Original title: The father of the virtual engine: iOS support AR leads to a large number of developers
According to UploadVR, the founder of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, dubbed the "Father of Unreal Engine," said that Apple's upcoming iOS 11 update will add support for the AR and provide developers with ARKit's Augmented Reality (AR) platform will bring a huge boost to the emerging AR industry.
It is reported that the ARkit platform will support Unity and Unreal Engine, two mainstream game engines. Developers will build various applications for hundreds of millions of Apple iOS device users through these two tools for creating virtual worlds. Some of the tools that were available before will be used more by developers after Apple adds support for AR.
In an interview with UploadVR, Tim Sweeney stated that from past experience, Apple usually chooses to adapt to trends at the right time and is fully prepared before the general trend. From the discussions with developers who have collaborated with Epic Games, we understand that developers are very pleasantly surprised and supportive. Soon the outside world will see a large amount of investment will flow into this industry.
He said that the VR market is still small, so it is hard to say whether it is a correct decision to invest in VR content. But AR will get better support on hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads. For this upcoming “gold rush†"Investing in AR is obviously a good idea.
Of course, there are still major technical challenges in the AR field that need to be solved, such as how multiplayer AR games should be. Tim Sweeney said there are still many technologies to break through to bring a more engaging AR experience.
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