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I'm looking for a 'basic' AR SDK that allows me to draw images and 3D shapes around the user (no matter where he is). It would be even better if the SDK includes a simple way to detect interaction with the shapes (something like onClick).

I made a project from scratch on Android but there's still a lot of work to do and I'll need to do the same on iOS after... So that's why I'm looking for an SDK or a similar project (no matter what platform).

I tested Metaio but it's quite expensive and maybe overkill for my purpose because it uses LLA coordinates.

I tested DroidAR on Android but it's only for Android and it looks heavy too (don't need the GPS).

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  • Just to be clear, if you want no image recognition, no tracking and no GPS, what do you expect to use? Only the accelerometer? – catwell Feb 08 '13 at 09:34
  • Yes, that's the reason why I called it 'basic' AR SDK. – Fr4nz Feb 08 '13 at 09:41
  • I'm looking for a 'basic' AR SDK that allows me to draw images and 3D shapes around the user. I don't need the GPS to draw a virtual scene around the user. – Fr4nz Feb 08 '13 at 10:16
  • Yes it is and I'm looking for an SDK to do this (if there's one). I have something working for Android (no interactions yet) but since I'll need to port that to iOS an SDK that does both would be great. – Fr4nz Feb 08 '13 at 12:50

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How about Qualcomm's Vuforia? I was able to quickly get a sample project running on it.

EDIT Looks like I was wrong about what it could do. According to this (which is slightly dated, so who knows) Metaio might be your only choice.

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  • It's an image recognition AR SDK no ? I'm explicitly not looking for that – Fr4nz Feb 08 '13 at 08:30
  • I might be mistaken, but I thought it did other things beside that. Edit: Nevermind, it looks like I was wrong. – borrrden Feb 08 '13 at 08:32
  • I browsed the samples yesterday and they where all about image tracking so I didn't go further – Fr4nz Feb 08 '13 at 08:38
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i really don't sure what you really want to do ..but if you simply show images or 3d models on camera without any detection you can achieve this very easily i am explaining for Android and you can extend it to ios on same logic.

first approach:

you have to use custom camera of Android in your app,then use any game engine as per your need..i will suggest Jpct-ae or Rajawali they are very simple to integrate and can be used for 2d images and 3d models. this tutorial will explains a lot

keep the gl-surafce transparent and you can have model floating in space ...

second approach : to add some more effect to your AR app you can use sensor values to move model in 3d space as per movement of device..it gives a cool effect.

use first approach and additionally collect sensor values and apply that matrix to gl camera of your game engine..for sensor values follow here good tutorial here..

i hope this may help you..i done these a long time ago but try to help if you want..

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