Does Babylonjs currently working on implementing SLAM

[nguyenph194812]

Hi,
I was wondering that is babylon working on adding SLAM (simultaneously localization and mapping) capabilities to the library, and if yes, roadmap and the time duration till it is released ?

[Evgeni_Popov]

Welcome aboard!

The Babylon team doesn’t plan to add this feature to the library at the time, but maybe someone else is working on it(?)

cc @Cedric, as this may be related to user agents and automated moving…

[nguyenph194812]

Thanks for the information. i asked this question cuz i came across a comment in the post below saying that the babylon team is working on it and currently i am studying SLAM for web AR

Webdevelopment for WebVR and WebAr

Hi, im working on my bachelor thesis "three dimensional visualisation (AR and VR) in a webbrowser. I looked throw a lot of Frameworks and APIs, but im not sure which one to use. I need a Framework that can work with both augmented and virtual reality, preferably markerless. Need Collision detection ,the possibility for an walkingsimulator, and easy interaction (not so important) The best Frameworks that i found, till now, are Babylon.js and A-Frame, in combination with ar.js. Myself prefer …

[RaananW]

WebXR offers the same functionality (in AR mode). Is it not enough?

[nguyenph194812]

I am working on the device tracking and plane detection of SLAM, and to my knowledge WebXR doesn’t support those, am i right ?

[RaananW]

WebXR does plane detection (and also depth detection, experimental) when used in immersive-ar mode on supporting devices. For now android only, but it is supported there.