How to Make an AR (Augmented Reality) App?

Augmented Reality is simply known as AR is a modern technology that enables people to superimpose digital content such as images, sounds, and text over real-life scenes. AR became the center of attention to all the IT world when in 2016 a game known as Pokemon Go superimposed the Pokemon with real-world use on a smartphone screen. Now Augmented Reality is getting more popularity and tech giants are implementing AR in their platforms. Apple launched its ARKit platform in 2017 and later Google announced their AR programs well. I will try my best to explain what’s AR and how to make an AR app.

Augmented Reality in simple words is a world where reality is enhanced using digital components. Whereas AR isn’t like VR (Virtual Reality), in VR users need a special headset to experience VR. But in AR user interacts with real-world objects in a digital form. AR is a non-immersive experience whereas VR is immersive experience comparability.

Making an Augmented Reality App in Unity 3D

You can use tools like Unity 3D that are used to build games. Unity is a tool that’s being used worldwide by game developers. They use it to create scenes, move objects, and implement their gaming ideas into a fully-fledged working game. You can also use this tool to implement your AR apps ideas into real-world working apps.

Make AR Apps Using AR SDK Tools

Here I will list some of the widely used AR SDK tools that help app developers to make apps that are based on AR technology. First, get let me tell you about what’s an SDK. SDK stands for Software Development Kit and they are a set of tools that enable developers to build, run, analyze and compile their applications. Such as you may have heard about Android SDK if you have into android development.

Wikitude an AR SDK

Wikitude is used in AR app development as an SDK tool and it helps to create AR app by providing the necessary tools and environment that AR development requires. It was introduced in the market in 2008 but it has gained popularity in such a short period of time. It’s a very efficient option for building AR applications for iOS, Android, and other smart gadgets. There are other AR SDK’s that will help you to build an AR app and I am listing some of them below:

ARToolKit
ARCore
Wikitude
Vuforia

These are some of the well-known AR SDK tools. You can choose them according to your needs and requirements.

What You Can Build in AR Apps?

AR is quite a new industry and it’s growing day by day. Soon, it will become mainstream, and AR apps will become a normal part of our daily life. In the above section, I have told you some tools that will help you on how to make an AR app, and here what productive AR apps you can make. There’s a huge gap that you can fill in schooling and teaching people new skills. You can build AR apps that help people to learn new skills that are too much technology in the real world. By creating superimpose, it would be a much easier and cost-effective method to teach new and technical skills to people all around the world by sitting anywhere.