Changelog

All notable changes to this package will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[6.1.1] - 2025-05-27

Added

  • Added support for soft occlusion when depth data is provided in a linear format.

Fixed

  • Fixed the Cinfo.GetHashCode method in XRAnchorSubsystemDescriptor so that it correctly includes all values of the struct in the hash calculation.
  • Fixed the Cinfo.Equals method in XRAnchorSubsystemDescriptor so that it correctly checks all values of the struct for equality.
  • Fixed SoftOcclusionPreprocessing.shader so that it no longer logs a warning when included in an Android build.
  • Fixed SimulationImageTrackingSubsystem behavior to not throw an exception when stopping and restarting the subsystem through the enabling and disabling of the ARTrackedImageManager (ARFB-554).
  • Fixed texture management so that if you disable the AR Occlusion Manager component while your app is running on a Meta Quest device, this no longer causes your app to unexpectedly quit when you later deinitialize the XR Loader. This bug fix requires that you upgrade your OpenXR Plug-in version to 1.15.0-pre.1 or newer.
  • Fixed the XR Simulation native plugins so that they no longer throw DllNotFoundException on Windows ARM64 systems.

[6.1.0] - 2025-02-19

Added

Changed

  • Changed the behavior of XRAnchorSubsystem so that if you call GetChanges while the subsystem is stopped, it will no longer throw an InvalidOperationException. It is valid to call GetChanges while the subsystem is stopped to retrieve information about anchors that were in the middle of an asynchronous operation at the moment when the subsystem was stopped.
  • Changed the following subsytems so that they validate correct life cycle behavior of trackables when your app is built as a Development Build or run in the Editor: XREnvironmentProbeSubsystem, XRHumanBodySubsystem, XRPointCloudSubsystem, XRRaycastSubsystem. All other tracking subsystems already perform validation in this way, so this change makes them all consistent.

Removed

  • Removed the pre-release API ARShaderOcclusion.environmentDepthNearFarPlanePropertyId and replaced it with ARShaderOcclusion.ndcLinearConversionParametersPropertyId.

Fixed

  • Fixed XRFaceSubsystem so that it no longer creates duplicate profiler markers for its GetChanges implementation.
  • Fixed the AR Environment Probe Manager component so that it can no longer throw an InvalidOperationException when you unload a scene containing one or more environment probes. (ARFB-521)
  • Fixed the ARAnchor component so that if it fails to add itself as an anchor with the anchor subsystem, the component disables itself instead of deactivating its GameObject.

[6.1.0-pre.5] - 2025-01-27

Fixed

  • Fixed the SimulationEnvironmentProbeSubsystem so that automatic placement of environment probes can be enabled or disabled, as is possible on other AR platforms.
  • Fixed the AR Environment Probe Manager component so that it can no longer throw an ArgumentNullException when you unload a scene containing one or more environment probes.

[6.1.0-pre.4] - 2024-12-26

Added

  • Added camera torch mode support to XR Simulation.
  • Added APIs for batch save, load, and erase of persistent anchors. Refer to Persistent anchors for more information.
  • Added XROcclusionSubsystem.TryGetSwapchainTextureDescriptors, which allows AR Foundation to make optimizations for occlusion providers that store textures in fixed-length swapchains.
  • Added overrides for object.ToString to the following types for an improved debugging experience:
  • Added a constructor to XRTextureDescriptor that allows you to create an instance with only the property name ID field set.
  • Added a new struct XRShaderKeywords to replace the ShaderKeywords struct. ShaderKeywords was introduced to make shader keywords read-only, but its collection enumerators perform boxing operations. XRShaderKeywords does not allocate memory on the heap when enumerated.
    • Added support for the XRShaderKeywords struct to the XR Simulation camera and occlusion providers.
  • Added a new value to XRResultStatus: ProviderNotStarted.
  • Added a new enum AROcclusionShaderMode and property ARShaderOcclusion.occlusionShaderMode to enable or disable hard occlusion.
  • Added the following properties to the AR Shader Occlusion component:
    • hardOcclusionShaderKeyword
    • environmentDepthProjectionMatricesPropertyId
    • environmentDepthNearFarPlanesPropertyId
  • Added two new values to the XRTextureType enum: ColorRenderTextureRef and DepthRenderTextureRef, and updated the IsRenderTexture extension method to include these types.

Changed

  • Changed the AR Occlusion Manager component to add [RequireComponent(typeof(Camera))]. Previously, it was logically required that this component was on the same GameObject as your XR Origin's Camera, but this wasn't as clearly enforced.
  • Changed the timing of AROcclusionManager.frameReceived so that this event is now invoked during Application.onBeforeRender instead of MonoBehaviour.Update. This change is required for compatibility with head-mounted-display (HMD) providers, and may result in improved precision of occlusion frames.
  • Changed the AR Shader Occlusion component to construct view-projection matrices using poses reported by AROcclusionFrameEventArgs instead of getting the XR camera's WorldToCameraMatrix.
  • Changed the default implementation of the pre-release API XROcclusionSubsystem.TryGetFrame to return true. As an additive API in AR Foundation 6.1, this method must succeed for providers that don't override it.
  • Renamed the pre-release type ARGpuTexture to ARExternalTexture, and added support for the IEquatable<ARExternalTexture> interface.
  • Changed the XR Simulation Environments version imported by the XR Environment Overlay from 2.0.1 to 2.1.1
  • Changed the dependency version of XR Core Utilities from 2.4.0 to 2.5.1.

Deprecated

  • Deprecated and replaced the following APIs:
    • ShaderKeywords to XRShaderKeywords
    • XRCameraSubsystem.GetShaderKeywords to XRCameraSubsystem.GetShaderKeywords2
    • XRCameraSubsystem.Provider.GetShaderKeywords to XRCameraSubsystem.Provider.GetShaderKeywords2
    • XROcclusionSubsystem.GetShaderKeywords to XROcclusionSubsystem.GetShaderKeywords2
    • XROcclusionSubsystem.Provider.GetShaderKeywords to XROcclusinSubsystem.Provider.GetShaderKeywords2
    • ARCameraFrameEventArgs.disabledShaderKeywords to ARCameraFrameEventArgs.shaderKeywords
    • ARCameraFrameEventArgs.enabledShaderKeywords to ARCameraFrameEventArgs.shaderKeywords
    • AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.disabledShaderKeywords to AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.shaderKeywords
    • AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.enabledShaderKeywords to AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.shaderKeywords

Removed

  • Removed the pre-release APIs AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.depthViewProjectionMatricesPropertyId and XROcclusionSubsystem.depthViewProjectionMatricesId. The AR Shader Occlusion component now owns this property ID and does not allow providers to override it.

Fixed

  • Fixed the AR Occlusion Manager component so that it correctly allows the textureType property of occlusion textures to be XRTextureType.None without making debug assertions. This is the expected texture type for the initial frames before occlusion data is available on some providers.
  • Fixed the AR Occlusion Manager component so that it does not invoke the frameReceived event if it has not yet created texture resources necessary to use the occlusion data for the frame.
  • Fixed the AR Occlusion Manager component so that it does not invoke a frameReceived event with default data in its OnDisable implementation.
  • Fixed the AR Occlusion Manager component so that it can re-use RenderTextures for providers that use fixed-length swapchains instead of attempting to create new RenderTextures every frame.
  • Fixed the AR Shader Occlusion component so that it correctly calculates view-projection matrices when the far clip plane is at an infinite distance.

[6.1.0-pre.3] - 2024-11-14

Added

  • Added StatusCode.ProviderUninitialized as an error code to represent an uninitialized state. Methods that return XRResultStatus can use this more specific error code instead of StatusCode.UnknownError when the provider is uninitialized.
  • Added SupportedUtils for easier conversion between the types Supported and bool.
  • Added an API that allows you to turn on the device's camera torch (flash). Refer to Camera torch mode (flash) for more information
  • Added support for stereo occlusion, enabling HMD providers to implement the XR occlusion subsystem:

Changed

  • Changed the type of XRResultStatus from struct to readonly struct.
  • Changed the Simulation Environment to be visibile in the scene hierarchy.

