The focus of the camera (iPhone 7 plus) seems to be set at a fixed distance when running ARKit. This is fine for games but limiting for AR photo and video apps.
Is there a way to set the focus distance further away, or even better enabled autofocus while using ARKit? Presumably changing the camera's focus distance affects the field of view, but that appears to be updated with every frame anyway.
Thanks!
Thanks for the response! Vuforia is able to run on iOS with autofocus, and while it is a different kind of tracking I don't think autofocus is never going to happen. If the focus distance is known for a frame, and the lens is fully calibrated, it should be able to take the difference into account.
Also since it looks like ARFrame returns a new projection matrix every frame, my hope is the API is already able to handle something like this, and it just hasn't been implemented yet.
ARKit lets you use real-world camera lens settings (you can also setFocusDistance; that may accomplish what you're looking for).
I'm using:
[cameraNode.camera setFocalLength:50.0];
[cameraNode.camera setFStop:2.0];
[cameraNode.camera setWantsHDR:YES];
to look like a 50mm lens with F2.0 aperture.
Feature request submitted.
Please add your report # to your comment for reference, thanks.
My own iPhone 7 Plus has been out of focus specifically for ARKit apps in most settings I've tried. This is not the case on the single camera iPhone 7 or in other apps that use the camera on the same device. I've filed a bug report and referenced this thread but I'm wondering now if this is an issue specific to (or at least more common on) the 7+.
Hi, also experiencing this on iPhone 8 plus. Images are really sharp on a 6s, however completely out of focus on iPhone 8 plus. Will file a bug report. Any resolution?
Had same issue on my 7 plus and now on my X