Mobile AR

Augmented reality experiences delivered on commodity smartphones and tablets using the built-in camera, display, inertial sensors, and (increasingly) depth sensors, without specialized AR headsets. Mobile AR platforms such as Apple's ARKit and Google's ARCore provide plane detection, world tracking, and 3D scene understanding, and are the basis for retail 'view-in-room' features (IKEA Place, Amazon AR View), indoor navigation, and educational apps. For blind and low vision users, mobile AR is important because it removes the hardware cost of AR assistive tools, but most mobile AR apps assume visual interaction; making them accessible typically requires adding haptic feedback, spatial audio, speech output, and integration with platform screen readers like VoiceOver and TalkBack.