Deprecated

  • Deprecated and replaced the following APIs:
    • XRTextureDescriptor.dimension to XRTextureDescriptor.textureType
    • XRTextureDescriptor constructor with dimension parameter to XRTextureType parameter.
    • AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.propertyNameIds to AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.gpuTextures.
    • AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.textures to AROcclusionFrameEventArgs.gpuTextures.
    • AROcclusionManager.environmentDepthConfidenceTexture to AROcclusionManager.TryGetEnvironmentDepthConfidenceTexture.
    • AROcclusionManager.environmentDepthTexture to AROcclusionManager.TryGetEnvironmentDepthTexture.

Fixed

  • Fixed XR Simulation occlusion on Apple silicon Macs so that occlusion now renders correctly regardless of whether URP Render Graph is enabled or disabled. (The previous fix for this issue in 6.1.0-pre.1 was later determined to be insufficient.)
  • Fixed the XR Simulation point clouds implementation so that it no longer logs an error when the AR Point Cloud Manager component is disabled and then re-enabled. (ARFB-487)

[6.1.0-pre.2] - 2024-10-09

Added

  • Added enum ARDebugMenu.DebugMenuRenderMode and property ARDebugMenu.debugMenuMode that allows you to specify the render mode of the menu's canvas.

[6.1.0-pre.1] - 2024-08-24

Added

  • Added an XR/AR Foundation section to the Component menu to make it easier to add AR Foundation components to a GameObject.
  • Added a project validation rule to validate Script Compilation During Play setting for XR simulation.
  • Added support for simulated bounding box detection to XR Environment via the SimulatedBoundingBox component.
  • Added three new APIs to the XRSessionSubsystem and provider class which can be extended by AR session providers to handle Universal Render Pipeline rendering events signaled by the ARCommandBufferSupportRendererFeature when it is included in the renderer features list for the Universal Renderer asset.
  • Added a new ARCommandBufferSupportRendererFeature which calls the newly exposed XRSessionSubsystem APIs for integration into Universal Render Pipeline command buffer execution.
  • Changed documentation for Universal Render Pipeline setup to indicate that the ARCommandBufferSupportRendererFeature is required when using the Vulkan Graphics API.
  • Added support for EXIF data in SimulationCameraSubsystem via the SimulatedExifData component.

Changed

  • Updated documentation to reflect that the Apple visionOS XR Plug-in now supports AR Foundation 6.
  • Changed: Removed a 1mm depth offset from DepthCopy.shader. To avoid z-fighting issues with other shaders, use the Offset command instead.
  • Changed BoundingBoxClassifications to add additional labels provided by Apple RoomPlan.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where the Build AssetBundles window (Assets > AR Foundation > Build AssetBundles) threw a NullReferenceException if no AssetBundles were built.
  • Fixed XR Simulation components so they now behave correctly if you disable the Reload Domain option in Configurable Enter Play Mode settings.
  • Fixed the native XR Simulation Input provider so that it now explicitly sets Device mode as its only supported Tracking Origin Mode. The XR Origin component will always use Device mode as its Tracking Origin Mode and apply the XROrigin.CameraYOffset value.
  • Fixed the SimulationSessionSubsystem so it doesn't log an error if you call ARSession.Reset before the session is initialized.
  • Fixed the SimulationRaycastSubsystem to correctly state via XRRaycastSubsystemDescriptor.supportedTrackableTypes that casting rays against planes is supported in XR Simulation.
  • Fixed SimulatedAnchor and SimulatedLight so it is no longer possible for these components to log a non-deterministic error when you unload an XR Simulation environment.
  • Fixed XR Simulation occlusion on Apple silicon Macs so that occlusion now renders correctly regardless of whether URP Render Graph is enabled or disabled.

[6.0.1] - 2024-04-01

Added

Changed

  • Changed documentation to indicate that Meshing is now a supported feature in the Unity OpenXR: Meta provider plug-in.
  • Changed the behavior of ARMeshManager to recalculate normals on a mesh if normals were requested and the provider did not calculate them.
  • Changed the minimum Unity version from 2023.3 to 6000.0, reflecting the new version number of Unity 6. Refer to the official Unity 6 New Naming Convention announcement for more information.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue ARFB-421 which caused ARMeshManager to crash the Editor in XR Simulation when its Normals property was not enabled.
  • Fixed issue ARFB-380 where UI toolkit elements disappeared after one frame when running an XR scene with a user-facing camera on Android devices.
  • Fixed an issue where disabling the AROcclusionManager component in XR Simulation would not stop the simulation background shader from sampling the depth texture.
  • Fixed an issue where XR Simulation camera pose data could leak between multiple AR sessions.
  • Corrected a previous fix for an issue where the tvOS build target would have compile errors in Simulation.InputLayoutLoader.
  • Fixed an issue where XR Simulation's CameraTextureProvider component could throw a MissingReferenceException when an AR scene is unloaded.

[6.0.0-pre.8] - 2024-03-19

Changed

  • Rebuilt simulation plugin for linux on Ubuntu 20.04 (glibc-2.31).

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where the AR Debug Menu script would not spawn a Point Cloud prefab.

[6.0.0-pre.7] - 2024-03-11

Added

  • Added an API for provider plug-ins to implement the detection and tracking of 3D bounding boxes. Refer to Bounding box detection for more information.
  • Added support for the Universal Render Pipeline Render Graph introduced in URP 17.

Changed

  • Changed XRResultStatus to more easily allow for a wide range of platforms to use the type:
    • Renamed the value property to nativeStatusCode.
    • Added a cross-platform statusCode property and corresponding constructors.
    • Removed the implicit conversion operators between int and XRResultStatus. Use a constructor instead.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where destroying and recreating the SimulationSessionSubsystem could result in the creation of a SimulationMeshSubsystem instance, even if the XRLoader did not initially create it.
  • Fixed an issue where the tvOS build target would have compile errors in Simulation.InputLayoutLoader.

[6.0.0-pre.6] - 2024-02-08

Added

  • Added XRResultStatus, a new way for AR Foundation to provide status information for completed operations. Provider plug-ins can add extension methods to this type to give users access to platform-specific error codes and success codes.

Changed

  • Changed SimulationPlaneSubsystem to respect the currently set PlaneDetectionMode, detecting updates only from planes that match the current mode.
  • Upgraded com.unity.xr.core-utils dependency version from 2.2.3 to 2.3.0.
  • Changed ARTrackablesChangedEventArgs<TTrackable>:
    • added, updated, and removed now return ReadOnlyList instead of IReadOnlyCollection, removing an unnecessary heap allocation when each collection is enumerated.
    • removed now uses KeyValuePair<TrackableId, TTrackable> instead of TTrackable, allowing ARTrackableManager to send notifications of removed trackables even if you already destroyed them (for example, by destroying an ARAnchor).
  • Changed Result<T>:
    • Removed bool TryGetResult(out T) and the constructor that took (bool, T) as parameters.
    • Added status, value, and a constructor that takes (XRResultStatus, T) as parameters.
  • Updated Universal Render Pipeline documentation to reflect recent changes to URP concepts and setup.
  • Changed minimum Unity Editor version to 2023.3.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where calling ARSession.Reset could cause XR Simulation plane detection to fail to discover planes for a period of time before resuming.
  • Fixed an issue where the SimulationEnvironmentProbeSubsystem could destroy environment probe GameObjects when they were removed, even if their Destroy on Removal property was set to false.
  • Fixed an issue where EditorAnalytics would throw obsolete warnings during project import in Unity 2023.2 or newer.
  • Fixed an issue in XR Simulation where a command buffer for the Built-in Render Pipeline was added to a camera even when URP was active.

