Camera is not really switched off after triggering arSystem.pause()

[HeimMatthias]

Calling arSystem.pause(false) switches off the camera feed in the a-frame, but the camera remains active. At least on iOS, the status-light remains switched on. For user-security reasons it would be good if it could be switched off completely during pause, or at least optionally. Especially as the camera is also a drain on energy consumption.

[hiukim]

@HeimMatthias Yes, the arSystem.pause(false) function translate to video.pause(), which keeps the video so the light indicator will still be on.

If you want to have it completely switched off, you can call arSystem.stop(), which should stop the video completely. and then you can call arSystem.start() again. There is still a bit of extra overhead when restart, but I think should be much faster than the first time.

[HeimMatthias]

Thanks, I'll try that.