Match the ‘Moji is an Augmented Reality iOS game that challenges users to recreate the facial expressions on their favorite emojis. Goals My goal with this project was to create a game utilizing the ARFaceAnchor blend shapes features of Apple’s ARKit platform to learn more about the capabilites and challenges of…

In this tutorial, we will be building logic to place RealityKit based Augmented Reality content in a user’s environment where they tap on screen. — To start, we will be using the MVVM RealityKit template I’ve setup here: MVVM Set Up for a RealityKit SwiftUI Project Quick MVVM Setup For RealityKit SwiftUI Projectscoledennis.medium.com We will start by adding a function to ARModel that will be performing the Raycast. We will be using the makeRaycastQuery() function that is part of the ARView to make a raycast query:

In this tutorial, we will walk through detecting if a user is smiling, and using this logic to control a SwiftUI view. — By tapping into ARKit, we can build logic into our app that changes our UI based on if a user is smiling or not: We will be using the MVVM template I created in another article as a base — that article can be checked out here (LINK) or the…

Use ARKit’s Person Segmentation to Place AR Content Behind A User — Today we will be using Person Segmentation to make an iOS 16 lockscreen-inspired AR experience! We will be starting with the basic Xcode Augmented Reality template using RealityKit and SwiftUI:

Use ARKit’s Image Detection to trigger changes in a SwiftUI View — In this tutorial, we will be using ARKit’s Image Detection feature to change a SwiftUI view when an image is recognized by ARKit. First, we will be starting with a MVVM setup building upon the Augmented Reality App template in Xcode. I wrote a tutorial walking through this setup here: MVVM Set Up for a RealityKit SwiftUI Project Quick MVVM Setup For RealityKit SwiftUI Projectscoledennis.medium.com

In this tutorial, we will be creating a demo SwiftUI experience that uses ARKit to recognize if a user is tilting their head to update a SwiftUI View: We are going to start with a MVVM setup so that the ARView is in an “ARModel” struct and is easier to…

Quick MVVM Setup For RealityKit SwiftUI Projects — In this tutorial, we will be going over how to set up your SwiftUI-based RealityKit projects in the Model View ViewModel system. We will start with the Augmented Reality App template in Xcode: We will be using SwiftUI for the Interface, Swift as the Language, and RealityKit as the Content…

How to add 3D text in your Augmented Reality App — In this tutorial, we will be adding 3D Generated text meshes to a RealityKit scene. Basic Setup We will start off with the “Augmented Reality App” template on Xcode: I’m using SwiftUI as the Interface, Swift as the Language, and RealityKit as the Content Technology:

With iOS 16, WeatherKit and Core Location makes it easy to access weather data within a SwiftUI App. — In this tutorial, we will walk through how to set up a SwiftUI app for iOS that integrates with WeatherKit and Core Location to display the weather at a user’s current location. Setting up a SwiftUI App First, we will be setting up a SwiftUI app using the “App” template on XCode: I’m using SwiftUI…