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# referenceImage

The detected image referenced by the image anchor.

```
var referenceImage: ARReferenceImage { get }
```

## Discussion

This object is always one of the [`ARReferenceImage`](/documentation/ARKit/ARReferenceImage) objects you provided in the [`detectionImages`](/documentation/ARKit/ARWorldTrackingConfiguration/detectionImages) array when configuring the session.

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