Technologies›Area 7

AR & Spatial

18 frameworks

The AR & Spatial frameworks let you build augmented reality and immersive spatial experiences across iOS and visionOS. They track the device's position in the real world, detect surfaces and objects, render and simulate 3D content with an entity-component model, and compose scenes from Universal Scene Description assets. Supporting frameworks provide spatial math primitives, Metal-based stereoscopic rendering, and room scanning that turns physical environments into parametric 3D models.

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Augmented reality framework for tracking the device's position and detecting real-world surfaces, faces, bodies and objects to blend virtual content.

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RealityKit26 types

Renders and simulates 3D AR content with an entity-component model, physics, audio, and ARView integration.

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Framework for managing Universal Scene Description layers, enabling spatial scene composition with import/export and hierarchical path-based scene element access.

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CompositorServices8 types

Provides a Metal-based layer renderer and frame/drawable pipeline for drawing immersive stereoscopic content in visionOS spatial scenes.

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ComputeGraph15 types

GPU-accelerated compute graph framework for building 3D spatial simulations with Metal, featuring viewpoint control and GPU memory management.

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ImmersiveMediaSupport25 types

Validate and process Apple Immersive Video (AIVU) files with required static and dynamic metadata for immersive media playback.

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RealityFoundation310 types

Foundational RealityKit types: entities, components, animations and resources for building 3D and AR scenes.

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RoomPlan19 types

Scan a room with ARKit/LiDAR to produce a parametric 3D model of its walls, surfaces, and objects.

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Spatial54 types

3D math primitives for points, sizes, rotations, poses, rays, and affine/projective transforms in spatial computing.

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SpatialPreview8 types

Framework enabling spatial preview sessions to present 3D content and documents to connected visionOS devices via Mac Virtual Display.

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_ARKit_SwiftUI overlay

SwiftUI integration glue for ARKit sessions and device connectivity in spatial/AR experiences.

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_CompositorServices_SwiftUI overlay3 types

SwiftUI integration for CompositorServices LayerRenderer to configure and drive immersive stereoscopic rendering layers.

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_RealityKit_ComputeGraph overlay7 types

RealityKit component for Metal-accelerated compute graph simulations, enabling GPU-driven particle and mesh deformations as Entity children.

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_RealityKit_SwiftUI overlay17 types

Cross-import overlay integrating RealityKit with SwiftUI, converting gesture values to entity coordinate spaces.

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_SpatialPreview_SwiftUI overlay1 types

SwiftUI view component for selecting and connecting to nearby companion devices with spatial preview capabilities.

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_SpatialPreview_USDKit overlay1 types

Cross-import overlay bridging SpatialPreview with USDKit to enable playback and optimization of USD 3D assets in spatial computing contexts.

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_TabletopKit_RealityKit overlay4 types

Cross-import overlay for rendering TabletopKit equipment with RealityKit.

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_USDKit_RealityKit overlay13 types

Cross-import overlay providing deformation and skeletal animation support for USD-based 3D models in RealityKit.

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