How to make an AR Game in Unity (Beginner Friendly Tutorial)

Thanks for watching my journey. I want to build the most exciting AR Experiences including games, movies and productive apps. My background is mainly in 2D / 3D Animation using Blender and After Effects, but I always loved the idea auf Augmented Reality. Furthermore I liked to code. So in late 2022 I decided to learn Unity, AR Foundation as well as Lightship and get deeper into AR Software Development. Let's see how far we can come :)

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Timestamps

00:00:00
Introduction & What we will build

00:01:20
Setup Unity + AR Foundation

00:09:47
Add network manager + scene setup

00:11:45
Add AR Magic Bar Lite

00:14:45
Create Canvas & Buttons

00:17:30
Create 3D Objects

00:32:50
Add 3d objects to the AR Magic Bar Lite

00:40:55
Creating the Game Logic

01:26:45
Animations

01:10:00
Shooting Ball Logic

01:12:00
Build to device

01:14:36
Final advice and Outro

AR Magic Bar Lite*:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Documentation:
https://zealous-system-734.notion.sit...

AR Magic Bar Full Version*:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Documentation:
https://zealous-system-734.notion.sit...

Code for this tutorial:
https://github.com/Alive-hub/AR-Game-...

URP Shadowcatcher (Free)*
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

My AR Playlist:
   • ARDK3 Tutorials  

Unity:
https://unity.com/de

Visual Studio Code:
https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Visual Studio:
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/de...

Rider:
https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/

Unity beginner tutorial:

   • Learn Unity in 17 MINUTES! [2025 UPDATED P...  

Apple Developer:
https://developer.apple.com/

Install iOS App on iPhone:

https://developer.apple.com/documenta...

Install Android APK:
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-...

3D Assets that are great for AR purposes*:

Shadow catchers for URP:

URP Shadowcatcher:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

URP Water Shader:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

URP Grass Shader:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Beautiful, Low-Poly Packs:

Low Poly Hummingbird, Animated:
https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lumXw...

Low Poly, Animated Dinosaurs:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly, Animated Animals:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly Jungle:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Low Poly Forest:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Fantasy Kingdom:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Dungeon Realms:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Modern City Pack:

Explorer Character Pack:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

VFX ( Particles, Fire, Magic, Smoke etc.)
Epic Toon VFX
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

Convert Terrain to Mesh (For Transforming a Terrain to view in AR):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...

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