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Getting Started with Apple ARKit in Unity

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Overview

This course will teach you the ins and outs of using Apple's ARKit with Unity, including tracking, hit testing, light estimation, ARKit Remote and a walkthrough of a real world application - all with detailed clips showing what each feature can do. Start learning from Pluralsight today!

Augmented Reality is the next big thing for mobile, and Apple’s ARKit is the next big platform to create engaging Augmented Reality experiences. In this course, Getting Started with Apple ARKit in Unity, first you'll understand the magic behind ARKit's tracking, along with its limitations. Next, you'll see how to take advantage of plane detection and augmented reality hit testing to place virtual objects in the real world. Then, you'll get familiar with lighting estimation to anchor the virtual objects in the real world visually. And finally, you'll learn tips to supercharge development, and you'll see how a proof of concept can be turned into a real world app. Along the way, you’ll see a ton of small clips to show you the effect of ARKit's different features and options, saving you a lot of time you'd spend experimenting. When you're finished with this course, you'll be able to create awesome AR apps for hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads with Unity!

Syllabus

  • Course Overview 2mins
  • Hello ARKit 14mins
  • Tracking 28mins
  • Scene Understanding – Plane Detection 13mins
  • Scene Understanding – Hit Testing and Light Estimation 19mins
  • Advanced World Tracking 27mins
  • Putting It All Together 53mins

Taught by

András Velvárt

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