Augmented Reality for Developers

Setting up a generic ARKit scene

To get started, we'll create a new Unity project, import the ARKit, and then import the SolarSystem package with the prefab that we exported previously. We are going to build the scene from scratch rather than modify one of the examples (as we did in the previous chapter). Then, we'll recreate a bit of the user interface we made previously. Follow these steps to do this:

1. Create a new Unity 3D project, named SolarSystem-arkit.
2. From Window | Asset Store, download and import the Apple ARKit package.
3. Create a new scene (File | New Scene) and then save the scene as SolarSystem.
4. Let's remove the ambient lighting in the scene:
   1. Open the lighting tab and go to Window | Lighting | Settings.
   2. Set Skybox Material to ...