com.unity.facial-ar-remote
v0.2.2
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Facial AR Remote for remote iteration on ARKit blendshapes
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Facial AR Remote (Preview)
About
Facial AR Remote is a tool that allows you to capture blendshape animations directly from a compatible iOS device to the Unity Editor.
Experimental Status
This repository is tested against the latest stable version of Unity and requires the user to build the iOS app to use as a remote. It is presented on an experimental basis - there is no formal support.
Download
Install the package through the Package Manager using the Git URL.
How To Use/Quick Start Guide
This repository uses Git LFS so make sure you have LFS installed to get all the files. Unfortunately this means that the large files are also not included in the "Download ZIP" option on GitHub, and the example head model, among other assets, will be missing.
iOS Build Setup
- Set your build target to iOS
- In
Project Settings > Player Settings
go toOther Settings > Camera Usage Description
and type a description of why you are requesting camera access. This will be presented when you first open the app. - Set the
Client.scene
as your build scene in the Build Settings and build the Xcode project.
Editor Animation Setup
Install and Connection Testing
(Optional) install the Sloth Example from the Package Manager by selecting the ARKit Facial Remote package and installing the sample
Be sure your device and editor are on the same network. Launch the app on your device and press play in the editor.
Set the
Port
number on the device to the samePort
listed on theStream Reader
component of theStream Reader
game object.Set the
IP
of the device to one listed in the console debug log.Press
Connect
on the device. If your face is in view you should now see your expressions driving the character on screen. Note You need to be on the same network and you may have to disable any active VPNs and/or disable firewall(s) on the ports you are using. This may be necessary on your computer and/or on the network. Note Our internal setup was using a dedicated wireless router attached to the editor computer or lighting port to ethernet adaptor.
Known Issues
Character Rig Controller does not support Humanoid Avatar for bone animation.
Animation Baking does not support Humanoid Avatar for avatar bone animation.
Stream source can only connect to a single stream reader.
Some network setups cause an issue with DNS lookup for getting IP addresses of the server computer.