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You can now get Ikea's augmented reality furniture app ‘Place’ for iOS 11 devices

You can now get Ikea's augmented reality furniture app ‘Place’ for iOS 11 devices

Posted: 20 Sep 2017, 05:13 , by Victor H.

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You can now get Ikea's augmented reality furniture app ‘Place’ for iOS 11 devices

You can now get IKEA's augmented reality furniture app that supports the new ARKit on iOS 11. With this new app called IKEA Place you can pick a piece of furniture and see exactly how it fits inside your living room thanks to the AR superpowers of iOS 11.

The app is free to download and features desks, sofas, beds and chairs from IKEA's catalog.

And it works very well: we've just tried it and we came away impressed. You don't need any complicated scanning of your room, you simply point your iPhone to the floor and in a second you are ready to go and add furniture, move it and turn it around the house, and see its exact proportions and how it fits inside your place.

Remember, you need to have the iOS 11 update installed for this app to work, and it requires an iPhone 6s or newer because it uses ARKit. With this in mind, you can...

Download IKEA Place on Apple's App Store

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posted on 20 Sep 2017, 06:49 2

1. itsrelevant (Posts: 111; Member since: 24 Aug 2017)

ARKit is truly revolutionary while being the worlds biggest AR platform. Another reason for me buying the X.

posted on 20 Sep 2017, 07:43

2. Scott93274 (Posts: 5693; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

Meh, the AR stuff is cool, I had some fun with it on my 3DS for about a half hour when it first came out. But maybe actually having functional apps like this app from IKEA might change my opinion on the feature.

posted on 20 Sep 2017, 11:20

4. itsrelevant (Posts: 111; Member since: 24 Aug 2017)

I was actually playing with it on my bosses phone today! We f**ked with a real time measuring app on a job site. It was precisely accurate down to the 1/4 inch! - (comparing against a physical tape measure).

We also used another app to map out the entire worksite. We literally made an entire floor plan (blueprint) of the entire house in 3-5 minutes. The square feet given by the app was as accurate as our physical plans we have on paper.

I'm significantly impressed. He eventually kept asking for his phone back. Didn't want to hand it over lol.

posted on 20 Sep 2017, 16:57

5. Scott93274 (Posts: 5693; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

I think of gaming whenever I think of AR, and I couldn't really care all that much about it, but the stuff you're talking about is something I'm very excited about. Not that I would ever get an iPhone for the feature, but it's something that I can see being mainstream across all mobile platforms and I can't wait for it. It's truly remarkable tech.

posted on 20 Sep 2017, 20:34 1

6. itsrelevant (Posts: 111; Member since: 24 Aug 2017)

The great thing is, is that Apple will definitely be pushing AR as a future feature on most smartphones.

Google has an ARKit (I forgot the formal name of it) and its getting there! There are some in depth reviews comparing both AR platforms if you're interested.

Think of all the possibilities. Two things I'm excited for...

Car wheel catalogs where you can see your rims on your personal vehicle before purchasing, in real time. The second being restaurant menus so you can see what exactly you are ordering.

posted on 20 Sep 2017, 20:40

7. Scott93274 (Posts: 5693; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

I see that you're new to this site... I'm going to keep an eye out for you, I like your enthusiasm.