"We offer new support options and therefor the forums are now in read-only mode! Please check out our Support Center for more information." - Vuforia Engine Team

Shadows don't work in latest Vuforia Unity SDK

By medabit on Tue, 08/09/2016 - 22:00

Vuforia SDK Version: 5.5.9 - Description with steps to reproduce:

I can't get shadows to work at all in latest Unity SDK.  There's something in the new Video Background Manager that's killing them.  Unchecking enable video background makes everything show ok. 

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Image target example

2. Add a 3d plane to one of the targets underneath the teapot

3. Turn on hard shadows in the light

4. Open up project settings -> quality and change shadow distance so you can see shadow.

You'll now see a shadow, press play and point at a target.  No shadow appears in the video view.

See image.  Shadows work as they should on Vuforia 5.0.10.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58996651/shadows.jpg

- Development OS (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux): osx 10.10.5 - Mobile OS and Version: Any iOS or android device - Mobile Device Manufacturer and Model name: Any - Do the Vuforia Sample Applications show the same behavior?: Yes, see steps above.

Thanks, any possible workaround or even just confirmation would be very helpful.  This is currently holding up our project, we need the new Android bug fixes and can't go back to the previous version.