Howdy, I’m using image targets to detect where I should manually spawn an object based on the image, then switching to hand tracking so I can pick up the object. I want to know when the 3D object has gone off screen so that I can revert back to the image target scanning if they haven’t already pic…

Sounds like the imagelost event should do the trick? [image] Image Target Events | 8th Wall Types

It would be but unfortunately I wont have Webxr active after I have spawned the 3D model! I am switching to hand tracking once the image has been detected so that the player can grab the 3D model. If the model goes off screen during the hand tracking state, I need to know so I can switch back to the…

How to detect if an 3D object has gone off screen or "lost track" of?

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GeorgeButler June 4, 2025, 4:05pm 4

What about calculating the dot product of the object based off of the cameras direction?

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Is there a built-in way to detect when a 3D model is first “seen” by the user (in camera view) in Niantic Studio?

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How to detect if an 3D object has gone off screen or "lost track" of?

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