Augmented Reality Basics in .NET MAUI on iOS

Augmented reality blends virtual elements into the live camera view. David Britch kicks off his ARKit series by creating a custom .NET MAUI control, backed by a handler, that renders a 3D cube at the world origin on iOS.

What you’ll learn

• Platform setup — adding the camera usage description and codesigning properties needed to deploy an ARKit app
• A custom control and handler — creating an ARView with an IsSessionRunning property mapped to native start/stop logic
• Encapsulating ARKit — wrapping ARSCNView and ARSession in a MauiARView and running an ARWorldTrackingConfiguration
• Adding SceneKit content — building a CubeNode from an SCNBox and placing it at the world origin
• Consuming the control — registering the handler and driving the session from an MVVM view model

Read the full post for the complete handler architecture and code, and note that ARKit requires a physical iPhone.