Introduction_to_ARKit.md

WWDC 2017

Table of Contents

• Introduction to ARKit - Tuesday
  • ARKit
  • Getting Started
    • ARSessionConfiguration
    • ARSession
  • World Tracking
    • Content Technology

Introduction to ARKit - Tuesday

Session video and resources: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2017/602/

ARKit

• iOS (devices with A9 chip and up)
• Tracking
• Scene understanding
  • Plane detection,
  • Hit-testing
  • Light estimation
• Rendering
  • Easy integration
  • Supports custom rendering with Metal template from XCode
• Unity & Unreal will be fully supporting

Getting Started

• Processing -> ARKit

• Rendering -> SceneKit, Metal, SpriteKit

• ARConfiguration -> ARSession -> instances of ARFrame

ARSessionConfiguration

• Checking for availability
• Enabling/disabling

ARSession

• Manage AR processing using pause() and run()
• ARAnchor
  • Real world positioning
  • Add/remove via ARSession

World Tracking

• Add as a configuration to the session ARWorldTrackingSessionConfiguration

Content Technology

• Comes as an option while creating a new ARKit project. This defines the rendering method.