What Will You Learn?
Discover how to develop augmented reality applications using Unity and AR Foundation. Learn to set up AR scenes, import and optimize 3D assets, implement image tracking, and prepare your app for deployment on Android and iOS devices. This lesson equips you with foundational skills to build immersive AR experiences.
We'll cover the following...
In this lesson, we'll learn how to create AR experiences using Unity’s AR Foundation package. We will start by setting up the scene, importing 3D assets, and configuring the camera for AR. We will then learn how to use AR Foundation’s features to track real-world objects, place virtual objects in the environment, and add interactivity to our AR experiences.
Here’s an overview of what we'll learn.
Packages and scene setup
Several packages are essential for creating AR experiences in Unity’s AR Foundation. We need to change to the Unity registry to download the following packages for the first time. These include the AR Foundation package, which provides a framework for building AR apps that can run on iOS and Android devices. The package also consists of the ARKit and ARCore packages, which provide device-specific functionality for iOS and Android.
When it comes to scene setup, it’s essential to understand how AR works clearly. In an AR scene, virtual objects are placed in the real world, and to achieve this, we need to set up our camera, which acts as our window into the AR world. The AR Camera ...