Apple ARKit
Video & Audio
Overview
Apple ARKit is an augmented reality development framework that provides face tracking, object detection, world tracking, scene understanding, and people occlusion for iOS applications. It uses the device's camera and sensors to place virtual objects in real-world environments. ARKit is designed for iOS developers building AR experiences for gaming, retail, education, and utility applications.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Self-hosted / on-premises, API / SDK
- Regions served
- Global
- Categories
- Free, Software & technology, Document review, API / SDK, Self-hosted / on-premises, Video & Audio, Computer vision, Developer tool
- Last updated
- 1 October 2026
- Published
- 1 October 2026
Use cases
Deployment options
Data sources & provenance
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- Data quality
- Data quality: Editorially Reviewed
- Primary source
- developer.apple.com
- Sources cited
- 1
- Last reviewed
- 28 September 2026
- Last updated
- 1 October 2026
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