Get started with Geospatial Creator in Unity 

Watch all the AR Sessions → goo.gle/IO23_ar_pin

If you have a blackscreen you need to go to Assets > Settings > URP Balanced > Inspector and add AR Background Renderer Feature

Dereck did a great job of communicating the setup for this! Although I have some suggestions for productions like these for the future: After following the tutorial, I got no camera image (black screen) but was able to see the object. I guess this has something to do with the URP setup, but it wasn't explained here. Luckily, someone in the comments mentions this, so I will attempt their suggestion. I'd also love it if there were tutorials and code labs that didn't use any Sample Scenes, but build the app from scratch. This is something I find particularly annoying when working with ARCore both in Unity and in Android (Java), the reliance on samples creates a disconnect of understanding for developers. Either offer the required things as includable libraries, so developers don't have to include sample code in their codebase, or explain the whole process from a clean project, so developers can apply their code style to it and can gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved. But using sample scenes is IMO hurting the adoption and prevents a deeper understanding for developers not familiar with AR. Sceneform used to offer this, being as simple to work with as a sample scene while keeping the more complicated, but less modified mechanisms like Shaders in library code. Also, it looks like Cesium no longer has the import that is shown at 2:58. I reimported it a few times before continuing because I thought I was doing something wrong. Corrections in the description or a pinned comment for at least some time after releasing this should be used to avoid this (or maybe the ability to modify the video, but that's on the RU-vid team ;D). Speaking of the dependencies, it would be great to have them linked directly in a dedicated section in the description and not just linking to the documentation pages, where the ARFoundation Extensions and Cesium assets are not shown in the same place and also imported via git and not tarball. Just do something like: Dependencies mentioned at 2:00: AR Foundation Extensions: [Direct link to GitHub releases] Cesium: [Direct link to GitHub releases] Or link to a dedicated documentation page for these dependencies. If I follow this tutorial, I don't want to have to read through the Getting Started Guide in the docs as well to retrieve the dependency links. Finally, since this is aimed at developers who will watch this with less priority on the "production value", I think you can omit the orbit camera, which kind of threw me off when used without the presenter looking into it. Just use one perspective with the teleprompter on it, it works for other video tutorial channels, too.

When you use AR in unity at the same time as URP and you want to "see through" you have to "Configuring the AR Camera background using a Scriptable Render Pipeline" (search in unity docs (I tried to add a link but my entire comment was deleted)). Without this you will probably see a tiger on a black background. But the build finally works for me.

Can you let me know where should we put that model should we need to put the model in the scene itself and take build?? Or should we make it as a prefab and assign somewhere,,if you know the process please let me know it would be really helpful for me.Your comments are welcomed

Cant wait to try this!

Thank you so much! :))

Thx for sharing!

Hey, i work in unity with the ARGeospatialAnchors are they more precise in cesium?

So, the latest build with Unity 2021, arcore 1.37 and Cesium 1.0 doesn't get the camera imagens in any android device.

Very good tutor and speaker!!!

If there is not a 3d map tile of a location will this still work? My town has street view on google maps but no 3d models of buildings! Maybe its possible to create a building from street view images so I can use it to create an AR game? Anyone? Cheers

@googleARVR is this possible in developer mode? also does it have to go through universal render pipeline or can i just build and run through unity (using windows). thank you

Thanks for the helpful tutorial. Question does it work with WEGEL or do you need to use Android only? Android loaded ok.

That is exactly what I was looking for!!! I love you googleeee

I got this to work and it's AMAZING.

Hello! tell me if it is possible to create mini-games in unity for Web AR so that you can interact with 3D objects, for example, clicks. Is it possible to do this?

Great information thank you. 🙏 ❤

How can I findi these files? When I look at package manager there is only ARCore XR Plugin 4.2.8 version

Thanks a lot for this video. Could you please make the same using the new version 2022.3.19f1. Some menus changed and I cannot finish well.

It is great feature. I will try it soon. Thank you Google. 🎉

Why when I open app it's still dark even I allowed my camera access already ? Is there any player setting that open back camera or it is already default ? Can anyone help me plz TT

Any updates for new version of unity since AR Origin is decapitated on Unity 2022.311f (as of now) which replaced by XR Origin.

Unfortunately, it did not work for me. I saw the map in the editor and I was able to build, but I cannot get pass the "Get Started" button from the UI. I'm using a GS 22+. I also made sure to get the long & lat correct + add all of the critical geospatial components + also made sure the project api keys were added. Can you maybe think of something I'm missing?

can i do it in 3D instead of URP? somehow my build get stuck

Awesome

Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question. How would you go about having multiple origins? I've noticed that when you set an origin location in AR Geospatial Creator Origin, it creates a map area where that origin is the center, making it difficult to work in larger map areas. How can this be resolved? Thank you.

How do I get the localtion data on the 3D world such that when I run the app, on the app screen the location or name of the nearby buildings, places are shown.

Can't believe there isn't a link in the description to download the extension. Where can I find it? Can't find on github.

Is this possible only in this specific version that you have mentioned ?

Has anyone got this to work on IOS? It is building fine in unity but when I try to run it from x-code to my device then I get a build failed with two errors "Framework not found ARCoreBase" and "Linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)" Any guidance or help would be much appreciated. Super excited to start using it!

Is there a way to do this for WebXR and WebGL?

Where to download the arcore_unity_extenaion?

This doesn't work everywhere yet, right? I got to make it work but my app tells me that I am not in a vps activated area.