[6.0.0-pre.5] - 2023-12-14

Added

  • Added new API to make it possible for XR Simulation to identify images even if Keep Texture at Runtime is disabled in the reference image library:
  • Added an editor window in Assets > AR Foundation > Build AssetBundles that you can use to build AssetBundles containing XRReferenceImageLibrary objects.
  • Added new versions of these Visual Scripting nodes, based on the new ARTrackableManager.trackablesChanged event:
    • OnAnchorsChanged
    • OnEnvironmentProbesChanged
    • OnFacesChanged
    • OnHumanBodiesChanged
    • OnParticipantsChanged
    • OnPlanesChanged
    • OnPointCloudsChanged
    • OnTrackedImagesChanged
    • OnTrackedObjectsChanged
  • Added new API ARPlaneMeshGenerator.TryGenerateMesh to support generating meshes of simple polygons, i.e. concave and convex polygons.
  • Added documentation:
  • Added SimulatedTrackedImage as a public class. This class has been present since AR Foundation 5.0, but previously was not public.
  • Added settings in the XR Simulation Preferences window for configuring navigation InputActions and navigation speed.
  • Added NotAxisAligned PlaneDetectionMode.

Changed

  • Changed the Use reference image libraries with AssetBundles section of the Image tracking documentation to mention that ARBuildProcessor.PreprocessBuild must be called before building AssetBundles.
  • Changed the location of the Refresh XR Environment List menu item from Assets to Assets > AR Foundation.
  • Changed the materials "Debug Face" and "Debug Plane" to be compatible with URP by changing them to the 'Simulation/StandardLit' shader instead of the unity standard shader.
  • Changed the XR Simulation Environments version imported by the XR Environment Overlay from 1.0.0 to 2.0.1.
  • Changed the Plane detection documentation to contain more information and better organization.
  • Changed the SimulatedLight component to disallow multiple copies of the component on the same GameObject, which would result in incorrect light estimation.
  • Changed XR Simulation navigation controls to be bound to configurable InputActions instead of hard-coded to WASD keys.

Deprecated

Removed

  • Removed semantic labels from PlaneClassifications that describe 3D volumes.
  • Removed the "Version History" documentation section, which contained upgrade guides for previous versions of AR Foundation. To access upgrade guides for previous AR Foundation versions, refer to the respective documentation versions.
  • Removed Enable Navigation setting from XR Simulation Preferences window. Navigation controls can now be disabled by clearing the Navigation Input Action References settings in the same window.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue in XR Simulation where a warning was logged stating that saving had no effect because of a missing FilePathAttribute.
  • Fixed an issue in XR Simulation where if the AR Occlusion Manager component was disabled at the start of a scene, occlusion would not work correctly if you later enabled the component.
  • Fixed an issue where the ARTrackableManager.trackablesChanged event was initialized to null.
  • Fixed an issue where SimulatedAnchor components could incorrectly affect XR Simulation when used in scenes other than the XR simulation environment.
  • Fixed an issue where disabling and re-enabling the ARDebugMenu component would cause the origin toggle to become unresponsive.

[6.0.0-pre.4] - 2023-10-18

Added

Changed

  • Changed the SimulatedTrackedImage component to render a textured mesh of its image, allowing you to see the image in the Scene view and Game view without requiring additional GameObjects.
    • Removed now-unnecessary Quad GameObjects from the DefaultSimulationEnvironment.
  • Changed the behavior of SimulationSessionSubsystem.sessionId to now return a non-empty unique value when the subsystem is running.

Deprecated

Removed

  • Removed an assembly reference from Unity.XR.ARSubsystems.Editor.asmdef to an internal assembly that does not exist anymore.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where disabling and re-enabling the ARDebugMenu component would create duplicate trackable visualizers and cause UI buttons to become unresponsive.

[6.0.0-pre.3] - 2023-09-11

Added

Changed

  • Changed ScheduleAddImageWithValidationJob to check if the ARSession.state has reached the ready state before scheduling the add image operation.
  • Changed ARTrackable to now implement the ITrackable interface, enabling generic API designs when dealing with trackables.
  • Changed XRPlaneSubsystem.Provider.requestedPlaneDetectionMode to abstract from virtual.
  • Changed Promise<T>.OnKeepWaiting() to virtual instead of abstract.
  • Changed SubsystemLifecycleManager.GetActiveSubsystemInstance() to protected static from protected, as it does not use any instance members of the SubsystemLifecycleManager class.
  • Changed the life cycle behavior of ARAnchor in the event that adding the anchor to the XRAnchorSubsystem failed. Instead of retrying the add operation every frame, the ARAnchor component now disables itself after the first failed attempt.

Deprecated

  • Deprecated the following APIs:
  • Deprecated the structs XRObjectTrackingSubsystemDescriptor.Capabilities and XRParticipantSubsystemDescriptor.Capabilities.
  • Deprecated the XRObjectTrackingSubsystemDescriptor.Register and XRParticipantSubsystemDescriptor.Register methods that use the now-deprecated Capabilities struct.
  • Deprecated and replaced the following APIs for consistency with other subsystems:
    • XRCameraSubsystemCinfo to XRCameraSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo
    • FaceSubsystemParams to XRFaceSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo
    • XRHumanBodySubsystemCinfo to XRHumanBodySubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo
    • XREnvironmentProbeSubsystemCinfo to XREnvironmentProbeSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo
    • XROcclusionSubsystemCinfo to XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo
    • XRAnchorSubsystemDescriptor.Create to XRAnchorSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRFaceSubsystemDescriptor.Create to XRFaceSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRImageTrackingSubsystemDescriptor.Create to XRImageTrackingSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRPlaneSubsystemDescriptor.Create to XRPlaneSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRPointCloudSubsystemDescriptor.RegisterDescriptor to XRPointCloudSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRRaycastSubsystemDescriptor.RegisterDescriptor to XRRaycastSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRSessionSubsystemDescriptor.RegisterDescriptor to XRSessionSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRCameraSubsystem.Register to XRCameraSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XREnvironmentProbeSubsystem.Register to XREnvironmentProbeSubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XRHumanBodySubsystem.Register to XRHumanBodySubsystemDescriptor.Register
    • XROcclusionSubsystem.Register to XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor.Register

Removed

  • Removed the Description attribute from values of several enums, as the attribute was unused:
    • XRCameraFrameProperties
    • AREnvironmentProbePlacementType
    • CameraFocusMode
    • LightEstimationMode
    • EnvironmentDepthMode
    • HumanSegmentationDepthMode
    • HumanSegmentationStencilMode
    • OcclusionPreferenceMode
  • Removed the following deprecated APIs:
    • ARAnchorManager.AddAnchor method
    • ARAnchorManager.RemoveAnchor method
    • ARCamerManager.focusMode property
    • ARCamerManager.lightEstimationMode property
    • ARCamerManager.TryGetLatestImage method
    • AREnvironmentProbeManager.automaticPlacement property
    • AREnvironmentProbeManager.environmentTextureHDR property
    • AREnvironmentProbeManager.AddEnvironmentProbe method
    • AREnvironmentProbeManager.RemoveEnvironmentProbe method
    • ARFaceManager.maximumFaceCount property
    • ARHumanBodyManager.humanBodyPose2DEstimationEnabled property
    • ARHumanBodyManager.humanBodyPose3DEstimationEnabled property
    • ARHumanBodyManager.humanBodyPose3DScaleEstimationEnabled property
    • AROcclusionManager.humanSegmentationStencilMode property
    • AROcclusionManager.humanSegmentationDepthMode property
    • ARPlaneManager.detectionMode property
    • ARSession.matchFrameRate property
    • ARTrackableManager.sessionOrigin property
    • ARTrackedImageManager.maxNumberOfMovingImages property
    • MutableRuntimeReferenceImageLibrary.ScheduleAddImageJob method
    • XRAnchorSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo.subsystemImplementationType property
    • XRCameraSubsystem.TryGetLatestImage method
    • XRCameraSubsystemCinfo.implementationType property
    • XREnvironmentProbeSubsystemCinfo.implmentationType property
    • FaceSubsystemParams.subsystemImplementationType property
    • XRHumanBodySubsystemCinfo.implementationType property
    • XRImageTrackingSubsystem.Cinfo.subsystemImplementationType property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemCinfo.implementationType property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemCinfo.supportsHumanSegmentationStencilImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemCinfo.supportsHumanSegmentationDepthImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemCinfo.queryForSupportsEnvironmentDepthImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemCinfo.queryForSupportsEnvironmentDepthConfidenceImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor.supportsHumanSegmentationStencilImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor.supportsHumanSegmentationDepthImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor.supportsEnvironmentDepthImage property
    • XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor.supportsEnvironmentDepthConfidenceImage property
    • XRPlaneSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo.subsystemImplementationType property
    • XRPointCloudSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo.implementationType property
    • XRRaycastSubsystemDescriptor.Cinfo.subsystemImplementationType property
    • XRReferenceObjectLibrary.indexOf method
    • XRSessionSubsystem.subsystemImplementationType property
    • XRSubsystem class
  • Removed the image file /Editor/Icons/ARVR@4x.png as it was unused.

