AR for iOS Developers: RealityKit and Reality Composer

1h 28mIntermediate2019-11-15

Authors

Brian Advent

Software Developer, Educator, Mathematician

Course details

With the RealityKit framework, you can integrate virtual objects into the real world to build striking augmented reality (AR) experiences. Reality Composer, a powerful new app for iOS and Mac, makes it easy to create 3D content that you can add to the app you're building with RealityKit. In this course, learn the fundamentals of working with RealityKit, as well as how to use Reality Composer to create interactive AR experiences with no prior 3D experience. After showing you how to quickly build an AR app with RealityKit, instructor Brian Advent demonstrates how to create content and interactions with Reality Composer. Then, see how to use Reality Composer and Xcode together to create apps that display content based on 2D images and 3D objects found in the real world.

Learning objectives
Building 3D scenes with Reality Composer
Adding interactivity using behaviors
Converting 3D OBJ files to USDZ files
Handling user interactions in code
2D image recognition and image anchors
Scanning and detecting 3D objects

Skills covered

iOS DevelopmentAugmented RealityiOSMobile DevelopmentAppleVisualization and Real-TimeProduct and ManufacturingOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - 2D and 3D images with Reality Composer
02 - What you should know

1. A First AR App and Some Theory

03 - Build an AR app with four lines of code
04 - RealityKit basics

2. Create 3D Content

05 - Introduction into Reality Composer
06 - Build your first scene
07 - Add behaviours
08 - Working with USDZ files
09 - Convert 3D OBJ files to USDZ
10 - Your content in Xcode
11 - Challenge - A solar system
12 - Solution - A solar system

3. 2D Image Recognition

13 - A planet detector app
14 - Project setup
15 - Image recognition with image anchors
16 - Load content into your app
17 - Handle user actions from Reality Composer
18 - Trigger Reality Composer actions in code
19 - Challenge - Solar detect
20 - Solution - Solar detect

4. 3D Object Detection

21 - How to scan 3D objects
22 - An object detection app in five minutes

Conclusion

23 - Next steps