# Is depth-based occlusion need internet connection

**URL:** <https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/is-depth-based-occlusion-need-internet-connection/3176>\
**Category:** I'm Stuck\
**Created:** [January 10, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/is-depth-based-occlusion-need-internet-connection/3176 "2023-01-10T11:11:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Naveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@Naveen](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Naveen)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/is-depth-based-occlusion-need-internet-connection/3176/1 "2023-01-10T11:11:19Z")

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- **Issue category** : Semantic Segmentation / Real-time Mapping-Depth / ARDK Documentation
- **Device type & OS version** : Android 12
- **Host machine & OS version** : Windows
- **Issue Environment** : On Device
- **ARDK version** :2.3.0
- **Unity version** :2021.3.2

Description of the issue:  
Is depth-based occlusion require an active internet connection? Because sometimes I noticed some weird behaviour on occlusion (placed object not visible)while there is no internet connection.

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Smit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/dylan_smit/32/562_2.png) [@Dylan\_Smit](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Dylan_Smit)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/is-depth-based-occlusion-need-internet-connection/3176/2 "2023-01-10T20:16:57Z")

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As far as I know it just uses the depth information from the camera

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**Author:** ![rob\_link](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/rob_link/32/1176_2.png) [@rob\_link](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/rob_link)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/is-depth-based-occlusion-need-internet-connection/3176/3 "2023-01-10T23:23:56Z")

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Hi, @Naveen!

There’s no requirement for an active internet connection at this time for only depth-based occlusion. You can test this by building the _Depth_ scene that ships with ARDK Examples, installing it to your device, and testing the scene while the device is in Airplane Mode.

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**Author:** ![Maverick\_Niantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maverick\_Niantic](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Maverick_Niantic)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/is-depth-based-occlusion-need-internet-connection/3176/4 "2026-03-05T23:44:53Z")

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