AR MeasureKit
Measure anything with augmented reality
Free From Rinat Khanov, measurekit.com Made for iPhone, iPad Needs iOS 11.0 or later, A9 or later processor ARKit is a new framework in iOS 11 that lays the groundwork for developers to include augmented reality (AR) features in their apps.
We’ve seen all sorts of Pokémon Go-style “cartoon characters in the coffee shop” demos, some of which are emerging as finished products. But AR has more practical uses, with a growing number of measuring tape apps rapidly filling the App Store.
Because they’re built on the same ARKit features, these apps all work in similar ways, and AR MeasureKit exemplifies both the cleverness and the frustration of the technology. Open it and a live view from your camera fills the screen, which ARKit spends a few seconds analyzing. You need to wave your iPhone or iPad gently around, which is what you’d do naturally. It may then ask you to point at a surface, and by this it means a horizontal flat surface – for now, that’s the only thing ARKit really understands.
AR MeasureKit’s only free tool is the Ruler. In theory, you point your iPhone or iPad at whatever you want to measure, tap a start point and an end point, and the app draws a line between them in 3D space, instantly calculating its length.