Mobile AR Features Landscape

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1		Mobile AR Features Landscape Made by Oscar Falmer / @oscarfalmer - Last update: 20th September 2021					Glossary ✴️ = Relies on platforms such as ARKit, ARCore... * on Hololens, MagicLeap + MRTK, not mobiles
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3		Apple ARKit	Google ARCore	Snapchat Lens Studio	Meta Spark AR	8th Wall	Huawei AR Engine	PTC Vuforia	Wikitude	Zappar	To Be Added

4	Description	Native Apple AR Framework	Native Google AR Framework	Snapchat AR Tools	Instagram + FB AR Tools	WebAR AR Tools	Native Huawei AR Framework	PTC AR SDK	Wikitude AR SDK	WebAR + App SDK AR Tools	-
5	Plane Detection	✅	✅	✅	✅ (Not vertical)	✅ (Not vertical)	✅	✅ ✴️ for vertical	✅	✅
6	Image Tracking	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ + Cloud support	✅
7	Curved Image Tracking	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅ Cylinder	✅ Cylinder	Coming soon
8	Simultaneous Plane Detection + Image Tracking	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
9	3D Object Tracking from Object Scan	✅	✅ via Mediapipe	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
10	3D Object Tracking from 3D Model	❌	✅ via Mediapipe	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
11	Simultaneous Image and Object Tracking	?	?	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
12	Face Tracking	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✴️	✅ Via 3rd Party	✅
13	Multiple Face Tracking	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅ Only Back Camera	✴️	✴️	✅
14	3D Face Mesh	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✴️	✴️	✅
15	Automatically Generated Environment Texturing	✅	✅	✅	❌ Allow imported ones	✅	❌	✴️	✴️	✅
16	Lighting Estimation	✅	✅	❌(?)	✅	✅	✅	✴️	✴️	✅
17	Scene Occlusion	✅ Only with LiDAR	✅ All devices	✅ Only with LiDAR/ToF	❌	❌	✅ Only with ToF	✴️	✴️	❌
18	People Occlusion	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ Only with ToF	✴️	✴️	❌
19	People Segmentation	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅ Only with ToF	✴️	✴️	❌
20	Upper Body Skin Segmentation	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
21	Upper Clothing Segmentation	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
22	Clothing Simulation	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
23	Hair Simulation	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
24	2D Body Tracking	✅	✅ with Mediapipe	✅	❌	❌	✅	✴️	✴️	❌	-
25	3D Body Tracking	✅ Only Back Camera	✅ with Mediapipe	✅	❌	❌	✅ Only with ToF	✴️	✴️	❌
26	2D Hand Tracking	✅ with Vision	✅ with Mediapipe	✅	✅	❌	✅	✴️	✴️	❌
27	2D Hand Gesture	✅ with Vision	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅	✴️	✴️	❌
28	2D Hand Segmentation	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✴️	✴️	❌
29	3D Hand Tracking	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌*	✴️	❌
30	Simultaneous Back and Front Camera Support	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✴️	✴️	❌
31	Multiuser Support	✅ Only iOS	✅ iOS + Android	✅ iOS + Android	✅ iOS + Android	✅ Via web sockets	❌	✅ Via web sockets	✅ Via web sockets	✅ Via web sockets
32	Save and Reload World Data -Offline	✅ Only iOS	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅ When using Instant Tracking	❌
33	Save and Reload World Data -Online with Cloud Service	❌	✅ iOS + Android	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
34	LiDAR / ToF Support	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✴️	Not stated	❌
35	LiDAR / ToF Depth API	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✴️	✴️	❌
36	Record and Replay in-app	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
37	Precise GeoTracking using Street Imagery (ARCloud)	✅ 50 US cities + London	❌	❌ "Local Lenses" but seems to be gone	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
38	External Libraries Support	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
39	Web Embeddable	✅ Via AR Quick Look	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
40	Works without app install	✅ via AR Quick Look and AR App Clips	✅ Via SceneViewer	❌	❌	✅	✅ via XR kit	❌	❌	✅
41	Frame rate	60fps	30-60fps depending of device	30fps	25fps	30-60fps depending of device	30fps	30-60fps depending of device	30-60fps depending of device	30-60fps depending of device
42	Number of Devices	1 Billion+	1 Billion+	265M Daily Active Users	1 Billion+ Monthly Active Users	3.5 Billion Devices	300M+	3.5 Billion Devices	1 Billion+ installs	3.5 Billion Devices
43	Number of Apps	10.000+	Not Stated	2 Million Lenses	Not Stated(?)	40.000	Not Stated	70.000+	40.000	500,000+
44	Number of Creators	Not Stated	Not Stated	200.000	400.000	Not Stated	Not Stated	1.000.000+	150.000	250,000+
45	App Size Limit	No Limit / apps (Apps max 4Gb) No Limit / ARQuickLook 10Mb / AR App Clips	No Limit (Apps max 4Gb)	8Mb	4Mb Instagram 2-10Mb FB 5Mb FB Ads	No Limit	No Limit (Android apps max 4Gb) (?)	No Limit	No Limit	No limit
46	Price	99$ / year Apple dev licence Free for ARQuickLook	25$ / lifetime Google dev licence	Free / lifetime	Free / lifetime	99$ / month Minimum	25$ / lifetime Google dev licence (?)	Free dev Publishing: 42$ / month Minimum	Free trial PRO 3D 2490 € / lifetime PRO 3D Subscription 2990 € / year	Free trial Free-for-life hobbyist account $65 / month for commercial use
47	3D File Format Support	.usdz	.glTF, .glb	.fbx, .glTF, .obj	.fbx, .glTF, .dae, .obj	.glb, .glTF, (.hcap, .tvm)	.obj (using javaGL)	Unity Supported formats	.fbx for Architect, Unity Supported Formats for Unity	.fbx, .glb, .glTF, .obj, .pod
48	Language	Swift, Obj-C, C++	Java, Kotlin, C++	Javascript	Javascript	Javascript, WebGL, WebAssembly, TypeScript	Java, Kotlin, C++	Javascript, C#, C++	Javascript, iOS Native, Android Native, UWP Native, Unity, Cordova, Flutter, Xamarin	JavaScript, TypeScript Other languages with UniversalAR SDKs
49	Scene Editor	Reality Composer, Xcode Scene Editor	❌	Lens Studio	Spark AR Studio	A-Frame Commonly (Render Dependent)	Reality Studio	Unity Editor	Unity Editor, Studio	ZapWorks Studio Unity Editor PlayCanvas A-Frame
50	Default IDE	Xcode	Android Studio	Lens Studio	Spark AR Studio	8th Wall Cloud Editor	Android Studio, DevEco Studio	Unity default IDE, Xcode, Android Studio	Wikitude Studio, Studio API	ZapWorks Studio UniversalAR SDKs
51	AR/VR Headsets Support	❌	❌	✅ Spectacles	✅ Oculus via Spark AR Player	✅ Includes Oculus Quest and Hololens	❌	✅ Hololens, MagicLeap, Realwear, Vuzix	✅ Epson Moverio, Hololens, Vizux, Lenovo ThinkReality A6	✅ ZapBox
52	API Link	https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit	https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/	https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/guides/	https://sparkar.facebook.com/ar-studio/learn/articles/	https://www.8thwall.com/docs/	https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/hms/huawei-arengine/	https://library.vuforia.com/	https://www.wikitude.com/documentation/	https://docs.zap.works
53	Credits						Luboš Vonásek	Florent Germain AR Lead @ Vuforia	Maria Stenina @ Wikitude	Team Zappar
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