Displaying .png or .jpeg images in ARcore mobile application?

Question

I have to display a 2d image and don't want to use 3d objects with .obj file.Is it even possible? And how to do it?

Answer 1

You can use three robust approaches, in your case, to create Sceneform's Renderable:

• First approach is to create a plane primitive with a .jpg or .png texture assigned to it.

  ModelRenderable plane = ShapeFactory.makeCube(
                                       new Vector3(5.0f, 5.0f, 0.0f), // size
                                       new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), // center
                                       material);
  

• Second approach is to create a ViewRenderable from standard Android Widgets.

  ViewRenderable.builder()
      .setView(this, R.layout.test_view)
      .build()
      .thenAccept(renderable -> testViewRenderable = renderable);
  

• Third approach is to import a plane made in 3d authoring tool (Maya, 3dsMax, Cinema4D, etc).

  ModelRenderable.builder()
      .setSource(this, RenderableSource.builder().setSource(
          this,
          Uri.parse(ASSET),
          RenderableSource.SourceType.OBJ)
          .setScale(2.0f)
          .setRecenterMode(RenderableSource.RecenterMode.ROOT)
          .build())
      .setRegistryId(ASSET)
      .build()