Building a Portal App in ARKit: Getting Started

Where to Go From Here?

You may not realize it, but you have come a long way in building your portal app! Sure, there’s more to do, but you’re well on your way to traveling to another virtual dimension.

Here’s a quick summary of what you did in this tutorial:

• You explored the starter project and reviewed the basics of ARKit.
• You configured an ARSession so that it displays camera output within the app.
• You added plane detection and other functions so that the app can render horizontal planes using the ARSCNViewDelegate protocol.

In the next tutorial, you’ll learn how to handle session interruptions and place rendered 3D objects in the view using SceneKit. Click here to continue on to Part 2 of this tutorial series!

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