Vuforia Capture for iOS Mobile (Beta)
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This feature is currently in beta; therefore, the visual presentation and user workflow are still in development.
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Enable Vuforia Capture for iOS (Beta) in Vuforia Vantage
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As of the 3.16.0 release, the Vuforia Capture for iOS (Beta) will no longer be available in TestFlight as a separate application. To continue participating in the Vuforia Capture for iOS (Beta), uninstall the app from TestFlight, and follow the instructions below.
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Please contact your Customer Success representative or
PTC Technical Support to gain access to the Vuforia Capture for Mobile (iOS only) beta.
Supported Devices for Location Markers
To include location marker in your Capture, your iOS device must also have LiDAR capability. An easy way to identify if a device has LiDAR technology, is to look for a black scanner among the rear cameras as shown below.
The following devices should include LiDAR capability:
• Newer iPhone Pro, with LiDAR: iPhone 12, 13, 14, 15 (Pro or Pro Max)
• iPads with LiDAR including iPad Pro 2020, 2021, and 2022
Capture a Procedure
| Below are a few things to keep in mind when capturing procedures using Vuforia Capture for iOS (Beta): • Currently, iPhones only support portrait videos; iPads, however, supports both portrait and landscape, but to avoid issues, make sure that you rotate the device to the desired orientation before adding images or videos. • There is a known issue where in some cases, location markers may appear offset from where you intended to place them. This issue happens more often after a long pause/resume, or when tracking is lost while placing location markers. To avoid this issue, try not to take long pauses during capturing the procedure. If the issue does occur, simply place a new location marker for the affected step. • While a single Area Target scan is only recommended for up to 50 square meters or 500 square feet, multiple Captures can be inserted into the same procedure, enabling a procedure to cover much larger areas, and multiple areas that are not directly connected and cannot be scanned together in one place. For information about adding multiple Captures to a single procedure, see Add Locations from Multiple Captures to a Procedure. |
1. Open Vuforia Vantage on your supported iOS device.
2. On the home page, tap My Captures.
3. On the My Captures page, tap the new Capture button in the upper-right corner.
| If one exists, you can also select a previous Capture session and choose to resume capturing that procedure. |
4. Now, you can start capturing your procedure.
5. If you want to include location markers in your procedure, you will first need to create an area scan. Creating the area scan allows you to scan the area in which you will perform your procedure and place location markers at different points throughout. Once the area scan has been created, use the Add Location button to add location markers to important places in your environment while capturing your procedure.
6. Next, use the Add Video and Add Images buttons to add media content to your step.
7. Use the green plus button to add more step to your procedure.
8. Once you’ve completed your procedure and are ready to save your Capture session, give your Capture an appropriate title, and press Enter.
9. Then, tap the export icon in the upper-right corner.
10. Now, you’re ready to upload your Capture file to your computer and start editing in Vuforia Editor. For more information about accessing your Capture folder and uploading it to Vuforia Editor, see the sections below on accessing your Capture files and uploading them.
Access Capture Files
You can access and export your Capture using one of the following methods:
• Plug your iOS device in to a computer, and download the folder using Mac OS finder or iTunes on Windows.
• Use the iOS Files app to send the Capture to a laptop or cloud storage (for example, OneDrive).
| You will need to compress the Capture folder that you want to send in the Files app before sending the file. For more information on compressing or zipping files on iOS devices, see Apple Support. |
Upload Capture Files to Vuforia Editor
You can upload your Capture to Vuforia Editor using one of the following methods:
| A warning about invalid steps may appear when uploading the Capture, but you can safely ignore this warning and continue. |
• Create a new procedure and upload it during the new procedure creation by dragging and dropping the Capture folder into the Upload your Capture box, or browsing to the Capture folder on your system.
• Import the Capture folder as an asset by navigating to > >
Once you’ve imported the Capture file, you can include the steps from your Capture in a procedure using the following steps.
1. Create or open a procedure that you want to add the steps to.
2. Open the Capture, and click the Insert steps icon.
3. Once the steps are inserted, you’ll see that any videos, images, and location markers are present in the appropriate steps.
