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Top 10 iPhone AR Apps on the App Store

Take a look at 10 iOS applications that utilize AR to provide an immersive experience.

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AR or Augmented Reality is a platform where the real world things are combined or replaced by virtual objects in order to have an amazing experience. AR applications are the new trend in the iOS app store. From games and educational apps to choosing furniture for your home, AR applications are available and are far more interesting and helpful.

With the implementation of sensors, chipsets, and other technological improvements, iPhone users are able to enjoy a great AR experience in their mobile devices. Let us take a look at 10 iOS applications that utilize AR to provide a wonderful experience to the users.

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1. Google Maps

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Even though the iPhone has its map applications, most of the users prefer Google maps due to its cool and exceptional features of navigation. One of those features is the Live View look that implements augmented reality for navigation.

Live View utilizes the camera on your device and helps you to navigate while driving by superimposing virtual directional arrows and signs on the screen of your iPhone. This feature makes navigating easier and more fun.

 

2. Ikea Place

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Ikea Place is the AR application by the famous company Ikea which has been developed to help the customers choose the products they need in a better and satisfactory manner. Whether it be a small lamb or a big kitchen cabinet, these applications allow the users to visualize the products in their home or office.

There are more than 2000 products currently available in this AR app from which the users can choose the products that best fit in their homes. This application has enabled people even with poor home décor skills to choose the best product.

 

3. Froggipedia

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Froggipedia is an AR application that can help students in their primary stages of education. This application helps the users to slice open a living frog and see what’s inside virtually, which can help students understand the anatomy of the frog as well as make the process a little easier in real life.

This application can be downloaded both on iPhone and IPad, but using a device that supports Apple pencil can be much easier.

 

4. Housecraft

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Housecraft is a home décor application that helps you to arrange furniture at your home. You can choose any furniture to arrange the rooms in your home and also resize them to fit perfectly in certain spots.

This application is can be very helpful to people moving into new homes or offices. This ar app gives people a correct idea of the furniture they need to buy and its size. This application also has a fun feature wherein you can create a mess of your rooms.

 

5. The Machines

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The Machines is a popular AR multiplayer strategy game in which you will get immersed within no time. This game can be played online or locally in the same room with your opponent. Both the players will have to shoot each other and the first one to destroy the enemy’s base wins.

The augmented reality experience delivered by the game is just awesome and the automatic adjustment of sound which occurs depending on the obstacles in the real world adds to the gaming experience.

 

6. MeasureKit

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MesureKit is a paid AR application that can be used to take measurements without any other equipment. This application is worth every penny you pay and helps to take all building dimensions including angles.

This AR application can be very helpful to builders, engineers, etc. for taking measurements and also helps to avoid wasting time in cases where they forget to carry the measuring instruments along with them. The ruler in this app is free for every user and to use the other measuring tools, an upgrade to the paid version is necessary.

 

7. SketchAR

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SketchAR is an augmented reality application that can help you draw better on a piece of paper. This application displays a sketch or drawing on a plain sheet of paper which then can easily be traced by the user on the same paper.

SketchAR has a big library of sketches by default in it for you to practice drawing. But the real fun is in trying to turn the real-life photos into a sketch art. This application works well on A4 sheets or any paper with 4 reference dots to show scale markers to the application.

 

8. Edmunds

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Edmunds is an AR application that will help you choose the perfect vehicle for your home. This application incorporates AR technology into a used-car buying app and can be used to buy cars in the US.

As a result of implementing the AR technology, the users get to choose a vehicle that fits their garage and driveway from a list of used cars available in the database. This application can also be used to check if the desired vehicle will fit in the parking lots you choose.

 

9. Smash Tanks

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Smash Tanks is a simple AR game that can be played as a single or multiplayer on an iOS platform. This AR game turns your table surface into a battlefield where a virtual war unfolds. In this game, the gamer commands the tanks to move across the virtual battlefield and destroy the enemy in order to win the game.

This game can be played on any floor or carpet as well as on outdoor surfaces which makes it possible for the users to engage in an AR battle from anywhere.

 

10. Sun Seeker

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Sun Seeker is another interesting augmented reality application that can be interesting for people who wish to know more about the sun, its movement, position, etc. This application predicts as well as tracks the motion of the sun and provides an AR viewfinder that shows the position and path of the sun at a specific time and date.

This AR application also has features for finding maximum elevation, predicted sunrise, and sunset. This application is practically helpful for architects and photographers to utilize natural lighting.xz’

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Conclusion

Implementing the AR technology is helping to make our life easier than it is now, which is why there has been an increase in the AR applications on all technological platforms. AR applications and games are available Apple play store has proved to be more fun and useful than the regular apps available to us. At present, there are only a few applications that make use of AR technology but we can hope to see AR being implemented in more applications in the coming years.

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