Unity provides powerful ARAugmented Reality More info
See in Glossary tools to create rich, deeply engaging augmented realityAugmented Reality (AR) uses computer graphics or video composited on top of a live video feed to augment the view and create interaction with real and virtual objects. More info
See in Glossary experiences that intelligently interact with the real world. Unity’s AR feature set provides a starting point for augmented reality development, spanning from head-mounted displays to mobile.
Unity’s AR feature set pre-installs the correct packages needed for AR development. Unity directly supports the following AR platforms:
For more information on how to start developing applications for these platforms in Unity, see the documentation in the list above.
To get started with AR Foundation and add AR features to your project, see:
To configure your Unity Project for AR, see Using AR Foundation.
The AR feature set contains the following packages:
Note: Developing for the Magic Leap is not supported in Unity 2021.3. However, you can develop for the Magic Leap 1 using Unity 2020.3 and for the Magic Leap 2 using Unity 2022.2+. While Unity allows you to install the Magic Leap provider plug-inA set of code created outside of Unity that creates functionality in Unity. There are two kinds of plug-ins you can use in Unity: Managed plug-ins (managed .NET assemblies created with tools like Visual Studio) and Native plug-ins (platform-specific native code libraries). More info
See in Glossary on Unity 2021.3, you cannot build or run your project on a Magic Leap device. Refer to Magic Leap support.
The following samples are available for the AR feature set.
To learn more about Unity’s full suite of AR platforms, watch What’s new in AR Foundation.
Reach out and connect with our developer community in the Unity Discussions page for XR.
We’re on a mission to provide the best development platform for creating AR/VRVirtual Reality More info
See in Glossary experiences that distribute seamlessly to your target platforms. To understand our future trajectory, refer to the AR/VR product roadmap.