Fixed

  • Fixed ScheduleAddImageJob and ScheduleAddImageWithValidationJob documentation to describe the correct exceptions thrown if library is null.
  • Fixed an issue in XR Simulation where disabling and re-enabling the AR Plane Manager component would cause duplicate planes to be detected where planes had already been detected previously.

[5.1.0-pre.10] - 2023-07-21

Changed

  • Entering XR Simulation without an XR Origin in the scene now logs an error to the console rather than throwing an exception.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where SimulationAnchorImpl would incorrectly fail to start and log a warning when using the ARAnchorManager in XR Simulation.
  • Fixed issue ARFB-307 where occlusion was persisting after the AROcclusionManager was disabled.
  • Fixed an issue in SimulationEditorUtilities where uninstalling an XR package while its loader is active causes NullReferenceException in the Unity Editor.
  • Fixed an issue where SimulationEnvironmentAssetsManager could cause errors on fresh project import by trying to create a new settings assets when the project already has one.
  • Fixed an issue where SimulationEditorUtilities could result in an NullReferenceException when checking whether simulation loader is enabled or not.

[5.1.0-pre.9] - 2023-07-06

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where shader compilation for the SimulationURPRoomXRay and SimulationURPSynthetic shaders could fail if Universal RP is not installed.

[5.1.0-pre.8] - 2023-06-09

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where SimulationPlaneSubsystem could throw a NullReferenceException when XRPlaneSubsystem.GetChanges is called.

  • Fixed issue ARFB-271 where SimulationPlaneSubsystem could throw a NullReferenceException when ArSession.Reset is called.

  • Fixed an issue in SimulationMeshingProvider where mesh data updates were not properly marked as no longer dirty. This caused the subsystem to unnecessarily update meshes every frame.

[5.1.0-pre.6] - 2023-05-23

Added

  • Added a set of custom visual scripting nodes designed to help you use AR Foundation in visual scripting projects. Refer to Visual Scripting to learn more about how to set up an AR Foundation visual scripting project.
  • Added support for the Anchors feature in XR Simulation. You can now add and remove anchors in Play mode, add a Simulated Anchor component to XR Simulation environments, and adjust anchor discovery settings in XR Simulation project settings.
  • Added enum value Other to PlaneClassification.
  • Added the ability for camera subsystem providers to include EXIF data with the XRCameraFrame.

Changed

  • If XR Simulation is enabled in your project, it will now automatically attempt to set its Environment Layer name to "XR Simulation". XR Simulation uses Layer 30 as its default Environment Layer, but you can change this setting by going to Edit > Project Settings > XR Plug-in Management > XR Simulation.

[5.1.0-pre.4] - 2023-04-11

Deprecated

  • Deprecated the UnityEngine.XR.ARSubsystems.LightEstimationMode enum and related extension methods. This functionality was replaced by the Feature flags enum in AR Foundation 3.1, and LightEstimationMode has since been unused.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where UnityEditor.XR.Simulation.SimulationEditorUtilities could incorrectly throw a NullReferenceException when you opened the Editor if no XR Plug-in was enabled for the standalone build target.
  • Fixed an issue for the XR Simulation camera where looking down or up would incorrectly affect the direction of movement in some cases.
  • Fixed an issue for the XR Simulation background where the depth value would be incorrect for graphics APIs using non reversed depth buffer.

[5.1.0-pre.3] - 2023-02-06

Added

Changed

  • Downloads version 1.0.0 of simulation environments package rather than 1.0.0-pre.2.
  • Added the StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential) attribute to XRCpuImage.Plane.Cinfo to ensure layout compatibility when marshalling the struct.
  • Changed XRReferenceImage.ToString to include the reference image name in the generated string, in addition to previously included fields.
  • Changed the Editor behavior of XR Simulation Runtime Settings to add input validation and standardize naming conventions for similar settings across simulation subsystem providers.
  • Changed default values of XR Simulation Runtime Settings to improve plane detection performance. If your project already includes AR Foundation, you can accept the new default values by deleting the Asset at Assets/XR/Resources/XRSimulationRuntimeSettings.asset and restarting the Editor.
  • Added support for mutable runtime reference image libraries to XR Simulation.

Removed

  • Removed a warning that was previously logged when your AR Foundation project build contained a scene with an XROrigin but not an ARCameraBackground or ARCameraManager. There are valid reasons to set up a scene this way, such as building for OpenXR, so the warning was not helpful.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where AR content would not render in the Game view in XR Simulation when using XRCameraBackgroundRenderingMode.AfterOpaques.
  • Fixed an issue where some XR Simulation subsystem providers could break if you destroyed and immediately re-instantiated the Simulation Session Subsystem.

[5.1.0-pre.2] - 2022-11-01

Changed

  • Downloads version 1.0.0 of simulation environments package rather than 1.0.0-pre.2.

Fixed

  • Fixed various issues with the GameObject > XR menu:
    • Fixed an issue where attempting to create an AR Debug Menu would fail.
    • Fixed issues where the AR Default Plane and AR Default Face were created with a missing Material.
    • Fixed issues where AR Session, AR Debug Menu, and AR default trackables were always created at the root of the scene hieararchy and did not become selected after creation. These menu items now use the currently selected GameObject in the scene as the parent.
    • Fixed issues where some create operations could not be undone.
  • Fixed an issue in simulation where pausing and resuming the session would freeze the camera background.
  • Fixed issue ARFB-125 in simulation where plane and pointcloud discovery would stop working after loading a new scene.

[5.1.0-pre.1] - 2022-10-06

Added

  • Added button to the AR Environment Overlay that when toggled on, the Scene View changes to an AR Environment View and displays the current simulation environment. When toggled off, the Scene View displays the active editing context.
  • Added Camera Configuration Menu to the ARDebugMenu.
  • Added a custom Editor for the SimulationEnvironment component that displays serializable Pose.rotation properties as Vector3 Euler angles rather than Quaternion.

Changed

  • Simulation environment is now instantiated as a prefab instance in edit mode, so that changes made to the prefab are reflected in the XR Environment view.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where the shaders "Simulation/Standard Lit" and "Simulation/URP/Lit" needed to be manually re-imported after converting a project to URP.
  • Fixed truncation of property labels for XR Simulation settings in Project Settings window.

[5.0.2] - 2022-09-11

Changed

  • Renamed AR Environment toolbar and view to XR Environment.
  • Removed "experimental" from name of XR Simulation plugin in XR Management.
  • Fixed handling of scale and offset of XR Origin in simulation.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where rendered frames comes out of order on iOS 16 when the app is built with multi-threaded rendering enabled in Unity.
  • Fixed an issue where both ARRaycastManager and ARPointCloudManager could attempt to copy invalid NativeArray<T>s when using the raycast fallback API.
  • Fixed an issue where MaterialInspector would throw obsolete warnings in URP projects using Unity 2022 or later.
  • Fixed an issue where the shaders "Simulation/Standard Lit" and "Simulation/URP/Lit" would throw errors if included in a build using the built-in render pipeline.
  • Fixed an issue in SimulationPointCloudSubsystem where the identifiers for points in a point cloud would not increment with new environment scans.
  • Fixed an issue where the obsolete ARSessionOrigin.camera property shows a warning during the build.
  • Fixed an issue where XR Simulation would hang on Apple Silicon Macs.

