ARKit is a framework developed by Apple to capture visual, spatial, and motion data from the sensors in a supported device, and process the scene for use in augmented reality software, such as RealityKit.

Development history

ARKit was first introduced with iOS 11 on June 5 at the 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference and was continuously updated each following year.^[1] ARKit 2 through 6 were introduced for iOS 12 to 16 at the 2018 to 2022 Worldwide Developers Conferences, respectively.

Gallery

ARKit pre-release icon

ARKit 1 icon

Icon of the RoomPlan API

Videos

Apple ARKit 4

Apple ARKit 5 — augmented reality for iOS

References

See also

• List of Apple AR and VR projects

External links

• Augmented Reality at Apple Developer
  • ARKit overview
    • Introducing ARKit: Augmented Reality for iOS at WWDC 2017 (2017-06-28)
  • ARKit 2 overview (archived 2018-06-09)
    • Introducing ARKit 2 at WWDC 2018 (2018-07-09)
  • ARKit 3 overview (archived 2019-06-17)
    • Introducing ARKit 3 at WWDC 2019 (2019-07-10)
    • Bringing People into AR (2019-07-10)
  • ARKit 4 overview (archived 2020-06-25)
    • Explore ARKit 4 at WWDC 2020 (2020-07-31)
  • ARKit 5 overview (archived 2021-08-14)
    • Explore ARKit 5 at WWDC 2021 (2021-06-10)
  • ARKit 6 overview (archived 2022-06-07)
    • Discover ARKit 6 at WWDC 2022 (2022-06-09)
    • Introducing RoomPlan

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