AR Furniture

An Android app to render 3D-Models of furniture in real-time view.

Project Details: 

Furniture AR is an eCommerce app in which users can view furniture as a 3D Model, decide if it suits and fits their place, and shop more precisely. Users can figure out if the shape of furniture and its color is suitable for them. 

The ideation behind the app is very simple:

• Developing a more practical shopping platform.
• Render almost a real-life 3D Model of furniture.
• Render models in a practical size.
• Provide a more practical view of furniture.

AR Furniture is another example of a home improvement and furniture store. Using this app, people can see 3D images of furniture in their actual homes. Users can place the selected product on the floor or table. You can move models around and resize them.

Product Approach :

The initial step was to identify the framework to render models. We started developing the project from scratch using the MVP approach. The mind behind this idea is our innovation team. 

The approach is simply placing the product in the real world using an AR view of the AR core library and Sceneform UX.

• The motive was to render 3D Models of real-life furniture.
• The critical decision was to finalize the framework for rendering 3D Models which renders the models accurately and should not affect the performance of the app.
• Also, to render the model as per the original dimensions.

Technical Approach:

We started developing Furniture AR  app by 

• Implementing the app in Kotlin.
• Utilizing the ar-core framework and sceneform-ux for better performance of app and model rendering.

Our main challenge was to finalize the framework for development as the market offers various options. We researched and tried POCs for different frameworks.

We found ar-core and sceneform-ux as optimal solutions to use in Kotlin.

Development Approach:

The development approach for the project was to get the models in the required format and render them in their original dimensions.

• Upon approval from the Innovation team, for the models, UI/UX, and the development roadmap in mind, we moved on to the further development of the game.
• Initially, we finalized a recliner as a 3D Model and developed the business part of the app.
• Later on, we optimized the model rendering and dimensions.
• In the final stage of the app, we implemented more models and refactored the user interface of the app.

Current State

Currently, The Furniture AR app is available in the Play Store and our developers and innovation team is working on the next stage of the app so we can restructure the way of shopping furniture. We are also partnering with startups to build their products on top of the concept of AR to make their own line of products.