Use augmented reality (AR) to quickly explore a scene more naturally than you could with a touch or mouse interface.
You can use AR to drop into an area and visualize information, like a proposed development or a historical model of a city. You could use flyover AR to explore a city by walking through it virtually.
When you open the sample, you'll be viewing the scene from above. You can walk around, using your device as a window into the scene. Try moving vertically to get closer to the ground. Touch gestures which
- Create the
ARSceneViewand add it to the view. - Create the scene, add content, then display it.
- When the content you want to view loads, get its center point and use that to create the origin camera for the AR view. Note that the altitude should be set so that all scene content is visible. For a city, a good value might be a bit higher than the tallest building. The sample uses 600 meters in the absence of tall buildings in the sample data.
- Set the translation factor so that you can move through the scene easily. With a translation factor of 800, you will move 800 feet in the scene for every foot you move the physical device.
- Set the space effect to
Starsand atmosphere effect toRealisticto create an immersive experience.
- ARSceneView
This sample uses a sample integrated mesh layer provided by Vricon. The integrated mesh layer shows an area around the US-Mexico border.
The world elevation service is used to show terrain while the integrated mesh layer loads.
This sample requires a device that is compatible with ARKit.
Flyover AR is one of three main patterns for working with geographic information in augmented reality. See the Display scenes in augmented reality for more information.
This sample uses the ArcGIS Runtime Toolkit. See Display scenes in augmented reality in the guide to learn about the toolkit and how to add it to your app.
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