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Passthrough camera data is not available on Quest 3 developing with Unity
Basically it is not possible to access the real time passthrough video from Quest 3 in Unity. Many devs among the internet think it is a crucial feature to be able to process to create incredible mi...
maybe they are afraid that developers can put malwares links to download to the headset. If they just allow to scan a QR code and something triggers inside the app (not connecting to the web) or make a pop up in the start of the game to be cautious about external links, that would be already very helpful. I hope they enable that soon, the possibilites are great
As far as I'm concerned, it is more a matter of privacy as they say in the docs. Nevertheless, as you said, asking for permission to the user should solve the problem.
Thanks for contributing! I hope they read us
I understand that is 100% a matter of privacy. I was developing for the HTC Elite headset a few months ago and was attempting the same project on their device. On their forums, an actual HTC employee stated it was available for a certain amount of time until corporate partners requested increased privacy.
It's very reasonable to do so; I do not want my headset camera to be accessed without permission, however I am sure that Oculus can construct a secure API.
I imagine you could place four framing edges at the corners of the screen to emphasize this frame-usage even more than the red recording dot. I know Meta has some great UX designers - they can communicate this information very clearly in combination with acknowledgements.
Meta publicly said it was a matter of privacy the fact that they are not providing access to color passthrough data.
Nevertheless it is a matter of showing a popup to the user to explicity allow access to camera (as every single app does in android).
I am failing to see how accessing passthrough camera could be different to access our smartphone camera with granded access by the user.
