Arkit: Maybe the best new start for the IPhone 10 anniversary.

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As early as this June WWDC conference, Apple announced that it will introduce the AR development platform in iOS 11, Arkit, a belated release of iOS 11 in the autumn New Year's launch this evening, along with a strong hardware support for Arkit.

Arkit will enable developers to easily implement augmented reality in third party applications. Therefore, the future of IOS 11 based on Apple equipment, whether the iPhone or the IPad, will be able to turn the AR device, the App Store and Arkit may become the world's largest AR platform.

It can be said that at this autumn conference, Arkit is the biggest pet and a new Apple, perhaps, this is the 10 anniversary of the birth of the IPhone, Apple's best fresh start. hardware and software to hold the most strong A11 chip for Arkit and born

The fall launch of new products are equipped with the latest A11 bionic chip, compared with A10, A11 chip has been said to be the surface of the strongest mobile chip products, apple that it is the most intelligent iPhone ever chip.

A11 employs a 64-bit architecture, 4.3 billion transistors, 6 CPU cores (2 mega cores + 4 small cores), of which two large cores are used to handle complex and large tasks, and four small cores are used to run daily tasks. Compared to the previous generation of A10 processors in the two large core performance increased by 25%, when the need to enhance the processing speed, the CPU can simultaneously play all 6 core performance. Apple also independently designed the new GPU and ISP, compared with the A10 Fusion, the speed of up to 30% increase the maximum.

In addition, Apple announced that A11 will join the neural network engine, using dual-core design, to identify people, places and objects. If it's not for AR, we don't believe it. The A11, which joins the neural network engine, can operate up to 600 billion times per second, and will be able to perform machine learning tasks easily.

In addition to the processor, the new IPhone's camera is specially tuned and designed for AR, using new gyroscopes and color detectors to capture more stunning dynamic effects.

Apple has previously released its independently designed graphics processing software Metal 2 and the Machine learning Framework Core ML, both of which allow developers to create a more immersive 3D games and augmented reality experience. Arkit to break the real world and the virtual world Channel application prospect is broad

After the VR hot, in addition to Microsoft's Hololens,ar domain has not experienced the product or the application service, this arkit arrival, broke the real world and the virtual world channel, may let the AR get rid of the current "uninformative" predicament.

The application field of AR direction will be very broad, and the game is undoubtedly one of the most imaginative space. Augmented reality game "Pokémon Go" after the hot, can be sure that the future of the AR game market will be promising.

In the Apple Conference also demonstrated a multiplayer strategy game "The Machines", this is based on the Arkit game, players can move the iPhone in the real world to fight, we see a new game mode and operating experience. For example, the player is no longer subject to mobile phone screen restrictions, can watch the game from various angles of the scene, but also zoom to observe the picture, and, when zooming the screen, the game's sound will also change, combined with airpod, can be said to be a great immersion experience.

Unlike the Pokémon go, games such as the machines are based primarily on the current environment, rather than on map location information. Based on the map location information game, the user's GPS positioning and so on, and out of geographic information, the new game can operate more space. For example, the current domestic game market, the most fiery "King Glory", perhaps in the future we will be in a slightly wider venue for multiplayer.

The Arkit platform provides a new world for developers, allowing mobile users to interact with the real world in a new way. In sporting events, for example, in the VR arena, many companies are building VR watching events, and are able to feel the atmosphere in the arena. Arkit, in turn, allows users to see the player's personal information on the screen in real time while watching the event, such as when you are watching the NBA, you can see the personal data of the library or Durant in real time. If you think about it, you might be able to model it in real time and recreate some of the best moments of the game.

After Arkit announced, Ikea finally found their way in the AR direction of the breakthrough. It is reported that Ikea has been exploring the application of AR in the home direction since 2013, but suffers from the need of AR equipment, so the exploration in this direction has not been a big breakthrough. After the release of Arkit, the use of AR devices can be used directly with the IPhone as a solution to their biggest hurdle. As a result, the IKEA team spent two months studying arkit and finally introduced Ikea place to help IKEA customers use the AR feature to measure rooms and their sizes at home, and to accurately place furniture to test furniture effects.

Of course, in addition to games, sports, home shopping and other directions, AR there is more space for exploration, in the App Store, we can also see education, tourism, health and bodybuilding and many other fields can develop AR direction of products and services.

For Apple, the iPhone moves into the tenth, and the search for software, hardware and apps is almost at its peak. Even if Mr Cook does not want to be the second Steve Jobs, if he wants Apple to go on to the second peak, it now seems likely that AR will be one of the more feasible directions than artificial intelligence in the near future.

Chinese developers, are you ready for this?