Here's a Look at the First Wave of Augmented Reality ARKit Apps Hitting the iOS App Store Today

[mwcfc1905]

90% of the apps would work same or better without AR. An exception being IKEA/furniture placing apps.

Have you not seen most of the AR demos then?

 

[ikir]

Artupia is a awesome AR app

 

[Pilgrim1099]

This might be the worst post you have ever made. Please, educate yourself on the differences and try again. ARKit is an entirely different universe of API's and abilities than previous efforts.

Try Ingress. This is actually an AR game that's been on the app store for a long time. The OP is right. AR is NOT new at all.

 

[mwcfc1905]

Try Ingress. This is actually an AR game that's been on the app store for a long time. The OP is right. AR is NOT new at all.

But it was not very good!

 

[yaxomoxay]

Try Ingress. This is actually an AR game that's been on the app store for a long time. The OP is right. AR is NOT new at all.

I don't think that anyone claimed that AR is new. People are claiming that ARKit allows for a better, streamlined implementation for it. Since ARKit is literally brand new, time will tell.

 

[LumbermanSVO]

Cubit appears to not be available on the US store yet and on plnrs website is listed as coming soon

That's a bummer. Cubit looks incredibly useful for my line of work.

 

[jst_testing]

My son is going to love the Thomas Mini's app. The AR feature in it is pretty cool! It took me forever to find it though.

I am still trying to find it! Where do you go to enable it?

 

[cgriffis753]

That's a bummer. Cubit looks incredibly useful for my line of work.

I know I'm looking forward to it to. My guess its its just pending apples approval and will be available sometime tonight/tomorrow

 

[CaptMarvel]

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[wedouglas]

Have you not seen most of the AR demos then?

All those apps aren't actually doing anything with the environment. They're just placing stuff on a flat surface. Why does it matter if your watching something on your real table or on a digital table?

AR should interact in a meaningful way with real life objects, not just stick things on surfaces.

 

[BornAgainMac]

This is like when the first apps were available on the App Store like Monkey Ball was the number #1 game (now 32-bit and abandon ware). I bet in a year or two, the list of applications will be really good.

 

[citysnaps]

AR has been on the app store for years with movie effects apple needs to stop thinking this is brand new

I think you need to better understand what Apple is bringing to the table.

 

[borgqueenx]

half these apps are not available in the dutch store.

 

[Kaibelf]

All those apps aren't actually doing anything with the environment. They're just placing stuff on a flat surface. Why does it matter if your watching something on your real table or on a digital table?

AR should interact in a meaningful way with real life objects, not just stick things on surfaces.

People watch NFL on tv instead of playing an actual football game. And yet society hasn’t collapsed. I hear they even sometimes pretend to be adventurers and plumbers on a flat screen instead of going to trade school or looking for dragons.

 

[rigelprime]

Many of the ARkit apps are pending release by Apple right now which is why no one can download them.

P.S. Please download PLNAR when it's released

UPDATE: PLNAR is now live!

Link to App Store here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plnar/id1282049921?mt=8

 

[thefredelement]

Man this is cool stuff! I love it, imagine what the next 5 years will bring.

I really hope it's not glasses, but we'll need something to draw light into our environments and something to scan us so we can interact with it.

It all seems so possible on days like today.

 

[igneousc]

I thought the Ikea app was plopping today? Where is it?

 

[applesith]

I cannot wait to get home tonight and update my iPad to checkout these AR apps! I am especially excited for the measurement ones that allow you to simply point and drag to get dimensions of furniture and rooms.

 

[mwcfc1905]

All those apps aren't actually doing anything with the environment. They're just placing stuff on a flat surface. Why does it matter if your watching something on your real table or on a digital table?

AR should interact in a meaningful way with real life objects, not just stick things on surfaces.

Sky guide AR is one app I downloaded easier and works a millions times better then previous versions that tried to do the same and isn’t just placing something on a flat surface.

 

[ProlificAlly]

Add this one to the list: Build.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/build-shop-home-improvement-project-advice/id1053662668?mt=8

It's advanced AR for home improvement. You can interact with the furniture & fixtures in your home like adjusting the faucet or turning on a light.

 

[normang]

There seems to be a typo, PLNAR I think should be Planar, but even then, I am not sure that the apps located are the one's pointed out... it would be nice if the author would indicate availability. if not released yet

 

[AstroRob]

Watched a youtube video before and the chappie held the phone to the late evening sky and all the constellations showed...very cool.

Indeed it would probably be good to include the link to Sky Guide AR which was featured in the Keynote last week (and is probably what the quote above is referencing). It places the current starmap contextually into the sky. And it is an EXCELLENT app.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-guide-view-stars-night-or-day/id576588894?mt=8

 

[dacreativeguy]

AR has been on the app store for years with movie effects apple needs to stop thinking this is brand new

Nothing exists before Apple introduces it. Remember when they announced MacOS tags a few years ago... which was about 10 years after tags first started showing up in apps?

 

[yaxomoxay]

I thought the Ikea app was plopping today? Where is it?

As a fellow IKEA customer/fan/maniac... they said that it will be released by the end of the month.

 

[Yojimbo007]

Why isn’t there a dedicated section on the App Store highlighting the best AR apps? I thougt they would make a bigger deal about it rather than having to read these specific articles with links to them. I also thought there would be ads highlighting some unique use cases of AR as well. Considering all the hype about it I don’t think Apple highlighted it enough in the keynote apart from showcasing that game.

I can see a few in games and apps tabs