In this chapter, we will create our first AR project using Google's ARCore tool. The main goal of this chapter is to introduce you to one of the latest and fastest-growing AR tools, ARCore. By the end of this chapter, you will have gained the necessary skills to create your own ARCore projects easily in Android Studio. At the same time, we present one of the uses of AR in manufacturing, that is, prototyping.

By the end of this chapter, you will have created a prototype viewer app where users will place 3D designs of industrial pieces, machines, and so on over flat surfaces, navigate around and through them, and manipulate them (move, rotate, and scale) with their fingers. With this knowledge, you will also be able to improve the current project and adapt it to your needs in this field.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Using AR for manufacturing
• Exploring ARCore
• Creating a prototype AR viewer