[5.0.0-pre.13] - 2022-06-28

Changed

  • Removed error message for when XR Simulation Environments package sample is not found upon installing sample environments, and replaced it with a warning instructing how to import the sample.
  • Use version 1.0.0-pre.2 of XR Simulation Environments package installed through the AR Environment toolbar. This version adds documentation and an explicit dependency on AR Foundation.
  • Moved XRCameraBackgroundRenderingMode and XRSupportedCameraBackgroundRenderingMode enums to the UnityEngine.XR.ARSubsystems namespace.
  • Temporary scenes generated for XR Environment Simulation now have a uniquely generated hash appended to their names to prevent loading errors when restarting a simulated AR Session.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where ARBackgroundRendererFeature would overwrite rendered geometry when rendering in AfterOpaques mode while Occlusion was enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where the DefaultSimulationEnvironment would not render correctly when using the Universal Render Pipeline.
  • Fixed error in the AR Environment Overlay if the XR General Settings asset was not created before opening the overlay.
  • Fixed binding error in the AR Environment Overlay when enabling/disabling multiple Plug-in Providers in XR Plug-in Management.
  • Fixed issue in Simulation Raycast Subsystem where empty arrays were causing out of bounds exceptions.
  • Fixed simulation material inspectors so values correctly update from the inspector to the material.
  • Fixed hard crash from simulation mesh subsystem upon quickly entering and exiting play mode.
  • Fixed simulated image tracking subsystem checking for occlusion of images from the camera.
  • Fixed error loading AR Environment icon when AR Foundation is first added to a project.
  • Fixed crash in RenderSettings that was preventing the SimulationRenderSettings from being used in the AR Environment View in Unity 2022.1+.

[5.0.0-pre.12] - 2022-05-19

Added

  • Added automatic refresh of AR environment list upon importing or deleting a prefab with the SimulationEnvironment component.
  • Added analytics to anonymously collect usage data of some AR Foundation features. These analytics are captured only in the Unity Editor and not added to the player builds. See Unity manual on Editor Analytics for more details.
  • Added support for changing the Camera Background rendering order so that the background can be rendered either BeforeOpaques or AfterOpaques by setting the ARCameraManager.requestedRenderingMode in the editor or at runtime and then checking ARCameraManager.currentRenderingMode at runtime for the real rendering mode. See migration guide for more information.
  • Added support for changing the Camera Background rendering order in simulation so that the background can be rendered either BeforeOpaques or AfterOpaques by setting the SimulationCameraSubsystem.requestedRenderingMode.
  • Added support for the following subsystems in simulation.
    • Point cloud subsystem
    • Plane subsystem
    • Image tracking subsystem
    • Raycast subystem
    • Mesh subsystem
    • Camera subsystem
  • Added AR Environment Toolbar Overlay for Scene view. The toolbar supports selecting the active Simulation environment, installing sample Simulation environments, refreshing the list of environments, creating a new environment, duplicating the active environment, and opening the active environment for editing.
  • AR Environment Toolbar Overlay will change the Scene View to an AR Environment View, where you can preview the environment that will be used for Simulation.
  • Added manager to enable X-Ray visualization of simulation environments and options to the Simulation Runtime Settings for enabling or disabling the X-Ray Visuals.
  • Added a GameObject > XR > XR Origin (Mobile AR) menu item, giving users a one-click option to create an XR Origin which is fully configured for mobile AR.
  • Added SimulatedMeshClassification and SimulatedBoundedPlane components to default environment prefab to support mesh and plane subsystems in simulation.
  • Added support for ARBackgroundRenderer in simulation.
  • Added public constructors for XRTextureDescriptor and XRCameraFrame.
  • Added point cloud visualization to the ARDebugMenu.
  • Added SimulationPreferences to user preferences in Edit > Preferences > XR Simulation.
  • Project wide simulation parameters can be modified in Edit > Project Settings > XR Plug-in Management > XR Simulation.

Changed

  • Moved menu item for refreshing the AR environment list from the AR Environment toolbar to the Assets menu.
  • ARBackgroundRendererFeature contains an abstract base class for custom render passes to use when defining an ARBackgroundRendererFeature custom pass and defines 2 custom render passes. A BeforeOpaques pass and an AfterOpaques pass.
  • Moved UnitySubsystemsManifest.json from Editor to Runtime since the integrated subsystems for simulation are in the Runtime assembly.
  • Removed #if UNITY_EDITOR guards from ARBackgroundRendererFeature so that the render feature can now be used in the editor.
  • Changed render settings in default simulation environment so that it uses trilight ambient mode and brighter ambient colors.
  • Updated simulation input subsystem to use HandheldARInputDevice instead of XR HMD.
  • The unused Post Processing settings field is now hidden in the inspector for SimulationEnvironment.

Deprecated

  • Deprecated the depth subsystem abstraction, XRDepthSubsystem and XRDepthSubsystemDescriptor, in favor of XRPointCloudSubsystem and XRPointCloudSubsystemDescriptor respectively. This is just a rename of the subsystem without any significant changes to the APIs. Unity's API Updater should automatically convert any deprecated depth subsystem API references to the point cloud subsystem APIs when the project is loaded into the Editor again. See migration guide for more details.
    • XRDepthSubsystem renamed to XRPointCloudSubsystem
    • XRDepthSubsystemDescriptor renamed to XRPointCloudSubsystemDescriptor

Fixed

  • Fixed error loading AR Environment view icon on first domain load.
  • Fixed issue with simulated image tracking using the wrong vector for checking image direction.
  • Fixed a bug when the vertex count in SimulationMeshSubsystem could overflow beyond the limit of 16-bit indexing for large simulation environments. The index format now always uses 32-bit indexing to avoid the issue.
  • Fixed MissingReferenceException accessing camera when stopping simulation session subsystem.
  • Fixed error importing sample environments after downloading environments package through AR Environment toolbar.
  • Fixed navigation keys working in simulation even when right mouse button wasn't pressed.
  • Fixed an issue in simulation where the camera starts at the XROrigin instead of the simulation environment's specified starting pose.
  • Fixed issue 960 where ARPointCloudManager.Append could incorrectly throw an ArgumentException. For developers with custom implementations of XRRaycastSubsystem.Provider which do not support raycasting with an arbitrary ray, fallback raycasts including hits from point clouds will now correctly return all values.
  • Fixed issue 963 where ARRaycastManager.RaycastFallback would sometimes return incomplete results. Developers with custom implementations of XRRaycastSubsystem.Provider which do not support raycasting with an arbitrary ray will now see correct results from ARRaycastManager.Raycast(Ray, TrackableType, Allocator).
  • Fixed graphics library error caused when binding a Unity texture object to a native texture object when their mipmap settings do not match.
  • Fixed an issue where recompiling scripts during Play Mode could cause memory leaks if ARPlaneManager or ARPointCloudManager were present in the scene. XR Simulation does not support script recompilation while playing, but now if a recompilation occurs in Play Mode, AR Foundation will not leak any memory.

[5.0.0-pre.9] - 2022-03-01

Added

Changed

  • Changed the string "People Occlusion" to "Human Occlusion" in Feature so that it matches the documentation.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue 1392753 where occlusion texture would remain frozen instead of being cleared when the occlusion manager is disabled.
  • Fixed issue where sliders would slide even when not interactable in the ARDebugMenu.

[5.0.0-pre.8] - 2022-02-09

Added

  • Added a configuration menu to the ARDebugMenu that will help in visualizing the currently active Configuration for the session and other available configurations for the current device.
  • Work in progress: AR Simulation in XR Plug-in Management; initial support for camera movement and simulation environment.

[5.0.0-pre.7] - 2021-12-10

Fixed

  • Fixed issue 1353859: During face tracking, each ARFace may create three additional GameObjects to represent the left eye, right eye, and fixation point. Previously, this would also incorrectly create three additional, superfluous GameObjects at the origin. These additional GameObjects are no longer created.

[5.0.0-pre.6] - 2021-11-17

Deprecated

  • ARSessionOrigin is now deprecated. Use XROrigin from the XR Core Utilities package instead.
  • ARPoseDriver is now deprecated. Use TrackedPoseDriver from the Input System package instead.

[5.0.0-pre.5] - 2021-10-28

Added

  • Added ARDebugMenu that will help in visualizing the location of the XROrigin, the current FPS, tracking state, and some trackables. See the manual entry for AR Debug Menu for more information.
  • Added support for new XRMeshSubsystem interface available in 2021.2, which allows providers to specify a separate transform for each mesh.

