SceneKit / ARSCNView support

My app is an 8-year-old film-previsualization tool built on ARSCNView, with SceneKit rendering over an ARKit world-tracking session.

Given SceneKit's deprecation with critical-bug-only maintenance: does that commitment, and the "ample notice" promise, explicitly cover ARSCNView? Should I plan on existing SceneKit apps continuing to work on new hardware and OS releases for several more years?

I have a few blockers stopping me from migrating to RealityKit and I've noticed the lack of big updates to ARKit over the recent years.

Answered by Vision Pro Engineer in 891361022

SceneKit's deprecation includes ARSCNView. That doesn't mean that SceneKit rendering will stop working on newer releases, however, we recommend migrating to RealityKit in order to benefit from continuous updates and bug fixes.

If you are blocked from migrating because of missing features, I encourage you to file enhancement requests using Feedback Assistant.

Accepted Answer

SceneKit's deprecation includes ARSCNView. That doesn't mean that SceneKit rendering will stop working on newer releases, however, we recommend migrating to RealityKit in order to benefit from continuous updates and bug fixes.

If you are blocked from migrating because of missing features, I encourage you to file enhancement requests using Feedback Assistant.

SceneKit / ARSCNView support
 
 
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