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Street mural depicting a stylized animal emerging from water, displayed on a TV in a living room setting.
Jul 6, 2021

The Chromecast TV streaming lineup from Google is one of the more popular products in the category, primarily due to its low price tag and broad app support. With more than 430,000 reviews on the App ...

Lego figure dancing with music notes and colorful background elements.
Feb 22, 2021

For its latest take on augmented reality-infused playsets, Lego is giving the young, and the simply young at heart, its twist on the viral lipsync format made popular by TikTok with Lego Vidiyo. The g ...

Game interface showing a Pokémon catching prompt on a mobile device with a scenic background.
Feb 11, 2021

Gotta catch 'em all, right? That's easier said than done, considering that Pokémon GO has region-specific characters that you may never get a chance to see. Sure, you can spoof your GPS location to ma ...

A map of the United States marked with multiple locations indicated by Pokéball icons.
Apr 11, 2019

A strange thing is happening: there are people, groups of people even, walking the streets day and night staring wide-eyed at their mobile phones and laughing like manic children. What are these peopl ...

Digital representation of the Mona Lisa framed against a grid background.
Nov 13, 2018

In a previous tutorial, we were able to place the Mona Lisa on vertical surfaces such as walls, books, and monitors using ARKit 1.5. By combining the power of Scene Kit and Sprite Kit (Apple's 2D grap ...

Mona Lisa painting in an ornate frame.
Oct 24, 2018

In a previous tutorial, we were able to measure vertical surfaces such as walls, books, and monitors using ARKit 1.5. With the advent of vertical plane anchors, we can now also attach objects onto the ...

Beige patterned curtains with measurement grid.
Oct 1, 2018

In a previous tutorial, we were able to measure horizontal surfaces such as the ground, tables, etc., all using ARKit. With ARKit 1.5, we're now able to measure vertical surfaces like walls! In this t ...

Red balloons floating above a stadium against a clear blue sky.
Jul 24, 2018

Have you ever seen pictures or videos of balloons being let go into the sky and randomly floating away in all directions? It's something you often see in classic posters or movies. Well, guess what? N ...

Measuring an object on a grid with a digital ruler.
Jun 27, 2018

In our last ARKit tutorial, we learned how to measure the sizes of horizontal planes. It was a helpful entryway into the arena of determining spatial relationships with real world spaces versus virtua ...

Measurement grid overlay on a wooden surface showing dimensions 16.3" x 12.0".
Jun 22, 2018

Have you noticed the many utility ARKit apps on the App Store that allow you to measure the sizes of horizontal planes in the world? Guess what? After this tutorial, you'll be able to do this yourself ...