# ARCore Depth Lab

> Experience geometry-aware AR in your own space with ARCore Depth API.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.google.ar.unity.arcore\_depth\_lab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.google.ar.unity.arcore_depth_lab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.google.ar.unity.arcore_depth_lab`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Google Samples
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 120,063
- **Rating:** 4.23 / 5 (355 ratings)
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-09
- **First published:** 2020-06-25
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.ar.unity.arcore_depth_lab)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/googlesamples/arcore-depth-lab/](https://github.com/googlesamples/arcore-depth-lab/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.google.com/policies/privacy](http://www.google.com/policies/privacy)

## Description

ARCore Depth Lab enables users to immerse themselves in geometry-aware augmented reality experiences by leveraging the ARCore Depth API. This innovative API allows supported Android devices to detect the shape and depth of the surrounding environment, creating unique interactive effects such as snow collecting on real-world surfaces and virtual paint splatters. These experiences open new possibilities for AR interaction that were previously unavailable on mobile devices.

Compatible with a select group of ARCore-certified devices that support the Depth API, users might need to update or restart their devices after installing the latest Google Play Services for AR. Developers interested in creating similar depth-based AR applications can explore the open-source code on GitHub and refer to the comprehensive ARCore developer and Depth API documentation to get started.

## Rankings

- #203,288 — Overall

## Review summary

ARCore Depth Lab is a fun, impressive depth-sensing showcase with a standout point cloud and accurate results on capable devices. Reviewers praise the demos and hardware use, but frequent crashes, device compatibility gaps (notably some Xiaomi/POCO models), heavy permissions, and depth-map limitations in low light are common drawbacks. A frequent request is to export raw data (depth, RGB, IMU). Overall it’s a strong tech demo that would benefit from improved stability and data export.

### Pros

- Fun and impressive AR demos
- Point cloud feature is well-liked
- High accuracy of depth sensing
- Demos showcase phone cameras and hardware effectively
- Overall positive experience and excitement about AR progress

### Cons

- Crashes frequently and stability issues
- Device compatibility problems on certain phones (e.g., Xiaomi/POCO, P6P) and with ARCore on some devices
- App requests unnecessary permissions and causes lag
- Depth map reliability issues, especially in low light
- Missing option to save raw data (depth, confidence, RGB, IMU)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.google.ar.unity.arcore_depth_lab)