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Augmented Reality without displaying camera feed

I'm trying to decide which AR tool to use for my Unity3d project. The candidates are ARToolkit and Wikitude. What I'm also looking for is turning off the camera feed, but still showing a virtual object that rotates and shrinks/grows in size depending on a marker's position or rotation.

For example, If I want to display a red 3d cube above a marker, I'd like to display just the cube on a black background and not display anything else. Do any of AR tools support this feature? It's okay if it's not ARToolkit or Wikitude.

Thanks

Solution

  • ARToolkit has that functionality, you just need to check the box named "See-through display" on the ARCamera script.

    When using a see-through display, black is considered transparent because it is not rendered. I guess you want it for a similar reason.

    For more info about that, including how to calibrate a see-through display, you can check the official documentation: Using an Optical See-Through Display