Troubleshooting
What to do when things don't work as expected with building your Scene Viewer app.
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What to do when things don't work as expected with building your Scene Viewer app.
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Before using Google Scene Viewer, make sure that your iOS device is compatible with or that your Android device has or installed.
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.
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 section of the documentation.
Now rescan the QR code or refresh the webpage.
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 section of the documentation.
Now rescan the QR code to .
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