Any updates on IOS AR?

Tagged: AR Augmented reality iOS

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2020-12-02 at 10:54 am #36167

KurtGR
Customer

It seems AR is available in-browser on IOS/Safari – but there doesn’t seem to be support for verge (apart from loading it in XR Viewer, which I think will put a lot of customers off).

Is there any possibility currently, or future roadmap for AR in the verge browser app on IOS devices? (https://swisstomato.ch/en/web-ar/ – these guys seem to handle it on my iPhone 12 straight out of the browser, even with a handy QR code)

2020-12-02 at 11:39 am #36169

Alexander Kovelenov
Staff

Hi,

The project you referenced in your post uses the so called USDZ technology which is supported on recent iPhone devices. However, this is just a viewer of custom USD models, there is no interactivity possible yet.

On the positive side, there is some work done in WebKit library to support WebXR technology:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208988

Safari is based on WebKit, so the work is in progress :)

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2020-12-02 at 11:55 am #36170

KurtGR
Customer

That’s good news! I’m pretty new to AR so all the different platforms confuse me a little – is it possible to enable a USDZ viewer simply based on the 3D scene without interactivity to verge or is it too complex?

2021-02-05 at 3:50 pm #38094

sickmind
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I’m interested on this argument :)

I built up my own verge app with AR button and is now working well on Android but doesn’t work on iOS.

I also read this https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices

Looks like some iOS device are listed as compatible right?
With an iPhone 11 it doesn’t work…

Someone can explain me better please?
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