In this section, we are going to develop our AR viewer for prototyping. First, we are going to install all the required software tools—JDK and Android Studio—and then we'll create our Android application, learn how to enable and use ARCore in it, and how to use the Sceneform plugin to display the 3D elements.
Creating a prototype AR viewer
Installing the Java Development Kit (JDK)
Android Studio requires that we install JDK. It's usually located in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk_version. If you don't have it installed, follow these steps:
- Go to www.oracle.com and download the latest Java SE Development Kit.
- Once downloaded, run the installation file and let it install the JDK and JRE in their default...