Generating AR Assets Using Yulio Jump for SketchUp

Yulio’s AR Hotspot feature allows you to bring elements to life and see how your digital products can interact with the physical world using Augmented Reality. With Yulio’s AR Hotspot feature, you can insert an AR Hotspot into your VR experience to see the product in full 360, and take it one step further by using your phone or tablet to actually see the product in your physical space. AR hotspots allow you to show how your products or designs will interact with your clients real world space, directly from your VR experiences.

Yulio Jump for SketchUp makes generating AR assets simple. Simply use our AR tagging convention outlined below and all AR assets you have tagged will be rendered and automatically uploaded to your VR experience in Yulio, ready for viewing.

How to Tag AR Assets

To export augmented reality (AR) assets and have them be created as AR hotspots in your VR projects – you must first tag items in your model using Yulio’s AR tagging convention.

Begin by navigating to the Tags tab in the Default Tray.

Next, select the + icon to define a new AR tag. You can either have 1 item per tag or group multiple items together under 1 tag.

When the tag is created the default name is “Tag”, you will need to replace this using AR tag naming convention. To replace the name, simply type into the tag name box.

Yulio’s AR tag is #YulioAR=“object name”

For example, your tag could be:

#YulioAR=“Office Chair”

#YulioAR=“Chairs”

#YulioAR=“Red Coffee Maker”

#YulioAR=“Living Room Furniture”

Your object name can be labeled any way you like however, we recommend reflecting the object/objects you plan on including in the tag.

Once you have created your tag, you will need to assign your item/items to it. Begin by selecting the item you would like to add to the tag.

Next, navigate to the Entity Info under the Default Tray.

From there, select the Tag drop down and select the AR tag you would like to add the item to.

Repeat these steps if you would like to add multiple items to one tag.

To see which items are assigned to each tag, select the Color By Tag icon. This will highlight all items in your model.

To remove items from a tag, select the item, then navigate back to the Entity Info tab under the Default Tray.

Select the Tag drop down, and switch the tag back to the Untagged option.

From there, when rendering with Yulio, just ensure you select the Add AR Models checkbox in the plugin pop up. All assets you have tagged as AR, will now be rendered as AR hotspots.

For more information on viewing AR hotspots in Yulio, check out this article.