How to Make an AR/VR app in 3 easy steps
Last Updated on November 30th, 2021
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Name your AR/VR app
Choose the right app category, color theme, and testing device.
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Drag and drop the required features
Add relevant features to your AR/VR app without learning to code.
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Test & go live!
Test and edit your app before publishing it on Google Play Store and Apple App Store
Create AR/VR App with Drag-and-Drop app builder
Appy Pie AppMakr offers hundreds of unique features to make innovative AR/VR apps. You just need to think of a unique idea for your AR/VR app, and Appy Pie lets you convert your idea into reality within a few hours.
AppMakr lets you create AR/VR app that allows users to experience things they would not normally be able to experience in real life.
Most of the businesses prefer Appy Pie’s AR/VR app builder due to the following reasons:
- No professional coding skills needed
- 24/7 customer support from app-building to the app submission process
- Monetization of AR/VR apps is possible for passive income
- Real-time app analytics for improving user experience
Appy Pie offers special services for hassle-free app submission. You can instantly publish your AR/VR app on leading stores like Google Play and iTunes.
9 must-have features in your AR/VR app
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Augmented reality
It helps you create a visually augmented experience to your app users as it lets you integrate or superimpose visually appealing digital content onto a real-world image.
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Photo
Adding this feature to your AR/VR app lets your app users add photos from their device, cloud, or social accounts like Flickr, Instagram, etc., so that they can have a personalized AR experience.
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Video
Add the video feature to your AR/VR app so that your app users can easily upload videos from their device or cloud space before juxtaposing AR elements with the help of your AR/VR.
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Pocket tools
This set of tools comes in handy to make your users’ experience smooth and seamless. For instance, the camera feature lets users take photos for AR purposes without leaving the app.
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Social network
It provides a two-way path to users i.e. they can upload photos from social media accounts to the AR app and tweak them for AR experience and also share the final videos and photos directly to their accounts.
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Push notifications
It helps you communicate with app users, promote the latest offers, send reminders to users, and much more via push notifications.
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App analytics
To find out if users like your app, which feature interests them most, and many other parameters to know how popular your app is, you can define more metrics and further study statistics related to them.
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AT scanner
AR/VR apps need to be able to scan QR codes. An AT scanner within your app will help scan QR codes and add more functionality to your mobile app. Your AT scanners will also help add more security to your AT scanner.
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Geolocation
Some AR apps need to leverage your geographical location to work properly. The geolocation feature within Appy Pie is perfect for your AR apps and will help ensure a smoother user experience.
Top Frequently Asked Questions
Here is how you can make AR VR app in a few minutes using no-code AR VR app builder Appy Pie –
- Visit appypie.com and click on Get Started
- Enter the name of your app
- Choose a category, then color scheme and finally the test device for your AR VR app
- Click on Save and Continue
- Login or signup with Appy Pie (if you haven’t already)
- You will be redirected to app customization section. Change the visual appeal of your app and click on Save and Continue
- Please wait while your app is getting ready. Once the app is built, scan the QR code or send the app installation link to your device via email or SMS, and test the demo app
- Go to My Apps section and click on Edit
- You will see the Basic plan. You can either go with Try Now or Buy Now option. The ‘Try now’ option comes with a 7-Day Trial so that you are fully satisfied with the app before you make the purchase.
Please note whichever option you choose, you need to provide credit card details. We use credit card details to check the authenticity of the users. - Add Augmented Reality feature into your app with all of the necessary details
- Once you are done, click on Save and Continue to finish creating your app
You can build an AR app under free trial plan using Appy Pie’s app maker. However, if you want to publish your AR app to app stores, you need to upgrade your app to one of our paid plans. You can check them all out here.
It only takes a few minutes to develop an AR app using no-code app builder Appy Pie.
Here is how you can make an AR app for iOS –
- Go to appypie.com and click on “Get Started”
- Enter the app name and click on Next
- Select app category, and color scheme
- Pick iPhone as the test device
- Click on Save and Continue
- Login or signup with Appy Pie
- In the app customization section, change the look and feel of your app
- Click on Save and Continue
- Wait for a while till your app is getting built. Once the app is built, scan the QR code or send the app installation link to your device via email or SMS, and test the demo app
- Go to My Apps and click on Edit
- You will see the Basic plan. You can either go with Try Now or Buy Now option. The ‘Try now’ option comes with a 7-Day Trial so that you are fully satisfied with the app before you make the purchase.
Please note whichever option you choose, you need to provide credit card details. We use credit card details to check the authenticity of the users. - Add Augmented Reality feature into your app with all of the necessary details
- Once you are done, click on Save and Continue to finish creating your AR app for iOS
Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK is one of the most widely used software for augmented reality.
Image Recognition and Tracking
With in-built image recognition and tracking feature, Appy Pie’s app builder is a pioneer among competitors when it comes to creating augmented reality apps in minutes. Our app maker has the functionality to recognize real world objects, track their position, and augment the display of the object with a label. Equipped with image recognition and tracking capabilities, your AR app can scan and recognize millions of day-to-day indoor and outdoor objects, without any complexities.
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Location/Geo-Based Augmented Reality
Now locate the nearest store or get traffic & weather updates on the go with your own augmented reality app. It’s easy and simple, just integrate the location-based feature into the app, to deliver real-time information, and improve user engagement. Backed up with real-time geo-data functionality, Appy Pie’s app builder allows users to create an AR app that can identify a person’s location down to a street address, using the smartphone’s GPS technology instead of manually entering the data.
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3D Virtual Reality Apps
Appy Pie’s app builder provides users with easy-to-integrate plugins that help them create 3D virtual reality apps efficiently, without any hassle. Simply drag and drop our 3D feature and simulate an environment that creates an elusive, alternate reality. You just need to open the app and put your smartphone in a VR-viewer to experience a thrilling illusion of an alternate real world. Engage users with your 3D virtual app and immerse them in an imaginary world from anywhere, anytime.
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Panoramic & 360 Videos Viewer
Whether it is the Android platform you choose or iOS, it takes less than 10 minutes to create an augmented reality app with Appy Pie’s app builder. All you need to do is click photos or capture videos of the location in panoramic or 360-degree view and add it as a 3D texture in your app to provide users with an amazing real-world experience in virtual world. You can add any type of videos, 3D models, images and entire HTML snippets, to your AR app and virtually transport your potential users to a different world altogether.
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