Image recognition and Augmented Reality allows you to link offline content, like magazines or brochures, with digital content such as product information, augmented reality experiences, or promotional videos, all with just a snap.
If you’re looking into using image recognition or augmented reality for your mobile app, you probably know (or are trying to decide) whether your app will need to update its content constantly or should stand alone. Those two scenarios have implications in the design of the app. We've written a blog post (Cloud vs On-device Image Recognition: which one is for me?) that describes different use cases and needs that can help you determine if you need cloud or on-device collections for your application.
CraftAR allows you to create both types of collections: on-device and cloud. The first think you need to do is to navigate of Manage Collections on the left menu bar and click on Add new Collection. The following pop-up will appear to let you:
- choose between both types by clicking on the right box; and
- introduce a Collection Name for this collection (this is used in the web interface to help you identify this collection and it does not need to be unique).
Once the collection is created, you can start adding items. Follow the Tutorial: Create an item in CraftAR for a step-by-step guide.
If you choose to run your application on-device, we recommend to follow the Tutorial: Create collection bundles in the CraftAR service to learn how to generate bundles to embed into your app.