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Virtual Button Inconsistent

By fugogugo on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 15:18

I have a problem with the virtual button.

sometimes its detected the touch, sometimes its not.

If I read the trackable from image on the monitor it won't activate the button touch even if all my fingers covered the virtual button.

but if I read the trackable from printed image it can activate the button touch

 

but after I tried again on another device the button won't detect touch even if I use the printed Image.

 

I wonder what could be the problem? color? camera quality? or anything else?

AlessandroB

Wed, 01/09/2013 - 15:52

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Hi, the detection of Virtual Buttons is very sensitive to the design of them and to the surrounding image target;

Thanks.

 

so the design of the virtual button is also affecting the quality of detection? I thought that just by covering the whole virtual button area it would be detected as a touch.

should the button be contrast with the background?

I'm sorry but, how is actually the right code to read the button?
should I use the Virtual button from VirtualButtonResult or I get the virtual button directly from the Image Target?

I found this tutorial is  ambiguous 

Hi fugougo,

Alessandro is quite right here about the design aspects of VBs.

One suggestion that some other developers are using is to have a button displayed as an augmentation so that the user can touch it on the screen.