Microsoft unveils Minecraft AR at Apple’s WWDC
Apple showed off its updated augmented reality platform at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote event today. Apple has a new version of its AR platform, dubbed ARKit 3.0, and Microsoft showed how it could bring Minecraft to life in AR using the new features.
Onstage, Microsoft showed how you can use your iPhone to add a layer of augmented reality animations on top of a scene in Minecraft Earth. You can, as you can see in the picture above, add your own body into the 3D space of a Minecraft scene.
Apple has also added motion capture, which allows an iPhone to capture your body so that it can be added to an AR scene and be manipulated as a movable animated object. It’s now easier to build interactive AR experiences, and you can use an a built-in AR content library. Apple says the ARKit 3.0, RealityKit, and Reality Composer tools will make it a lot easier for developers to create compelling AR experiencers.