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AirMeasure - Turn your phone into a ruler with the power of AR

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AirMeasure is the ultimate measuring ToolKit for your phone. Now anytime, anywhere you have not only a tape measure but a whole set of tools to let you measure almost anything. Loaded with features, download it now.

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I think its a great product - though I thought PH is all about released 'real' products and this one isn't.
If you guys add metric support, and Android version, I will be among the first to download this app :)
android is probably out of the question. This app uses apple's proprietary ARkit platform introduced in iOS 11
Seems great, but how is this possible? To mesure something, the distance is an important factor, how is it taken in account? (ie. what if I'm pointing a plane on the sky? ^^). In the video, when measuring the frame diagonal for example, the top left corner is not at the same distance of the phone as the bottom right corner... how is this working?
going to assume you'll need to start the measurement by touching the camera to the object so it always starts at 0 distance
Well, I'm not sure it explains how it could measure the distance between the object and the camera. Even by touching the object first, in the case of the picture frame measured in diagonal, I don't understand how it's possible. Imagine if the user move toward the wall, really close to it. Then between the top-left corner and the bottom-right corner, the phone would move on a really really short distance... How can the app handle that?
Apple's ARKit (in iOS 11) provides this functionality. By using video and observing objects as they move in the camera view, ARKit can create a 3D mapping of the environment. Once it has enough reference points you can get the distance between points in the 3D.
If you need testers, I'm using iOS 11 beta :)
This is amazing. Will you include support for centimeters?
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thanks! Yes, metric units will be included :)
I have ios11 anyway I can get it now?
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You linked to the edit link. I think this is the link you wanted:
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thanks for catching my mistake ; )
Got excited, saw it wasnt available, got unexcited, searched for 'AR Measure' in the app store and found 'Measurement Tool' by Aurelia Matei, which claims to 1) do the same thing 2) seemed to work when I tested it and 3) is already available. How does yours differ from this app?
This is using Apple's proprietary ARKit which comes out in the fall to all users with ios11. Which means it will be the most compatible version to date, and it is one of the first fully functional apps created around this software.
I think the main difference is 'Measurement Tool' needs a size reference in the view in order to calculate the measurements. This uses an analysis of the real world to create a "map" of the environment and so knows where points are in 3D and can measure the distance between them. No reference object required.
Cool! Will there be an Android version as well?
Since this is using Apple's proprietary ARKit, probably not anytime soon.
Cool. Interesting to see how you are choosing the plane in which to draw the tape. Obvious in the case of a table top but less obvious in some of the other examples.
Love the idea! That's what smartphone-apps should be about: make our lives easier, so we don't have to carry a ruler anymore. Btw, how does the algorithm know how far away the surface is (to measure a distance)?
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