Dense point cloud

Unity Engine
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Hello! I’d like to know if it’s possible to create a dense point cloud with ARFoundation’s PointCloudManager like in native ARKit implementation for iPad Pro with Lidar. Example here

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Hi!
Yes, you can use the depth API in ARFoundation 4.1 with the new iPadPro to get per pixel depth.
See this blog post: https://blogs.unity3d.com/2020/06/24/ar-foundation-support-for-arkit-4-depth/

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Thanks a lot for your reply! Do you mean that instead of using ARPointCloud I could just spawn a point with depth at each pixel?

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Exactly!

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Hi @re-cheid and @Misnomer are you able to share how you would approach that? “Spawning a point with depth at each pixel” in code? I also need to obtain its location in 3Dspace, do you think this is possible?

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@Rich_XR hey I shared the relevant code in this thread How to get point cloud in ARKit - Unity Engine - Unity Discussions

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