Changed

  • The AR Subsystems package (com.unity.xr.arsubsystems) has been combined with this package (com.unity.xr.arfoundation). The AR Subsystems package has been deprecated, and you should not use or depend on it.
  • The minimum Unity version for this package is now 2021.2.

Deprecated

  • Deprecated the XRSubsystem. If you implement a custom subsystem by extending XRSubsystem then update it to use SubsystemWithProvider instead. This is the new Subsystem base class in Unity core. See the migration guide for details.

Removed

  • Removed deprecated APIs:
    • UnityEditor.XR.ARSubsystems.InternalBridge - this was used to get a texture's original source dimensions. There is now a built-in function TextureImporter.GetSourceTextureWidthAndHeight that provides the same functionality.
    • "AR Reference Point" APIs were deprecated and renamed to "AR Anchor" several releases ago. In this release, the following classes have been removed:
      • ARReferencePoint
      • ARReferencePointManager
      • ARReferencePointsChangedEventArgs
      • XRReferencePoint
      • XRReferencePointSubsystem
      • XRReferencePointSubsystemDescriptor
  • Removed conditional dependency on the deprecated Lightweight Render Pipeline (LWRP) package. Any dependency on LWRP package should be replaced with URP package.

Fixed

  • ARMeshManager no longer throws ArgumentNullExceptions ("Value cannot be null") when exiting play mode in the editor.
  • Fixed issue 1346735: Removing the built-in particle system module results in a compilation error due to a hard dependency. Now the dependency is explicitly defined in the package which ensures that the built-in particle system module is enabled in the project.
  • Fixed an issue where the built-in UI module and the UGUI package can be removed which results in a compilation error due to hard dependencies. Now the dependencies are explicitly defined in the package which ensures that the UI built-in module and the UGUI package are enabled in the project.
  • Fixed issue 878 where XROcclusionSubsystem would use Provider.environmentDepthCpuImageApi instead of Provider.environmentDepthConfidenceCpuImageApi when acquiring the Environment Depth Confidence CPU Image. This did not affect the provider implementations of Google ARCore and Apple ARKit packages because these providers use singleton XRCpuImage.Api for all CPU image types. However, it could be an issue for a custom AR provider that uses different instances of XRCpuImage.Api for different CPU image types.

[4.2.0] - 2021-08-11

No changes

[4.2.0-pre.12] - 2021-07-08

Added

  • Added support for new XRMeshSubsystem interface available in 2021.2, which allows providers to specify a separate transform for each mesh.
  • Added methods to get the raw and smoothed depth images independently.
  • Added a depthSensorSupported flag to the XRCameraConfiguration to indicate whether or not a depth sensor is supported by the camera configuration.

Fixed

  • Fixed a NullReferenceException when accessing mesh information from an ARFace in the Editor. The exception was thrown from Unity.Collections.NativeArray`1[T].CheckElementReadAccess.

[4.2.0-pre.10] - 2021-06-28

No changes

[4.2.0-pre.9] - 2021-05-27

No changes

[4.2.0-pre.8] - 2021-05-20

Changed

[4.2.0-pre.7] - 2021-05-13

Added

Fixed

  • Fixed incorrect validation in ARMeshManager which prevented its use in a prefab.

[4.2.0-pre.5] - 2021-04-07

Fixed

[4.2.0-pre.4] - 2021-03-19

Fixed

[4.2.0-pre.3] - 2021-03-15

No changes

[4.2.0-pre.2] - 2021-03-03

Added

Changed

  • Added description for occlusion on the main AR Foundation manual page, and edit the human segmentations description.
  • The ARSession optionally sets the application's vSyncCount and targetFrameRate (see matchFrameRateRequested). In earlier versions, the original values were not restored when the ARSession was disabled. The behavior has changed so that the original values are restored when the ARSession disabled if the frame rate was set while the ARSession was enabled.
  • Updated XR Plug-in Management dependency to 4.0.
  • The minimum Unity version for this package is now 2020.3.

Fixed

  • Added missing icon to the AROcclusionManager.
  • Replaced uses of PostProcessScene attribute with IProcessSceneWithReport callback mechanism. This prevents scene hashes from changing when adding the AR Foundation package.
  • Added MODULE_URP_10_OR_NEWER and updated use of obsolete ScriptableRenderer.cameraDepth API to fix issues related to API upgrades that occur in builds with URP 10.0 and above

[4.1.3] - 2021-01-05

Changed

  • The ARCameraBackground component now sets the camera's field of view. Because the ARCameraBackground already overrides the camera's projection matrix, this has no effect on ARFoundation. However, any code that reads the camera's fieldOfView property will now read the correct value.
  • Minor documentation formatting fixes.
  • Update the inspector for the ARSession component to include a help box describing the function of the Match Frame Rate option.

[4.1.1] - 2020-11-11

Changed

  • Released package for Unity 2021.1

[4.1.0-preview.13] - 2020-11-09

Fixed

  • Remove fix made in 4.1.0-preview.10 for URP 10+ rendering. URP 10 now has a proper fix for this issue.

[4.1.0-preview.12] - 2020-11-02

Fixed

  • Trackable managers no longer attempt to query subsystems for trackable changes when the subsystems are stopped. This fixes the console error that will occur with MagicLeap:
InvalidOperationException: Can't call "GetChanges" without "Start"ing the anchor subsystem!

[4.1.0-preview.11] - 2020-10-22

Added

Changed

  • Anchors: Previously, ARAnchors were added and removed by calling AddAnchor and RemoveAnchor, respectively. Now, you can add an anchor by simply adding an ARAnchor component to any GameObject, e.g., by calling AddComponent. The GameObject may exist anywhere in your scene hierarchy; it need not be under the ARSessionOrigin. Similarly, remove an anchor by destroying the ARAnchor component (or its GameObject). See the manual entry for anchors for more details.
  • Environment Probes: Previously, environment probes were added and removed by calling AddEnvironmentProbe and RemoveEnvironmentProbe, respectively. Now, you can add an anchor by simply adding an AREnvironmentProbe component to any GameObject, e.g., by calling AddComponent. The GameObject may exist anywhere in your scene hierarchy; it need not be under the ARSessionOrigin. Similarly, remove an environment probe by destroying the AREnvironmentProbe component (or its GameObject). See the manual entry for environment probes for more details.

Fixed

  • Fixed in an incorrect Debug.Assert regarding a texture descriptor changing from None to something other than None. A typical error message (only seen in Development Builds) was
Texture descriptor dimension should not change from None to Tex2D.
  • Fix a null reference exception in the occlusion manager when setting the environment depth mode or occlusion preference mode when the device does not support the occlusion subsystem.

[4.1.0-preview.10] - 2020-10-12

Changed

  • Changed internal uses of Debug.Assert to a custom version that does not allocate the message string unless the assert fails. This reduces per-frame GC allocations when UNITY_ASSERTIONS are enabled (typically in development builds).
  • Update XR Plug-in Management to 3.2.16.

Fixed

  • Minor documentation fixes.
  • Fix an issue with background rendering with URP 10+ rendering with a Final Blit pass.

[4.1.0-preview.9] - 2020-09-25

Added

  • Added new sections in the manual documentation for image tracking and anchors.
  • Added a trackable property to the ARRaycastHit which will refer to the ARTrackable hit by the raycast, or null if no trackable was hit.

Fixed

  • Fix several documentation links.
  • Fix AROcclusionManager's handling of depth when non-unit scale is applied.

[4.1.0-preview.7] - 2020-08-26

Changed

  • Added a warning when an ARSession is used in a scene (or scenes), but no providers are selected in XR Plug-in Management for the current build platform.

Fixed

  • Updated "Copying the Camera Texture to a Render Texture when accessing the camera image on the GPU" documentation to use a 'Command Buffer' instead of a Graphics.Blit() to fix an issue where blit would not work on certain devices.
  • Fixed a NullReferenceException which would happen if you invoked ARSession.CheckAvailability() when the ARSession's GameObject was disabled and had never been enabled.

