Reversing the value so that brighter=closer darker=farther
    8. depth = 1.0 - depth;
    where _CurrentDepthTexture is AROcclusionManager.environmentDepthTexture, _DepthDisplayMatrix is ARCameraFrameEventArgs.displayTexture, _MinDistance and _MaxDistance are values from 0 to 32 that I can adjust with sliders at runtime.

    But it doesn't work very well, the decal appears very distorted and it doesn't stay in place.

    Is it possible at all to achieve the effect I'm looking for with the environment depth texture? If it is, what's the correct way to do so?

    Basically, I'm looking for an equivalent of Linear01Depth (I tried using it directly, but it didn't work).
     
  2. Thokr

    Thokr

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    Okay... never mind. Turns out that the values are already correctly linearized correctly out of the box. You don't need to do any conversion with something like Linear01Depth like you do with Z-buffer. I don't know why I didn't just try using it directly from the beginning.
     
    KyryloKuzyk and andyb-unity like this.