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With release 9.1.0, Vuforia Studio now supports Area Targets. Area Targets can be used when creating spatial instructions using the surroundings as interactive elements to be explored. For example, you can use an Area Target when you want to deliver augmentations to stationary objects in a scanned environment. You'll need to create an Area Target before you can import it into Vuforia Studio to leverage the Area Target widget. Below is an overview of the required steps to create and upload Area Targets for Vuforia Studio.
Step 1: Create a Vuforia Engine Developer Account
This account is separate from your regular PTC support account and is required to generate Area Targets.
Step 2: Download a Target Generator
Once you've created a Developer account, you'll need to download a target generator. The target generator you download will depend on the device used to scan your environment.
Vuforia Studio currently supports scans created with:
Step 3: Create an Area Target
Creating an Area Target using the Matterport Pro2 Camera:
See Retrieving Models with the Matterport™ API Token for instructions on obtaining your token ID
Full instructions for creating a scan and area target using the Matterport Pro2 Camera can be found here.
Creating an Area Target using the Vuforia Area Target Creator (requires internet connection):
Step 4: Prepare your files for Studio
NOTE: All filenames are case sensitive
Area Targets created with the Vuforia Area Target Generator:
Area Targets created with the Vuforia Area Target Creator:
Step 5: Upload your Area Target file to Vuforia Studio
See our Help Center for more information on Area Targets in Vuforia Studio.
What is the best way to occlude the scan, so that when moving around the AR objects appear as if they are behind the walls and objects that are in the scan?
@randerson-3 Occlusion is not yet supported. This will be enabled in a future release - it is currently targeted for the next Studio release (9.2.0).