[4.1.0-preview.6] - 2020-07-27

No changes

[4.1.0-preview.5] - 2020-07-16

Changed

  • Updated "Configuring the AR Camera background using a Scriptable Render Pipeline" documentation for further clarity on setup steps.
  • Added documentation for the ARMeshManager.

Fixed

  • The choice of whether to use the legacy or Universal render pipeline was based on an incorrect GraphicsSettings parameter (renderPipelineAsset instead of currentRenderPipeline). This meant that certain quality settings may not have been respected properly.
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible for the ARSession component to set the Application.targetFrameRate even when matchFrameRateRequested was false.

[4.1.0-preview.3] - 2020-07-09

Changed

Fixed

  • Minor documentation fixes.

[4.1.0-preview.2] - 2020-06-24

Changed

  • Updating the documentation for new package versions.

[4.1.0-preview.1] - 2020-06-23

Added

  • Add support for environment depth through the AROcclusionManager/XROcclusionSubsystem.

Changed

  • Minimum Unity version for this package is now 2019.4.

[4.0.2] - 2020-05-29

Added

  • The ARCameraManager now invokes XRCameraSubsystem.OnBeforeBackgroundRender immediately before rendering the camera background.
  • Added a helper utility, LoaderUtility, for interacting with XR Management and added a section to the migration guide explaining how to use it.

Changed

  • Changed XRCameraImage to XRCpuImage along with APIs that used this type (e.g., ARCameraManager.TryGetLatestImage). See the migration guide for more details.
  • The ARMeshManager no longer creates and destroys an XRMeshSubsystem. Instead, it relies on XR Management to create and destroy the subsystem. The ARMeshManager still starts and stops it.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug which could throw an ArgumentNullException, typically on application shutdown: 
    ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: _unity_self

[4.0.0-preview.3] - 2020-05-04

Added

  • Add support for tracked raycasts. A tracked raycast is repeated and updated automatically. See ARRaycastManager.AddRaycast.
  • ARCameraFrameReceivedEventArgs now provides a camera grain texture along with an associated intensity value which can be used to add image noise characteristics to virtual content. The usage of these properties may vary by platform, so please consult the documentation of the specific provider plug-in when using this feature.

Changed

  • Updating dependency on com.unity.xr.management to 3.2.10.

Fixed

  • Fixed all broken or missing scripting API documentation.

[4.0.0-preview.1] - 2020-02-26

Added

Changed

  • See the Migration Guide.
  • AR Foundation now relies on XR Management to initialize subsystems. If your project's configuration does not enable an XR Loader appropriate for your target platforms then the underlying subsystems AR Foundation depends on will not be available. Previously AR Foundation would attempt to initialize subsystems itself in the absence of a valid XR Management configuration.

[3.1.3] - 2020-04-13

Fixed

  • The documentation for the ARFace scripting API for accessing left eye, right eye, and fixation point incorrectly referred to a nullable value type, when in fact the returned type is a Transform. This has been fixed.
  • Eliminating shader compiler errors that started with Unity 2020.1 and that originate from the Apple ARKit package.

[3.1.0-preview.8] - 2020-03-12

No changes

[3.1.0-preview.7] - 2020-03-03

Fixed

  • Patched a memory leak by destroying the camera textures when the camera manager is disabled.

[3.1.0-preview.6] - 2020-01-21

Fixed

  • Fixed memory leak when accessing the humanStencilTexture and humanDepthTexture properties of the AROcclusionManager.

[3.1.0-preview.4] - 2020-01-16

Added

  • Updated documentation.

[3.1.0-preview.3] - 2019-12-20

Added

  • Added support for HDR light estimation to ARCameraManager.
  • Added script updater support for facilitating the rename of Reference Points to Anchors

Fixed

  • Fix HelpURLs on MonoBehaviours to point to the 3.1 version of the documentation.
  • Added FormerlySerializedAs to ARAnchorManager.m_AnchorPrefab field to preserve any prefab specified when it was the ARReferencePointManager.
  • Fixed issue that broke the camera background rendering when URP post-processing was enabled on the AR camera.

[3.1.0-preview.1] - 2019-11-21

Added

  • Added the new AROcclusionManager with human segmentation functionality (on some iOS hardware).

[3.0.1] - 2019-11-18

Changed

  • Renaming the concept of Reference Points to Anchors. The Unity script updater should convert any references to ARReferencePointManager, ARReferencePoint, and ARReferencePointsChangedEventArgs the next time the project is loaded into the Editor.

Fixed

  • Removed references to LWRP from the documentation.

[3.0.0-preview.6] - 2019-11-14

Changed

  • The following virtual methods on the ARCameraBackground have been removed:

    • ConfigureLegacyRenderPipelineBackgroundRendering
    • TeardownLegacyRenderPipelineBackgroundRendering

    Previously, ConfigureLegacyRenderPipelineBackgroundRendering configured a CommandBuffer and added the command buffer to the camera. If you had overriden this method previously, you can override the legacyCameraEvents property to specify the camera events which use the CommandBuffer, and ConfigureLegacyCommandBuffer(CommandBuffer) to configure the command buffer. There is no need to override TeardownLegacyRenderPipelineBackgroundRendering anymore because the ARCameraBackground remembers which CameraEvents the buffer was added to so it can remove them later.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue which could cause the background camera texture to stop functioning correctly on certain devices running OpenGLES3.
  • Previously, when using LWRP or UniversalRP, the requested culling mode was ignored. This resulted in an incorrect culling mode when using the front facing camera with ARCore (e.g., during face detection). This has been fixed.

[3.0.0-preview.4] - 2019-10-22

Added

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue with the ARSessionOrigin which could produce incorrect behavior with non-identity transforms.
  • ARPlane.center was computed incorrectly (though the result was close to the correct answer). This has been fixed.

[3.0.0-preview.3] - 2019-09-26

Added

  • If "match frame rate" is enabled, the ARSession now checks for changes to the recommended frame rate each frame.

Changed

  • Some properties on ARPointCloud changed from NativeArrays to nullable NativeSlices. See the migration guide for more details.
  • The ARFaceManager.supported property has been removed. If face tracking is not supported, the manager's subsystem will be null. This was done for consistency as no other manager has this property. If a manager's subsystem is null after enabling the manager, that generally means the subsystem is not supported.

Fixed

  • Fixed a typo in Face Tracking documentation which incorrectly referred to planes instead of faces. Also updated the screenshot of the ARFaceManager to reflect the "Maximum Face Count" field.

[3.0.0-preview.2] - 2019-09-05

Added

  • Converted dependency on Legacy Input Helpers package to optional dependency. ARFoundation will continue to support the use of TrackedPoseDriver and the UnityEngine.SpatialTracking namespace but there is no longer a dependency on that package. ARFoundation can instead use the ARTrackedPoseDriver self-contained component to surface the device's pose.

Fixed

  • Fix issue where having the camera clearFlags property set to Skybox would break background rendering.
  • Fix issue where screen would flash green before the first camera frame was received.

[3.0.0-preview.1] - 2019-08-21

Added

  • Added support for eye tracking.
  • Added support for XRParticipantSubsystem, which can track other users in a multi-user collaborative session.
  • Added support for exposure duration
  • Added support for exposure offset
  • Add support for Lightweight Render Pipeline and Universal Render Pipeline.
  • Add support for height scale estimatation for the 3D human body subsystem.

Added

  • Update the Legacy Input Helpers package to 1.3.7. This has no impact on existing functionality in ARFoundation, but should help with compatibility when using other packages.
  • Add IEquatable to TrackableCollection.
  • Previously, the ARTrackedImageManager and ARTrackedObjectManager would throw an exception if enabled without a valid reference library. These managers no longer throw; now, they disable themselves. This makes it possible to add one of these managers at runtime, since Unity will automatically invoke OnEnable before you have a chance to set a valid reference library. If you create one of these managers at runtime, you will need to set a valid reference library and then re-enable it.

Fixed

  • Fixed the issue where native providers were not being reinstantiated after being destroyed when loading/reloading a new scene.

[2.2.0-preview.3] - 2019-07-16

Added

  • Added support for XR Management.
  • Add support for ARSession.notTrackingReason.
  • Add an option to synchronize the Unity frame with the AR session's update. See ARSession.matchFrameRate.
  • Add an ARMeshManager to interface with the XRMeshSubsystem. This is useful for XR Plug-ins that can generate meshes at runtime.

