How to migrate a Unity app from 2.3 to 3.0?

Question

Do I simply just import the 3.0 unitypackage into my 2.3 project and let it overwrite files? Thanks.

Answer 1

Do not do it! If you do this, you will lose your project. The plugin was rewritten and the structure changed. Some scripts have been deleted and there are many new ones ... I have the same problem here. I think we'll have to redo our projects, or wait for an API documentation. Surprisingly, the developers of this amazing plugin are ignoring the community's appeals. Waiting for a solution ...

Comments

I made a copy of the project and tested. It didn't work. Then I checked out their ImageTarget sample and see they've changed the structure. I notice however, this time they didn't include any prefabs for the EasyAR_Setup nor ImageTarget. So I will make prefabs myself from their sample.

The only thing I need to find out next is where the license key goes! I couldn't see any obvious place from within the sample. Do you know?

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Take a look at this link:
https://www.easyar.com/doc/EasyAR%20SDK/Getting%20Started/3.0/Setting-up-EasyAR-Unity-Package.html#initialize-easyar

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Here:
Assets\EasyAR\Common\Resources\EasyARKey

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At least they now give you the source code for C# side now... You can tweak the code to suit your need.

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Yes! That's really good. A positive point for developers.

Answer 2

Hi. I did this:

Initially, I completely deleted EasyAR 2 with the associated plugins from my project to avoid conflicts and imported the new EasyAr 3.0 with just one sample - HelloAR_ImageTarget.

1- I copied the camera, the EasyAR_Setup and the ImageTarget, from the HelloAR_ImageTarget scene and pasted it into my scene.
2 - So I removed the objects inside the new ImageTarget and replaced them with mine - Then I deletes the old ImageTarget from EasyAR 2.3.
3- Then I also changed the image in the ImageTarget / Target Name field and ImageTarget / Target Path by mine in the StreamingAssets.
4- I reconnected the EasyAR_Setup / ARSession / Img Tracker and EasyAR_Setup / ARSession / Camera Background Renderer fields as well as EasyAR_Setup / ImageTracker / Target Camera.

It worked but I still need to adjust the camera because it is showing the 3D object aside ... I will make the final adjustments soon ... I hope this procedure helps you to have a direction to follow.

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Solved the "3D object aside" (Mentioned above):
In ImageTracker I changed the CenterTarget parameter from Camera to First Target. (I have four ImageTracker in this scene)

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Hi and thanks for your updates. Yes, I was able to successfully migrate to 3.0 thru the method I was planning (deleting 2.3 plugin, importing 3.0 plugin and importing prefabs exported from sample). I just had some issues with my scripts which were interfacing with ImageTargetBaseBehaviour for capturing onTrackingFound/Lost. So I had to rewrite some code.

My project also has canvases at 'World Space' render mode which I couldn't interact with (buttons, videos, etc). Attaching the Camera to the canvas' Event Camera resolved this.

I notice tracking in 3.0 seems more robust. I dropped the 'extended tracking' script now. So good on the team for improving on that.

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Finally works! But one more thing ... why... WHY, the developers changed the camera position to the FRONT and not to ABOVE (like in 2.3) of the target ??? (What's the logic for that? Targets will usually be on a horizontal surface, like a table or on the floor!) I had to turn all my targets at 90 degrees ... But, it works. Finally!

Answer 3

You will have to read the source codes of sdk3.0 and modify it....and change your own codes because the API was changed. There are also some discrepancies with transforms/matrix. EasyAR's backend algorithms are using right-hand convention while Unity uses left-hand...

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Yes, this same problem occurred with version 1 (if I remember correctly) of this plugin. They are repeating the error. Why create a Unity plug-in that uses a different coordinate system (conventions) than Unity uses? It makes no sense! I hope this is adjusted ... I really ask you, developers, to do this please !!!