ARKit4 - LIDAR developer depth APIs

Spatial Computing ARKit
muralis9 OP
Created Apr ’21
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Hi,
Are there any APIs available for developers today to access depth via LIDAR apis to build some custom applications?



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DTS Engineer OP
Apple
Apr ’21
Hello,

Yes, you are probably interested in the sceneDepth api, which provides a depth texture that is informed by the LiDAR Scanner.

For more information about utilizing this api, you can see the following sample projects:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit/environmental_analysis/visualizing_a_point_cloud_using_scene_depth
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit/environmental_analysis/creating_a_fog_effect_using_scene_depth

You can also watch this WWDC session which introduces this api:

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10611/?time=1137
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