Buried among the many announcements at the recently concluded WWDC 2022 was a new impressive AR room-mapping tool released by Apple earlier this month.
equipment is known as roomplan And there’s an ARKit Swift API that takes advantage of the cameras and LiDAR scanners found in some of the latest iPhones and iPads to generate a 3D floor plan of a room. Built-in room plans also include additional features such as the dimensions of the room and the types of furniture inside it.
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The new tool is aimed at professionals such as interior designers and architects who can use it for conceptual exploration and planning. It can be used by real estate developers, in e-commerce as well as hospitality apps. roomplan Can be directly integrated into AR-enabled apps.
Jonathan Stephens, chief evangelist of spatial computing firm Everypoint, tested roomplan when it was first released and provided the following review In a series of tweets:-
follow along as I do a series of structured @Apple Rumplan tests and shares my findings/comments in this thread.
At first, I tried to dodge the roomplan with a large mirror. Surprisingly it wasn’t stupid! In addition, it was closed at the height of the French door.#WWDC22 #a R #ARKit #AI @scobalizer pic.twitter.com/R4hJbO57Km
Jonathan Stephens (@jonstephens85) 7 June 2022
The app can handle a variety of situations that would be much more complex in a traditional environment such as mirrors viewed from above, open and closed doors, messy spaces, windows as well as more complex architecture. However, the app is not 100% perfect. In Stefan’s tests, there are some fields that do not match exactly.
Test #2 – Vaulted ceilings. I noticed that the wall shapes should be rectangular. It could not follow the oblique angle of the roof line. It made some parts of my walls look a lot taller than in reality.
It did a great job taking out the desk and bedroom furniture. pic.twitter.com/fbu5B9L3Ds
Jonathan Stephens (@jonstephens85) 7 June 2022
For example, multi-storey areas were very complex in places such as vaulted ceilings, wall openings as well as foyers. roomplan render accurately. While it is not perfect, roomplan It appears to offer some degree of autocorrect by estimating what stuff might best fit.
Here’s probably the best find ever. When I look from top to bottom, the walls are automatically fixed based on some of Apple’s assumptions. pic.twitter.com/KblqeLYm5x
Jonathan Stephens (@jonstephens85) 7 June 2022
While its primary use-case will be in app integration, it can be put to other uses as well. According to Apple, roomplan Outputs content in USD and USDZ file formats which also contains the dimensions of each component that identifies it in a room such as walls and cabinets and even the type of furniture that is detected.
You can improve the scan with roomplan By adjusting the dimensions and placement of individual components when exporting to various USDZ-compatible tools such as AutoCAD, Cinema 4D, and Shapr3D.
While various leaks and rumors abound, Apple has remained silent about its virtual reality and augmented reality plans or its much-rumored mixed reality headset (codenamed N301) and augmented reality glasses. A mixed reality headset or AR glasses would still require considerable location mapping capabilities. Apple is releasing devices like roomplan Its current platform shows that the company is still with its XR plans.
Below are some details about Apple’s rumored Mixed Reality headset:-
- Its codename is N301. Is
- The N301 mixed reality headset is to be a precursor to another rumored full-blown augmented reality device, likely to be called Apple Glass.
- The N301 will have multiple cameras for room-scale tracking, hand tracking, eye-tracking, as well as passthrough AR.
- The N301 mixed reality headset can cost around $3,000.
- As per the rumours from supply chain analysts, the headset is likely to feature a MicroOLED display with a target density of 3,000ppi.
- A launch date of early 2022 was previously reported, although the latest reports now mention a 2023 launch window.
HummelAugmented RealityTechnology Buried among several announcements at the recently concluded WWDC 2022 was a new impressive AR room-mapping tool released by Apple earlier this month. The tool is known as RoomPlan and is an ARKit Swift API that leverages camera and lidar scanners which are some of the latest… Kristin HummelKristin [email protected] Reality Times
