In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to use AR Session and AR Session Origin — both part of the Unity AR Foundation package — to place and manipulate objects in AR. If you haven’t installed the AR Foundation and AR package for your chosen mobile platform, please see Configuring Unity for XR Development.

In this lesson, you will begin bringing a two-dimensional sketch to life in 3D by placing a few 2D background images and then laying out the surrounding city buildings using primitives. Often, in pre-vis, a layout artist will be provided with a sketch or storyboard of a Scene. Here, these artists can begin interpreting the appropriate depth and scale of their Scenes through the creation of simple geometry. This first iteration of a Scene sets the foundation for downstream departments (departments that traditionally come after pre-vis, such as sets, characters, lighting, etc.) to work from and expand upon.

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