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(Unfortunately) I think someone may have heard correctly!

Someone in the Metaio Developer Portal said they’d heard the UI Designer in Creator was made for iPhone4 screens and the created UI design is not responsive to different screen sizes. I think that someone may have heard correctly. Damn!

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Channel viewed in Junaio AR browser (Portrait).
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Channel viewed in Junaio AR browser (Landscape).
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Channel viewed in Junaio AR browser (Portrait).
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Channel viewed in Junaio AR browser (Landscape).

Placing geometry in the 3D point cloud in Metaio Creator 2.6

Placing geometry in the 3D point cloud in Metaio Creator 2.6 is a little cumbersome, bewildering and often inaccurate. It takes lots of clicking and seemingly random fiddling to place geometry. You also can’t really determine if your geometry is placed correctly within the 3D point cloud until you upload to your channel and then view your channel in Junaio on your device. If it’s not placed correctly, you need to tweak it in Creator, publish it and then view it again in Junaio. Repeat process until it looks like it might almost be placed correctly. Curious.

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The first step in disassembling a rear brake caliper is to remove the bracket from the caliper. Use a spanner to loosen the retaining bolts.
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The second step in disassembling a rear brake caliper is to inspect and clean the retaining bolts and remove the rubber seal from the bracket.
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The third step in disassembling a rear brake caliper is to remove the piston from the caliper.
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The fourth and final step in disassembling a rear brake caliper is to remove the piston seal from the caliper.

Lost in Metaio Creator’s Z translation

I’m currently wrestling with the correct Z translation of images and buttons in UI Designer of Creator 2.6. I’ve placed some buttons on top of an background image in the UI Designer of Creator and have encountered a problem where the image obscures the buttons and prevents them from working. I’ve checked the Z translation of the image in relation to the buttons and have made sure the buttons translated above the background image, but this doesn’t seem to make a difference when the published channel is viewed in Junaio on my iPad.

I’ve posted my issue with Z translation of buttons in UI Designer of Creator 2.6 to the Metaio Helpdesk and look forward to hearing from someone in the community.

While attempting to solve this problem on my own in Creator, I experimented with placing the buttons partially over the background image and then publishing to my channel. This had an interesting result. The button displays and functions correctly!

Here are some screen captures of the properties windows for the background image and each button in the UI Designer of Creator and the published channel viewed in Junaio on my iPad.

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The properties window for the background image. The image has a 0.0 Z translation.
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The properties window for the button placed over the background image. The button has a 5.0 Z translation.
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The properties window for a button placed partially over the background image. The button has a 5.0 Z translation.
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The palcement of UI elements in the published channel viewed in Junaio on my ipad.

Prototyping augmented contextual instruction with Metaio Creator (Demo mode) and Toolbox

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The obtuse futuristic device that can only be serviced by a fearless technician with a little help from some augmented contextual instruction.

For this prototype, I’m using Metaio Creator image and object recognition features of Toolbox in restrictive Demo Mode to further explore some aspects of my concept of augmented contextual instruction. Unfortunately, in Demo Mode I can’t use the excellent 3D point cloud data  captured in Toolbox to prototype all aspects of my augmented contextual instruction. In Demo Mode augments can only be triggered by a QR code, which is kinda okay for testing while you’re building. I’m thinking about buying a license.

This video shows some of the features of the augmented contextual help I’m trying to prototype with Metaio Creator in Demo Mode.