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ARKit and ARCore

ARKit from Apple iOS

  • Visual Inertial Odometry
    • ARKit uses Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) to accurately track the world around it.
  • Scene Understanding and Lighting Estimation
    • ARKit can detect horizontal planes like tables and floors, and can track and place objects on smaller feature points as well.
  • High Performance Hardware and Rendering Optimizations
    • You can take advantage of the optimizations for ARKit in Metal, SceneKit, and third-party tools like Unity and Unreal Engine.
Supported formats include the following:




Format
Filename Extension
Supported in
Digital Asset Exchange
.dae
macOS 10.8 and later
Alembic
.abc
macOS 10.10 and later
SceneKit compressed scene
.dae or .abc
macOS 10.10 and later
iOS 8.0 and later
SceneKit archive
.scn
macOS 10.10 and later
iOS 8.0 and later




ARCore from Google Android
ARCore works with Java/OpenGL, Unity and Unreal and focuses on three things:

  • Motion tracking
    • Using the phone’s camera to observe feature points in the room and IMU sensor data, ARCore determines both the position and orientation (pose) of the phone as it moves. Virtual objects remain accurately placed.
  • Environmental understanding
    • It’s common for AR objects to be placed on a floor or a table. ARCore can detect horizontal surfaces using the same feature points it uses for motion tracking.
  • Light estimation
    • ARCore observes the ambient light in the environment and makes it possible for developers to light virtual objects in ways that match their surroundings, making their appearance even more realistic.
ARCore works with Java/OpenGL, Unity and Unreal.
Use Blocks and Tilt Brush to make it easy for anyone to quickly create great 3D content for use in AR apps.

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Amazon Sumerian: An easy way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences

Amazon Sumerian provides tools and resources that allows anyone to create and run augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D applications with ease.  With Sumerian, you can build multi-platform experiences that run on hardware like the Oculus, HTC Vive, and iOS devices using WebVR compatible browsers and with support for ARCore on Android devices coming soon.

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Google supports iOS with ARCore

Just A Line (iOS)
Just A Line (Android)

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