How to Create a GDP Per Capita Country Comparison in AR in 15 Minutes or Less [Tutorial]

Looking to build an augmented reality (AR) GDP per capita country comparison application? Use this simple GDP Per Capita Comparison demo application created with Unity, AR Foundation, and echoAR. The full demo can also be found on echoAR’s GitHub.

Setup

Clone the Unity+ARFoundation with echoAR example code.

Follow the instructions on the documentation page to set your API key.

Add the 3D assets from the assets folder to the console.

Add the metadata listed in the the metadata file to the hologram.

Overwrite the existing echoAR/CustomBehaviour.cs script with the new CustomBehaviour.cs file. Feel free to add more countries to the list in the script.

Run

Build and run the AR application.

Real-time updates

Update the value of the metadata associated with the sphere model and notice that the size of spheres in the AR scene changes automatically. Adding/Deleting countries also updates automatically.

Learn more

Refer to our documentation to learn more about how to use Unity, AR Foundation, and echoAR.

Support

Feel free to reach out at [email protected] or join our support channel on Slack.

echoAR (http://www.echoAR.xyz; Techstars ’19) is a cloud platform for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) that provides tools and server-side infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy AR/VR apps and experiences.