In this chapter, you’ll learn about object anchors. Object anchors are like 2D image anchors with an added third dimension. To understand how to use object anchors, you’ll augment a physical toy truck with interactive buttons that will reveal some fun facts about its real-world counterpart.
Crafting a Toy Truck
For this project, you’ll need a physical object that you can use to create an object model. Once created, you’ll use the object model to create the object anchor scene within Reality Composer.
As it turns out, physically attaching a toy truck to this book wasn’t possible. But don’t worry, we found a solution.
FoldUpToys offers a massive collection of foldable paper toys, and you’ll use one of them for this tutorial. Follow this link and see for yourself: Tesla Cybertruck
Download the Tesla Cybertruck project and print the blueprint.
With your printout in hand, grab your scissors and glue — it’s time to build yourself a paper truck!
Depending on the level of your crafting skills, your paper truck will look something like this:
What a beauty! Ready for a test drive, so to speak?
What Are Object Anchors?
Reality Composer offers another anchor type known as an object anchor. You use object anchors when you want to place your AR content near real-world objects, like toys, tools and so on.
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Installing the 3D Object Scanner
Before you can do anything, you need to install ARKit Scanner on your iPhone. You’ll use this app to create 3D scans of physical objects.
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For the data to represent the target object well, you need a good scan. To get the best scan possible, follow these guidelines for preparing your physical environment:
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Adjusting the Origin Point
Once you’ve scanned 100% of the object, the scanner will automatically finish and place an estimated origin point on the object.
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Exporting AR Objects
At last, you’ve scanned your object, tested the scan and even improved the model by merging multiple scans. Your next step is to save the scanned data as an ARObject.
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Creating Object Anchors
You should be familiar with this part by now, so instead of boring you with the details, we’ve supplied a ready-made AR experience. All you need to do is add your freshly-created ARObject file.
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