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class ARLocationManager

(Niantic.Lightship.AR.LocationAR.ARLocationManager)

Overview​

The ARLocationManager is used to track ARLocations. ARLocations tie digital content to the physical world. When you start tracking an ARLocation, and aim your phone's camera at the physical location, the digital content that you child to the ARLocation will appear in the physical world.

    class ARLocationManager: Niantic.Lightship.AR.PersistentAnchors.ARPersistentAnchorManager {
    public:
        // fields
    
         ARLocation[] ARLocations => GetComponentsInChildren<ARLocation>(true);
         bool AutoTrack => _autoTrack;

        // properties
    
        float InterpolationTimeSeconds;
        bool ContinuousLocalizationEnabled;
        bool InterpolationEnabled;
        int MaxLocationTrackingCount;

        // events
    
        event locationTrackingStateChanged();

        // methods
    
        void SetARLocations(params ARLocation[] arLocations);
        void StartTracking();
        void StopTracking();
        void TryUpdateTracking();

    protected:
        // methods
    
        override void OnEnable();
        override void OnBeforeStart();
        virtual override void Start();
        override void OnDisable();
    };

Inherited Members​

public:
    // events

    event arPersistentAnchorStateChanged();

    // methods

    bool GetVpsSessionId(out string vpsSessionId);

    bool TryTrackAnchor(
        ARPersistentAnchorPayload payload,
        out ARPersistentAnchor arPersistentAnchor
    );

    void DestroyAnchor(ARPersistentAnchor arPersistentAnchor);

protected:
    // fields

     bool InterpolateAnchors = false;
     override string gameObjectName => "Persistent Anchor";

    // properties

    bool ContinuousLocalizationEnabled;
    bool TemporalFusionEnabled;
    bool TransformUpdateSmoothingEnabled;
    float CloudLocalizerInitialRequestsPerSecond;
    float CloudLocalizerContinuousRequestsPerSecond;
    uint CloudLocalizationTemporalFusionWindowSize;
    bool DiagnosticsEnabled;

    // methods

    override GameObject GetPrefab();
    override void OnEnable();
    override void OnBeforeStart();
    virtual void Start();
    override void OnDisable();
    override void OnDestroy();

    override void OnTrackablesChanged(
        List<ARPersistentAnchor> added,
        List<ARPersistentAnchor> updated,
        List<ARPersistentAnchor> removed
    );

Detailed Documentation​

The ARLocationManager is used to track ARLocations. ARLocations tie digital content to the physical world. When you start tracking an ARLocation, and aim your phone's camera at the physical location, the digital content that you child to the ARLocation will appear in the physical world.

Fields​

ARLocations​

ARLocation[] ARLocations => GetComponentsInChildren<ARLocation>(true)

Gets all of the ARLocations childed to the ARLocationManager.

AutoTrack​

bool AutoTrack => _autoTrack

Whether or not to automatically start tracking the selected ARLocation. If true, the location that is currently enabled will be automatically tracked on Start.

Properties​

InterpolationTimeSeconds​

float InterpolationTimeSeconds

Number of seconds over which anchor interpolation occurs. Faster times will result in more noticeable movement.

.. note::

This is an experimental feature, and is subject to breaking changes or deprecation without notice

ContinuousLocalizationEnabled​

bool ContinuousLocalizationEnabled

Whether to enable or disable continuous localization

.. note::

This is an experimental feature, and is subject to breaking changes or deprecation without notice

InterpolationEnabled​

bool InterpolationEnabled

Whether to enable or disable interpolation It is recommended to use the native solution "TransformUpdateSmoothingEnabled" instead of this property

.. note::

This is an experimental feature, and is subject to breaking changes or deprecation without notice

MaxLocationTrackingCount​

int MaxLocationTrackingCount

Maximum number of locations that will be tracked by StartTracking. MaxLocationTrackingCount is always 1. Future versions of ARDK may support tracking more than one location at a time, but currently only one location at a time can be tracked.

Events​

locationTrackingStateChanged​

event locationTrackingStateChanged()

Called when the location tracking state has changed.

Methods​

SetARLocations​

void SetARLocations(params ARLocation[] arLocations)

Selects the AR Locations to try to track when StartTracking() is called. At most one of these locations will actually be tracked.

    Parameters:

    arLocation - The locations to try to track.

StartTracking​

void StartTracking()

Starts tracking locations specified by SetARLocations().

Currently only one location can be tracked at a time. In the future, the number of locations tracked will be limited to MaxAnchorTrackingCount.

Content authored as children of the ARLocation will be enabled once the ARLocation becomes tracked. This will create digital content in the physical world.

If no locations were specified in SetARLocations(), requests will be made to attempt to track nearby locations. In this case, up to 5 nearby locations will be targeted and the first one to successfully track will be used.

StopTracking​

void StopTracking()

Stops tracking the currently tracked location. This must be called before switching to a new location.

.. note::

Anchors are destroyed asynchronously, so there needs to be a small delay after calling [StopTracking()](/docs/ardk/apiref/Niantic/Lightship/AR/LocationAR/ARLocationManager/#StopTracking) before calling [StartTracking()](/docs/ardk/apiref/Niantic/Lightship/AR/LocationAR/ARLocationManager/#StartTracking).

TryUpdateTracking​

void TryUpdateTracking()

Tries to refresh the tracking of the currently tracked anchors.