Troubleshooting

What to do when things don't work as expected with building your Scene Viewer app.

Scene Viewer isn't working on my phone!

Before using Google Scene Viewer, make sure that your iOS device is compatible with ARKit or that your Android device has ARCore or Google Play Services for AR installed.

I can't see the 3D asset!

Are you pointing the camera in the right place?

Point your phone to the floor and move your phone around until the camera detected a surface. The 3D asset should appear on the detected surface.

Is your asset too small/big?

It might be the case that your 3D asset is too small or too big to appear in the camera view.

Scale the model by pinching the screen with two fingers. If that does not work, change the size of the model by adding a metadata key named scale to the 3D models. See how to add metadata in the Data Page section of the documentation.

Now rescan the QR code or refresh the webpage.

Occlusion isn't working!

WebXR, which does not support occlusion, is the default AR mode set for web-based experiences.

Change the default AR mode to Scene Viewer which does support occlusion by adding a metadata key named arMode with the value scene-viewer to the 3D model. See how to add metadata in the Data Page section of the documentation.

Now rescan the QR code to relaunch the web experience.

I am getting some other error.

Let's talk! Ask on Slack or send an email to [email protected] and please attach a screenshot of the error you are experiencing.