Requirements
Please ensure that the following requirements are met:
Minimum Requirements for the mobile App:
In order to provide you with a great user experience, we officially support the following platforms/devices:
- iOS:
- Minimum: OS Version 11.0 on iPhone 6/iPad Air 2
- Recommended: OS Version 12 on iPhone 8
- Android:
- Minimum: OS version 6.0 minimum of 2GB RAM, High Resolution Camera, Quad-core CPU (e.g. ARM v7a with NEON support or ARM V8a), Compass, Accelerometer
- Recommended: OS Version 7.1 and a minimum of 4GB RAM
Minimum Requirements to run genARate in your browser:
In order to provide you with a great user experience, we support the following browsers:
- Google Chrome: Version 60.0.3112.101 (Official Build) (64-bit) and later
- Safari: Version 10.1.2 (12603.3.8) and later
- Firefox: 55.0.2 (64-bit) and later
- Microsoft Edge: 40.15063.0.0 and later
Please note that Internet Explorer is not supported.
Preferred Target images have:
- Between 700×1000 pixels in each dimension
- An aspect ratio roughly square
- Rich contrast
- Evenly distributed textured areas
- Many corners like structures
- A prominent squarish part
- File size Restriction: 1 MB (for augmentation targets)
Unsuitable Target images have:
- Smaller dimensions than 500 pixels
- Extreme aspect ratios
- Large amounts of text
- Many repetitive patterns
- Large single-colored areas
Video format and Restrictions
- Allowed types: mp4 or Youtube link
- File size restriction: 20MB (for mp4 videos) and not larger than 1000px
- The recommended standard size: 480p
- The recommended bit rate: 2.5Mbps – 4Mbps (depending on the expected connectivity of the end user.)
- For mobile use, the best option is H.264 video codec, AAC or MP3 audio codec and .MP4 as the video container.
Debug AR Content on Mobile
- Chrome 32 or later installed on your development machine
- A USB cable to connect your Android device to your development machine.
- Android 4.0 or later
- Chrome for Android installed on your Android device.