{"id":18797,"date":"2017-09-01T20:49:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T00:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=18797"},"modified":"2017-09-01T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T00:49:35","slug":"arkit-human-interface-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/01\/arkit-human-interface-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"ARKit Human Interface Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/ios\/human-interface-guidelines\/technologies\/augmented-reality\/\">Apple<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxvoltar\/status\/902907291472609280\">Tim Van Damme<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/ios\/human-interface-guidelines\/technologies\/augmented-reality\/\"><p>Not all AR experiences require realistic virtual objects. Those that do, however, should include objects that appear to inhabit the physical environment in which they&rsquo;re placed. For best results, design detailed 3D assets with lifelike textures and use the information ARKit provides to position objects on detected real-world surfaces, scale objects properly, reflect environmental lighting conditions on virtual objects, cast virtual object shadows on real-world surfaces, and update visuals as the camera&rsquo;s position changes.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Holding a device at a certain distance or angle for a prolonged period of time can be fatiguing. Consider how people must hold their device when using your app, and strive for an enjoyable experience that doesn&rsquo;t cause discomfort.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Placing a three-dimensional rotation indicator around an object, for example, is more intuitive than presenting text-based instructions in an overlay. Textual overlay hints may be warranted, however, prior to surface detection or if the user isn&rsquo;t responding to contextual hints.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Favor direct manipulation over separate onscreen controls.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (via Tim Van Damme): Not all AR experiences require realistic virtual objects. Those that do, however, should include objects that appear to inhabit the physical environment in which they&rsquo;re placed. For best results, design detailed 3D assets with lifelike textures and use the information ARKit provides to position objects on detected real-world surfaces, scale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1499,77,164,31,1472],"class_list":["post-18797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-augmented-reality","tag-design","tag-documentation","tag-ios","tag-ios-11"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18798,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18797\/revisions\/18798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}