Changed

  • Previously, a trackable manager's changed event (e.g., ARPlaneSubsystem.planesChanged) was invoked every frame even if nothing had changed. Now, it is only invoked on frames when a change has occurred.

[2.2.0-preview.2] - 2019-06-05

Added

  • Adding support for ARKit 3 functionality: Human pose estimation, human segmentation images, session collaboration, multiple face tracking, and tracking a face (with front camera) while in world tracking (with rear camera).

[2.1.0-preview.4] - 2019-06-03

Added

  • Added a convenience method ARTrackableManager.SetTrackablesActive(bool) which will call SetActive on each trackable's GameObject. This is useful, for example, to disable all ARPlanes after disabling the ARPlaneManager.
  • Fix NativeArray handling when ENABLE_UNITY_COLLECTIONS_CHECKS is set. This fixes an issue when running ARFoundation in the Editor. This is not set in the Player, so it is not an issue when running on device.

[2.1.0-preview.3] - 2019-05-22

Fixed

  • Fix documentation links.

[2.1.0-preview.2] - 2019-05-07

Added

  • Add support for image tracking (XRImageTrackingSubsystem).
  • Add support for environment probes (XREnvironmentProbeSubsystem).
  • Add support for face tracking (XRFaceSubsystem).
  • Add support for object tracking (XRObjectTrackingSubsystem).

[2.0.1] - 2019-03-05

Changed

  • See the Migration Guide.

Fixed

  • Add dependency on Legacy Input Helpers, which were moved from Unity to a package in 2019.1.

[1.0.0-preview.22] - 2018-12-13

Fixed

  • Fix package dependency

[1.0.0-preview.21] - 2018-12-13

Added

  • Added Face Tracking support: ARFaceManager, ARFace, ARFaceMeshVisualizer and related scripts. See documentation for usage.

Added

  • Plane detection modes: Add ability to selectively enable detection for horizontal, vertical, or both types of planes. The ARPlaneManager includes a new setting, which defaults to both.
  • Add support for setting the camera focus mode. Added a new component, ARCameraOptions, which lets you set the focus mode.

Changed

  • The light estimation option, which was previously on the ARSession component, has been moved to the new ARCameraOptions component.

[1.0.0-preview.20] - 2018-11-06

Added

  • Support reference points reported without a corresponding TryAddReferencePoint call. This handles reference points that are added by some other means, e.g., loaded from a serialized session.

[1.0.0-preview.19] - 2018-10-10

Added

  • Added support for XRCameraExtensions API to get the raw camera image data on the CPU. See the manual documentation for more information.

[1.0.0-preview.18] - 2018-09-13

Added

  • Added ARPlane.normal to get the ARPlane's normal in world space.

Added

  • Added LWRP support by allowing ARCameraBackground to use a background renderer that overrides the default functionality. This works in conjunction with some LWRPSupport files (see arfoundation-samples) that will live in your LWRP project.

Changed

  • The ARPlaneManager, ARPointCloudManager, and ARReferencePointManager all instantiate either prefabs that you specify or GameObjects with at least an ARPlane, ARPointCloud, or ARReferencePoint, respectively, on them. The instantiated GameObject's layer was set to match the ARSessionOrigin, overwriting the layer specified in the prefab. This has been changed so that if a prefab is specified, no changes to the layer are made. If no prefab is specified, then a new GameObject is created, and its layer will match that of the ARSessionOrigin's GameObject.

Fixed

  • The ARPlaneMeshVisualizer did not disable its visible components (MeshRenderer and LineRenderer) when disabled. This has been fixed.

[1.0.0-preview.17] - 2018-08-02

Fixed

  • Add FormerlySerializedAs attribute to serialized field changes to ARCameraBackground.

[1.0.0-preview.16] - 2018-07-26

Changed

  • Removed static constructor from ARSubsystemManager. This allows access to the manager without forcing the creation of the subsystems, making the initialization more flexible.
  • The API for overriding the material has been refactored. Previously, a custom material could be set with the ARCameraBackground.material setter, but this might be overwritten later if the option to override was disabled.
  • Rename: overrideMaterial is now useCustomMaterial
  • New member: customMaterial
  • The following properties are now private:
    • material setter (getter is still public)
    • backgroundRenderer
  • Use the ARCameraBackground.material getter to get the currently active material.

Fixed

  • ARPlane.vertexChangedThreshold is no longer allowed to be negative.
  • The ARCameraBackground component did not reset the projection matrix on disable, leading to stretching or other distortion. This has been fixed.
  • The ARCameraBackground component did not properly handle an overriden material. This has been fixed (see API Changes below).
  • The ARPlaneMeshGenerators was meant to generate a triangle fan about the center of the plane. However, indices were instead generated as a fan about one of the bounary points. The visual result is similar, but can lead to long thin triangles. This has been fixed to use the plane's center point as intended.
  • Update for compatibility with 2018.3
  • If the ARPlaneMeshVisualizer has a LineRenderer on it, then it will be scaled to match the ARPlane's scale, making the visual width invariant under differing ARSessionOrigin scales.
  • When the ARPointCloudManager instantiated a point cloud prefab, it did not change its transform. If it was not identity, then feature points would appear in unexpected places. It now instantiates the point cloud prefab with identity transform.
  • The menu item "GameObject > XR > AR Default Point Cloud" created a GameObject which used a particle system whose "Scaling Mode" was set to "Local". If used as the ARPointCloudManager's point cloud prefab, this would produce odd results when the ARSessionOrigin was scaled. The correct setting is "Hierarchy", and the utility now creates a particle system with the correct setting.

[1.0.0-preview.14] - 2018-07-17

Added

  • Added ARSession.Reset() to destroy the current AR Session and establish a new one. This destroys all trackables, such as planes.
  • Added an ARSubsystemManager.sessionDestroyed event. The ARPlaneManager, ARPointCloudManager, and ARReferencePointManager subscribe to this event, and they remove their trackables when the ARSession is destroyed.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug in the ARCameraBackground which would not render the camera texture properly if the ARSession had been destroyed and then recreated or if the ARCameraBackground had been disabled and then re-enabled.
  • ARSubsystemManager.systemState's setter was not private, allowing user code to change the system state. The setter is now private.
  • ARPlane.trackingState returned a cached value, which was incorrect if the ARSession was no longer active.

[1.0.0-preview.13] - 2018-07-03

Added

  • Added a getter on the ARPointCloudManager for the instantiated ARPointCloud.
  • Added UVs to the Mesh generated by the ARPlaneMeshVisualizer.
  • Added a meshUpdated event to the ARPlaneMeshVisualizer, which lets you customize the generated Mesh.
  • Added AR Icons.

Changed

  • Refactored out plane mesh generation functionality into a new static class ARPlaneMeshGenerators.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug where point clouds did not stop rendering when disabled.

[1.0.0-preview.12] - 2018-06-14

Added

  • Add color correction value to LightEstimationData.
  • Add availability and AR install support

Changed

  • Improve lifecycle reporting: remove public members ARSubsystemManager.availability and ARSubsystemManager.trackingState. Combine with ARSubsystemManager.systemState and the public event ARSubsystemManager.systemStateChanged.
  • Docs improvements
  • Move ParticleSystem to the top of the ARDebugPointCloudVisualizer
  • Update documentation: ARSession image and written description.
  • Rename ARBackgroundRenderer to ARCameraBackground
  • Unify ARSessionState & ARSystemState enums
  • Change dependency to ARExtension 1.0.0-preview.2
  • Significant rework to startup lifecycle & asynchronous availability check
  • Rename ARUtilities to ARFoundation
  • This package is now called ARFoundation.
  • ARSessionOrigin no longer requires its Camera to be a child of itself.

Removed

  • Remove "timeout" from AR Session
  • Removed ARPlaceOnPlane, ARMakeAppearOnPlane, ARPlaneMeshVisualizer, and ARPointCloudParticleVisualizer as these were deemed sample content.
  • Removed setup wizard.
  • Renamed ARRig to ARSessionOrigin.
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