Wednesday, 7 September, 2022 UTC
Summary
echo3D is really excited to announce a partnership with Zappar! echo3D is a 3D-ready cloud platform to help manage and deliver 3D/AR/VR content to apps and devices everywhere! Zappar is an augmented reality creator platform. Together, Zappar and echo3D make it super easy to create fun, engaging and scalable AR experiences!
Scan this QR code to try this AR demo yourself!
Setup
- Download Unity Unity 2020.3.8f1.
echo3D
- Register for your free echo3D account here.
- In your echo3D console, download and import the Unity SDK
Zappar
- Download and import Zappar for Unity here. Check out the README for more details.
Steps
- Delete the default camera in the scene. Add a Zappar > Front Facing Camera game object from the Zappar menu.
- Add any Zappar Tracking object from the Zappar menu.
- Select on the Zappar camera game object and drag the tracking type (in your Hierarchy) into the “Anchor Origin’’ property.
- Drag the echo3d script onto the tracking type game object and fill out the API key and entry ID details in the Inspector.
- You can also drag the echo3D prefab onto the Zappar Tracking object in the Hierarchy to make it a child of the tracker for more control (if preferred).
- Run in Play Mode and check scale, rotation and position to confirm it looks good.
- Change Build Settings to WebGL.
- Go to Build Settings > Player > Resolution and Presentation and select the Zappar player (Zappar for 2020+, or Zappar 2019 for anything older).
Run
- Build and host locally or host with Zapworks (more info here).
Learn More
Refer to our documentation to learn more about how to use Unity and echo3D.
Support
Feel free to reach out at [email protected] or join our support channel on Slack.
More Tutorials
To learn how to make echo3D projects, try one of these:
- Use Vertical Tracking in Augmented Reality Using NextNav and echo3D
- Get a Quarantine Dog…in AR! (No Code and Free)
- Quick and Easy AR Retail Apps with echo3D!
- How to Create 3D Content and See It In AR (No Code and Free)
echo3D (www.echo3D.co; Techstars 19’) is a cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps, games, and content.
Zappar and echo3D Partner to Build WebAR Experiences In Unity (Tutorial) was originally published in AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.