
Developers need to work on just keeping it fun and not over explaining things with dialogs. …/a…/follow-me-dragon/id1276049016… This little dragon is cute but kept getting interrupted by dialog boxes. … paint with brushes on the world around you. … The Math Ninja makes it fun to learn math for kids. … Paint Space AR - paint in all directions and then walk through your art. Game where you shoot robots coming at you from all directions. 8i is a new volumetric camera company and it built this app so you can see the quality of holograms its camera can capture. …/app/puzzlar-world-…/id1252735237… Put together the Statue of Liberty in this puzzle game. Pull out basic shapes and then sculpt, rotate, and paint them to create your own Orbs. Search for 3D things and scenes and bring them into where you are. I might do a separate post on those, too, later. I also didn’t include any of the retail store apps, like the one from IKEA, because they don’t really show off augmented reality in a deep way. I did NOT include any measuring apps because they just aren’t accurate enough for my liking but might do a separate post on those later in the year to see if they increase in accuracy. So, play with them when you have a charger or extra battery nearby.

Also, on my 7+ these ate a LOT of battery. That means loading iOS 11.01 and having a relatively recent device. Warning, you need an ARKit-enabled iPhone or iPad to play these.

I tried more than 120 apps to make this list, the majority didn’t survive even 20 seconds. This doesn’t mean you’ll like them, or that they have much value beyond the fact that they had enough value after 20 seconds for me to include them in this list. Here are the augmented reality, er, ARKit, apps that survived my 20 second test on my iPhone 7+ with iOS 11.01.
