
Apple ARKit
Apple ARKit provides multiple tools to help you create stunning Augmented Reality experiences for millions of users on iOS platforms. It has released a state-of-the-art module titled “Depth API” that offers a new technique to utilize the detailed depth information collected by LiDAR Scanner on iPhone and iPad devices. The LiDAR Scanner is programmed with superior understanding capabilities that enable Depth API to perform advanced features to enhance the user environment.
The next best feature is Location Anchors that allows you to create AR experiences in famous locations such as places of interest or landmarks. You can modify the coordinates of a particular area like its altitude, latitude, and longitude. The captured scenery can be viewed from multiple perspectives, which is very similar to using a camera lens to observe original objects.
Other features offered by Apple ARKit include Scene Geometry, Instant AR, and Motion Capture. With Scene geometry, you can make a topological map of an area and develop an understanding of the surroundings by using labels. Instant AR takes assistance from the LiDAR Scanner, which provides quick plane detection to help you position virtual objects in the natural world. Lastly, motion capture lets you record the movement of an individual without using a second camera.
#1 ARCore
ARCore also known as Google Play Service for AR, is a SDK that enables you to create augmented reality experiences. It is an intelligent platform that utilizes APIs to empower your smartphone with the technology to feel its surroundings, comprehend the globe and connect with data. It provides three main functionalities to merge virtual content with the organic world as perceived from your device’s camera.
The first is motion tracking enabling the phone to think and locate its position in the world. The second capability is Environmental understanding, helping the phone to measure the dimensions of all kinds of surfaces such as vertical, horizontal, and angled. The third and final power is Light estimation, which gives the phone the vision to understand an area’s present lighting conditions.