Occlusion platform support

The AR Foundation XROcclusionSubsystem is supported on the following platforms:

Provider plug-in	Occlusion supported	Provider documentation
Google ARCore XR Plug-in	Yes	Occlusion (ARCore)
Apple ARKit XR Plug-in	Yes	Occlusion (ARKit)
Apple visionOS XR Plug-in
Microsoft HoloLens
Unity OpenXR: Meta	Yes	Occlusion (OpenXR Meta)
Unity OpenXR: Android XR	Yes	Occlusion (Android XR)
XR Simulation	Yes	Occlusion (XR Simulation)

Check for occlusion support

Your app can check at runtime whether a provider plug-in supports occlusion on the user's device.

Use the example code below to check whether the device supports occlusion:

void Start()
{
    if (LoaderUtility
            .GetActiveLoader()?
            .GetLoadedSubsystem<XROcclusionSubsystem>() != null)
    {
        // XROcclusionSubsystem was loaded. The platform supports occlusion.
    }
}

Note

This example code assumes that your app has already initialized XR.

By default XR initializes automatically when your app starts, but this is configurable via Project Settings > XR Plug-in Management > Initialize XR on Startup. Refer to the XR Plug-in Management End-user documentation for more detailed information about managing the XR Plug-in lifecycle.

Optional features

The following table lists the optional features of the occlusion subsystem. Each optional feature is defined by a Descriptor Property of the XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor, which you can check at runtime to determine whether a feature is supported. Refer to Check for optional feature support for a code example to check whether a feature is supported. Refer to AR Occlusion Manager component for more information about the types of depth image described.

Feature	Descriptor Property	Description
Environment Depth Confidence Image	environmentDepthConfidenceImageSupported	Whether the subsystem supports environment depth confidence image.
Environment Depth Image	environmentDepthImageSupported	Whether the subsystem supports environment depth image.
Environment Depth Temporal Smoothing	environmentDepthTemporalSmoothingSupported	Whether temporal smoothing of the environment image is supported.
Human Segmentation Depth Image	humanSegmentationDepthImageSupported	Whether a subsystem supports human segmentation depth image.
Human Segmentation Stencil Image	humanSegmentationStencilImageSupported	Whether a subsystem supports human segmentation stencil image.

Optional feature platform support

The following table lists whether certain XR plug-in providers support each optional feature:

Feature	ARCore	ARKit	OpenXR Meta	Android XR	XR Simulation
Environment Depth Confidence Image	Yes	Yes		Yes
Environment Depth Image	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Environment Depth Temporal Smoothing	Yes	Yes		Yes
Human Segmentation Depth Image		Yes
Human Segmentation Stencil Image		Yes

Check for optional feature support

Your app can check at runtime whether an occlusion provider supports any optional features on the user's device. The XROcclusionSubsystemDescriptor contains properties for each optional feature that tell you whether they are supported.

Refer to the following example code to learn how to check for optional feature support:

void CheckForOptionalFeatureSupport()
{
    // This is inefficient. You should re-use a saved reference instead.
    var manager = Object.FindAnyObjectByType<AROcclusionManager>();

    // Use manager.descriptor to determine which optional features
    // are supported on the device. For example:

    if (manager.descriptor.environmentDepthImageSupported == Supported.Supported)
    {
        // Environment depth image is supported.
    }
}

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