Augment vs Reality Composer

Augment creates real-time 3D product views at real-world scale for e-commerce and in-person selling. Its AR Viewer supports ARKit and ARCore, works as a standalone app or inside a customer app, and synchronizes offline for use without connectivity. The web 3D Viewer embeds in webpages, supports modern browsers, and also works in mobile apps. A JavaScript Web SDK adds web-based 3D and AR visualization while checking integration keys against authorized domains. The 3D Vault organizes uploaded models with private or public settings; stored models cannot be downloaded. Supported files include OBJ, Collada, KML, 3ds, PLY, and STL, with uploads up to one million polygons and textures of any size. Teams manages users, teams, model and place access, and usage analytics. Small Business costs $42 a month, billed PUPM, with a four-user minimum; a 14-day trial is available.

Reality Composer is an Apple app for prototyping and producing augmented reality experiences without prior 3D experience. Its visual editor lets users place and rotate virtual objects in an AR scene or on a canvas, using objects from its built-in library or imported USDZ files. Finished scenes can be exported as USDZ. The app also supports guided LiDAR photogrammetry capture on iPhone 12 Pro or later and iPad Pro 5th generation or later. Projects can be transferred between the iOS app and the Reality Composer app bundled with Xcode for Mac, and scenes can be shared for viewing on iPhone and iPad through AR Quick Look. The listing covers iOS, macOS, and Windows; its App Store requirements are iOS 17.0 or later on iPhone and iPadOS 17.0 or later on iPad. Reality Composer is free. Apple says it may collect usage data for product interaction analytics that is not linked to the user. Reality Composer Pro 3 is a separate Mac tool for preparing 3D content for visionOS and iOS apps, with live preview on Apple Vision Pro.