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Games set in your living room, measuring apps, and home design apps are among the types of applications that make use of AR capabilities built into iOS. But that’s just barely scratching the surface of what AR could do. Perhaps the most exciting use of AR on iPhone comes from Google’s Maps app, which has a Live View directions feature that shows navigation data over a live stream of the real world. No matter how big or small the AR features are, we can’t experience them without looking through a screen. The iPhone and iPad are Apple’s only AR devices right now, but it's not an ideal AR experience. AR glasses would be a better tool, and it so happens...

Apple has its own an augmented reality (AR) platform. Known as ARKit, there are a bunch of ARKit-enabled apps you can use on your iOS device. While virtual reality immerses you into a space, essentially replacing everything you see in a physical world, AR takes the world around you and adds virtual objects to it. With ARKit, you can place virtual furniture within your own room, for instance. Apple TV+ streaming service: Price, devices, shows and trailers You can also battle virtual enemies scuttling along your floor or even place a potential car purchase in your garage! If you want to know more about ARKit and how it enables developers to easily create new AR experiences, see our ARKit guide....