by Arifa Nafees

Basic Requirements for creating Augmented Reality App using Unity and ARCore SDK

Hello everyone, In this article, I’ll tell you what are the basic requirements(Hardware + Software Requirements) for creating Augmented reality app using Unity and Google ARCore SDK. First of all, I will cover some core concepts, then jump into Hardware and Software Requirements.

CORE CONCEPTS

Augmented Reality:- It is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user’s view of the real world, thus providing a composite view.

ARCore:- ARCore is a software development kit(SDK) developed by Google for creating an augmented reality app. It uses different APIs which enable the phone to sense its environment to understand the world and interact with information. ARCore uses three key capabilities to integrate virtual content with the real world as seen through your phone’s camera:

  • Motion tracking allows the phone to understand and track its position relative to the world.
  • Environmental understanding allows the phone to detect the size and location of all types of surfaces: horizontal, vertical and angled surfaces like the ground, a coffee table or walls.
  • Light estimation allows the phone to estimate the environment’s current lighting conditions.

Unity:- It is a powerful, full-featured, commercial, cross-platform game engine developed by Unity Technologies.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENT

For testing and deployment of your app, it is required that you must have ARCore supported smartphone. The link to the list of ARCore Supported smartphone is given below:- https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT

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