To get started with AR development, Unity recommends using the AR Foundation package to create your app once and deploy across ARKit, ARCore, Magic Leap, and/or HoloLens 1 & 2 devices. Additionally, use the XR Management package to load and manage your target platform SDKs.
Here are the relevant AR packages to download:
| Package name | Latest version | Descripción |
|---|---|---|
| AR Foundation | 2.2 | AR Foundation is a multi-platform API that allows you to deploy across handheld and wearable AR devices, including ARKit, ARCore, Magic Leap, and HoloLens 1 & 2 devices. |
| AR Subsystems | 2.1 | This package provides an interface for various Unity subsystems, such as raycasting, camera, and face tracking. These subsystems are implemented in these platform-specific AR packages: * ARKit XR Plugin * ARCore XR Plugin |
| ARCore XR Plugin | 2.1 | This package enables ARCore support via Unity’s multi-platform XR API. |
| ARKit XR Plugin | 2.1 | This package enables ARKit support via Unity’s multi-platform XR API. |
| ARKit Face Tracking | 1.0 | This package provides face tracking support to augment the ARKit XR Plugin. |
| Magic Leap XR Plugin | 4.0 | This package enables Magic Leap support via Unity’s multi-platform XR API. |
| Windows XR Plugin | 2.0 | This package enables Windows MR support via Unity’s multi-platform XR API. |
| XR Interaction Toolkit | 0.0.9 | This package enables common AR/VR interactions across all of our supported platforms, without the need to write code. |
| XR Legacy Input Helpers | 2.0 | This package contains a number of useful helpers for building XR Projects, including the Tracked Pose Driver. |
| XR Management | 3.0 | This package helps load and manage your target platform SDKs through Unity’s Unified Settings system. |