Beginning ARKit for iPhone and iPad: Augmented Reality App Development for iOS

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Wallace WangBeginning ARKit for iPhone and iPadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4102-8_9

9. Adding Touch Gestures to Augmented Reality

Wallace Wang¹ 

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San Diego, CA, USA

 

Up until now, we’ve created augmented reality apps that display virtual objects on the screen. What gives augmented reality a greater sense of existing in front of your eyes is when you can interact with virtual objects.

Naturally, you won’t be able to touch or manipulate any virtual objects with your hand, but you can touch and manipulate virtual objects through the augmented reality view on your iOS screen. This means you can tap, drag, and manipulate items on the screen with your fingertips. Interacting with augmented reality can create a greater sense of ...