Thanks for the tutorial! How can we animate a model in Geospatial Creator? I've been trying to do this by modifying its position.x in the Update() function, as is common for Unity. But when built to Android, this doesn't work..

tried to install the AR core extensions with a git URL, but it directs me to the Apple ARKit XR Plugin? seriously?

Thanks for the video. Is it possible to plant content in every alley of a town and explore it instead of just one location? Users can walk around and explore

When I build to iOS, I'm getting build failed error for Unity framework associated with ARCore components (missing _ARAnchor, _ARConfig, ArEarth, etc.) in Xcode. I've followed the directions but are there packages that I need to include in addition to what is shown in this video for iOS? It looks as though its missing some ARCore components? Any guidance is appreciated!

Where can I find the Tiger model? Would be nice to have a tiger in the neighbourhood...

Is this possible on in this specific version ?

Its funny, dudes building an Android app on a mac and omitting the differences in the ios set up. The links are wrong (tho u can find the right files by search), the tiger (and the donut, from the aero tutorial) is not linked or available it seems (tho u can find other rando unity packages at the unity asset store), the altitude is not really mentioned (probly since the project is near the coast, tho is negative, yeah?) so you may have to guess around or pull up google earth for the altitude (my assets seemed invisible but were just underground), and the ADK program doesnt seem to have an ios counterpart... which is where I'm at. The tiles are cool and its neat to see the potential... just need a little more support or more project guides... and its hard to say if the random passerby would have any idea unless u mount a QR code somehow. Tho maybe the its still in the 'video document it' stage, as opposed to the exposing strangers to AR experiences stage.

I have followed the exact steps from this tutorial, but when I was building my project, the process always stock at the "Building Scene0:Geospatial" process and no longer proceed. Is there anyone know what's the problem? Thanks a lot!

From where can I download that Tiger asset package?

I want to make a geospatial AR project in my campus but my campus have no 3D building view in google map (i live in bali, indonesia). I saw a lot of tutorial showing they have 3D building view as their target location. Is it possible to make this project if my target location have no 3D view?

No links for the assets. I suppose I could just poke around the internet and hope I get the right ones

hai I have an doubt .. I did register in google could and enable the map titles.. But the apk did not create the tiles in the unity scene ... Do I have to pay for map tiles ?

Hi, where can I download the dependences file?

Can you do a video on how to update asset(s) location in realtime?

We need a dedicated course from ARcore team. Google has all the courses but not ARCore one.

I always get the error: Assembly 'Packages/com.google.ar.core.arfoundation.extensions/Editor/ExternalDependencyManager/Editor/Google.IOSResolver.dll' will not be loaded due to errors: Unable to resolve reference 'UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions.Xcode'. Is the assembly missing or incompatible with the current platform? Reference validation can be disabled in the Plugin Inspector. Can somebody help out?

What if developers made many different objects in the same location?

I followed all the steps from the video and managed to setup up everything but when I start my app on Android phone I get a "Geospatial sample encountered an EarthState error: Error Internal" and the screen on my Android smartphone is completley black. I only see the above stated error message and "Tap on screen to create anchor" message and GEOSPATIAL POSE:not tracking in the upper left corner. Anyone have any clue how to resolve this error?

Thanks! This tutorial works well on my end

When I input my location coordinates from Google Maps onto Unity, the rendered world became flat and the camera on my Android app is just a black screen (but I can see the 3D Object I imported) Has anyone encountered this?

i anchored my models. but they spawn exactly in front of my camera not in world space and are too small

While using Tiles API, Google cloud asked me to add credit card details, how can i continue without adding credit card details?

My tiles is not 3D. only flat map. Where could be a problem?

Does this work on unreal too? If not can we expect it in the future?

Will AR be a normal part of google maps in the future?

Is google maps API is free or its chargeable?

Does anyone know if Geospatial API for unity supports WebGL builds ?

Flashback occurs after opening the generated APK program~~

I can't download cocoapod in ios

I'm a developer and have some ideas of how I would like to apply this, but I have some knowledge gaps that I need filled in. Does Google offer any type of paid 1 on 1 consultations that I could have with an expert to ask questions?

Thanks for the video! Just I met a problem, seems can't finish the Android build forever😭, it's now lasting for nearly 2 hours, but the progress bar hasn't moved any. Does anyone met this problem? My setting is just follow this video tutorial. 🙏

Unity, Unity.......Unity...oh dear! I love it to bits but constantly with myriad third parties, dependencies,updates, deprecations et al involved, a fresh out-of-the-box tutorial released at breakfast time is pretty much archaic by supper. Lets have a look at where AR Session Origin is, what they have called it and where they have moved it today? With each iteration starts another asset\object\component treasure hunt and back to the drawing board. EDIT: Got this demo to work quite well and looks good with a different model\anim but the problem is altitude as the properties here don't cut it, so I have had to code off-set the model from centre screen of my device. Which is fine for a local experience and one model. Not so clever for multi placement of different models and sizes.

What about ios AR unity?

the tiger AR geospatial creator anchor is not positioning itself to the scence

If I follow the instructions and install the app on my phone the camera doesnt work and my screen is black. Anyone has an idea?

How about ios ?

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Why is it not working in Korea?

What is the price?

the tiger now is a bit static. i prepared an animation. lets set it to always animate. aaaand its still not moving. who cares, let's wrap it up. camera goes black? I won't show how to fix that either. Just fake the half baked result. ROFL. You guys don't really care enough to have a tutorial that manages to get there and expect people to work on this?

I wonder why ARCore is not getting the hype it deserves.

You must pay for google cloud. So basically it's not free..😢