Camera

This page is a supplement to the AR Foundation Camera manual. The following sections only contain information about APIs where ARCore exhibits unique platform-specific behavior.

Tip

When developing an AR app, refer to both the AR Foundation documentation as well as the required packages for each platform you support.

Optional feature support

ARCore implements the following optional features of AR Foundation's XRCameraSubsystem:

Feature	Descriptor Property	Supported
Brightness	supportsAverageBrightness	Yes
Color temperature	supportsAverageColorTemperature
Color correction	supportsColorCorrection	Yes
Display matrix	supportsDisplayMatrix	Yes
Projection matrix	supportsProjectionMatrix	Yes
Timestamp	supportsTimestamp	Yes
Camera configuration	supportsCameraConfigurations	Yes
Camera image	supportsCameraImage	Yes
Average intensity in lumens	supportsAverageIntensityInLumens
Focus modes	supportsFocusModes	Yes
Face tracking ambient intensity light estimation	supportsFaceTrackingAmbientIntensityLightEstimation	Yes
Face tracking HDR light estimation	supportsFaceTrackingHDRLightEstimation
World tracking ambient intensity light estimation	supportsWorldTrackingAmbientIntensityLightEstimation	Yes
World tracking HDR light estimation	supportsWorldTrackingHDRLightEstimation	Yes
Camera grain	supportsCameraGrain
Image stabilization	supportsImageStabilization
Exif data	supportsExifData	Yes
Camera torch mode	supportsCameraTorchMode	Yes

Note

Refer to AR Foundation Camera platform support for more information on the optional features of the camera subsystem.

Camera configuration

XRCameraConfiguration contains an IntPtr field nativeConfigurationHandle, which is a platform-specific handle. For ARCore, this handle is the pointer to the ArCameraConfiguration. The native object is managed by Unity. Do not manually destroy it.

EXIF data

This package implements AR Foundation's EXIF data API using ARCore's ArImageMetadata. Refer to the following table to understand which tags ARCore supports:

EXIF tag	Supported
ApertureValue	Yes
BrightnessValue
ColorSpace
ExposureBiasValue
ExposureTime	Yes
FNumber	Yes
Flash	Yes
FocalLength	Yes
PhotographicSensitivity	Yes
MeteringMode
ShutterSpeedValue	Yes

Note

EXIF data is based on physical camera specifications and real-world capture conditions. You can check from a real physical camera for realistic EXIF information.