ARKit is Apple's new framework for creating augmented reality experiences on iOS 11 devices using only the iPhone's single camera and sensors. It allows developers to build AR apps for over 100 million iOS devices without needing additional resources like image triggers. ARKit uses technologies like visual-inertial odometry and scene understanding to detect horizontal planes and place virtual objects that are estimated to scale in the real world. Popular game engines like Unity and Unreal are supporting ARKit integration to make development easier.

1. Andrew Deutsch / @andrewdeutsch
July 20, 2017
NYC

2. What is ARKit?
Apple’s new framework for creating augmented reality
experiences for iPhones and iPads running iOS11
@nedd

3. Leading AR Tools
• 325,000+ registered developer; has powered 35,000+ app;
400 million app installs worldwide
• Free for dev; $499 per released app
• Built on OpenCV
• Android and iOS
• 100,000+ registered developer; has powered 20,000+ app;
• SLAM and real-world scale; many ARKit features
• License costs $3,000/per year
• Android and iOS

4. Leading AR Tools
• 10,000+ registered developers
• SLAM and real-world scale; many ARKit features
• License costs: Free under £1 mil. GBP (w/ watermark); £1K/annually
w/o
• Android and iOS
• Google’s AR hardware solution
• Using multiple cameras and sensors
• Currently available on only 2 devices
• Android
http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/augmented-reality-sdks

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0-z8SF7C0
Google Tango/ARKit
comparison
@econsor

6. Why ARKit?
You don’t need an image trigger or marker to activate
an experience. You only need a horizontal plane to be
detected.
ARKit is able to estimate scale in relation to the real
world using existing iPhone legacy hardware(i.e., a
single camera), back to iPhone 6.
ARKit apps will be available on over 100 million
devices after iOS11 is released this fall.
Easy integration w/ the App Store

7. Visual Inertial Odometry
Using built-in inertial sensors and a single camera, it can
sense and map what is in the real world.
ARKit Under the Hood
Scene Understanding
Can detect horizontal planes like tables and floors, and can
track and place objects on smaller feature points as well.
Lighting Estimation
Makes use of the camera sensor to estimate the total
amount of light available in a scene and applies the correct
amount of lighting to virtual objects (ambient lighting).

8. Alper Guler
Augmented and Virtual Reality Solution Manager, The Glimpse Group;
KabaQ Augmented Reality Food Menu

9. ARKit Development Options
Xcode 9 Beta
using SceneKit (3D), SpriteKit(2D) or Metal
Setting up an Apple dev account
Unreal
Will be available in the next Github build; link on their blog post is
dead.
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/epic-unreal-engine-wwdc-
2017
Unity
Unity v5.6.1p1+
https://bitbucket.org/Unity-Technologies/unity-arkit-plugin

10. +
Tutorial presented by the team from FuseVR

11. ARKit Resources
Apple ARKit documentation
Unity’s ARKit plugin
ARKit News
Made With ARKit
Awesome ARKit - a thorough list of resources
– including Xcode project repos

12. Andrew Deutsch / @andrewdeutsch
July 20, 2017
Thank you!