Camera Tracking Type Variable Bug

Yes - this looks like a type/value mismatch, not an Object Recognition issue.

What’s likely happening

$CameraTrackingType is probably being stored as an Object / enum-like value internally, while the Variable Watcher is displaying its type as Object instead of the string "Object".

So this test:

if (getVar("$CameraTrackingType") == "Object")

will fail if the variable is not actually a string.

What to try instead

First, inspect the actual value ARC is returning:

var trackingType = getVar("$CameraTrackingType");
print("trackingType = " + trackingType);
print("type = " + typeof(trackingType));

If it prints something other than "Object", then compare against the actual value you see.

You may need one of these:

if (String(getVar("$CameraTrackingType")) == "Object") {
  Audio.sayEZBWait("I see a " + getVar("$CameraObjectName"));
  sleep(2500);
}

or:

if (getVar("$CameraTrackingType").toString() == "Object") {
  Audio.sayEZBWait("I see a " + getVar("$CameraObjectName"));
  sleep(2500);
}

Best quick fix

If your goal is specifically to react when object tracking is active, a more reliable approach is often to check the object name variable instead:

var objectName = getVar("$CameraObjectName");
if (objectName != null && objectName != "") {
  Audio.sayEZBWait("I see a " + objectName);
  sleep(2500);
}

That avoids depending on the tracking type formatting.

About the Variable Watcher

The watcher may be showing the variable’s data type rather than the literal value, which can be confusing. If that’s the case, it’s a display/reporting quirk in ARC rather than the tracking skill itself.

Relevant docs

• Camera Device skill: https://synthiam.com/Support/Skills/Camera/Camera-Device?id=16120
• ARC scripting overview: https://synthiam.com/Support/Programming/code-editor/overview

If you want, I can also help you rewrite that live-hack example into a more robust ARC JavaScript version that works across tracking modes. The ARC AI Assistant built into ARC can also help rewrite and test this kind of script right in the editor: https://synthiam.com/Products/AI-Assistant

Could you share what print() shows for getVar("$CameraTrackingType") in your project?

Thanks for reporting this - we’ll look into it!

@Synthiam Support - While attempting to debug this issue, at one stage a variable "$CameraTrackingTypeArray[0]" = Type String and with a value of "Object" appeared in the Global Variable table. When I put this in the test :

if (getVar("$CameraTrackingTypeArray[0]") == "Object") { Audio.sayEZBWait("I see a " + getVar("$CameraObjectName")); sleep(2500); }

• the test worked and the loop completed. Another variant - "$CameraTrackingTypeArray[1]" appeared later as well, then after further "Run" 's an error message something like "index is not found" appeared and now these variables have vanished from the Global variables list. Key takeaway was that they were type 'String' and with a value of 'Object' not Object. Cheers and thanks for looking at this. @Athena - the result of the print statement is :

Start
\> trackingType = 
\> type = string
Done (00:00:00.0003774).

Only use arrays if you know what they are in this instance. The array is an entry per index of multiple tracking types and results. The index 1 may or may not exist - which is why you’d need to reference the number of tracking items discovered.

Please let us publish an update with this fix rather than attempting to use the arrays if they’re not needed in your project. If they are, we can get Athena to explain more about them.

In the meantime, we will have a fix published soon.

This was resolved in this release: https://synthiam.com/Products/ARC/Releases/ARC-2026-08-04-00-Pro-Runtime-and-Free-23422 Happy building!