Software:AR Zone

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AR Zone
Developer(s)Samsung Electronics
Initial releaseFebruary 24, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-02-24)
Final release
1.8.00.21 / July 28, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-07-28)
Operating systemAndroid
TypeAugmented reality

AR Zone (Korean: AR 존) is an application on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets that consolidates several augmented reality (AR) tools[1] into one app. The app came preloaded on most Galaxy devices running One UI 2.1 until One UI 6.

History

AR Zone was first released for Samsung Galaxy S20 and other devices updated to One UI 2.1. It brought together several augmented reality features that were located in Air Command, AR Emoji and Bixby Vision,[2][3] such as the My Emoji Maker app.[4]

With the release of One UI 7 in 2025, Samsung has dropped the AR Zone app: its existing tools (AR Doodle, Quick Measure, Deco Pic) are now separate apps and not preloaded but are available from the Samsung Galaxy Store. AR Emoji has been renamed to Galaxy Avatar and remains preloaded on its own.[5][6]

In 2018, Samsung announced that Disney characters will be made as an AR Emoji.[7]

Features

Galaxy Avatar (formerly AR Emoji)

The AR Emoji Camera lets users create animated 3D avatars (called My Emoji) of themselves, and make pictures or videos using it. They can choose a pre-existing emoji or generate an AR emoji of themselves through Samsung Camera or Gallery. The My Emoji can be edited in AR Emoji Studio.[8] The website SamMobile described it as creating "your own Samsung Sam-like avatar", referring to the virtual assistant character that went viral in 2021.[9]

The AR Emoji has also been integrated as a watch face in the Galaxy Watch 4. Additionally, Samsung also offer an SDK for Unity that allows the avatar to be used in other applications.[10]

Stickers using the My Emoji can be created in AR Emoji Stickers.[9] Even though every single emoji created using AR Emoji Camera or AR Emoji Studio creates stickers, it is still possible to create AR Emoji Stickers from scratch or edit the existing ones using editor in AR Emoji Stickers.[citation needed]

Other tools

AR Doodle is a feature to draw (i.e. doodle) on objects while it is being captured on the device camera.[11] Deco Pic is another feature in the AR Zone for adding frames, stickers and GIFs on an existing photo or video.[8]

3D Scanner, which is available on select devices with a time of flight (ToF) camera, create 3D models of real-world objects. It requires the device camera to scan an object from all directions.[12]

Another tool is Quick Measure which measures area, length, depth and distance of real-world objects, also making use of ToF.[13]

Places, Makeup, Home Decor and Styling features were discontinued in 2020.[14]

Icons

References

  1. ↑ "USER MANUAL". March 2020. https://files.customersaas.com/files/vOcP7IcYBBR3UfQMhCbRCLZE.pdf. 
  2. ↑ SamMobile; Farooqui, Adnan (2019-12-11). "Exclusive: Samsung to put all augmented reality features in new 'AR Zone'" (in en-US). https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-all-augmented-reality-features-new-ar-zone/. 
  3. ↑ "First impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra" (in en). 2023-10-04. https://www.neowin.net/news/first-impressions-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s20-ultra/. 
  4. ↑ "My Emoji could be the next Samsung Galaxy S9 feature to come to older devices" (in en). 2018-09-10. https://www.androidauthority.com/my-emoji-app-samsung-galaxy-note-8-903307/. 
  5. ↑ Shaik, Asif Iqbal (2024-11-13). "Samsung making big changes to Camera app with One UI 7" (in en-US). https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-one-ui-7-camera-app-big-changes-ar-zone-deco-pic/. 
  6. ↑ Yordan. "Samsung will drop pre-loaded AR apps from Camera in One UI 7" (in en-US). https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_will_drop_preloaded_ar_apps_from_camera_in_one_ui_7-news-65300.php. 
  7. ↑ Byford, Sam (2018-02-26). "Samsung's Galaxy S9 AR Emoji are kind of horrifying" (in en-US). https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/26/17052754/samsung-galaxy-s9-ar-emoji-mwc-2018. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fedewa, Joe (2022-02-21). "What Is Samsung AR Emoji, and How Do You Use It?" (in en). https://www.howtogeek.com/785355/what-is-samsung-ar-emoji-and-how-do-you-use-it/. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 SamMobile; Matei, Mihai (2022-11-07). "Using Samsung's AR Emoji to create stickers, call and lock screen videos" (in en-US). https://www.sammobile.com/news/using-samsungs-ar-emoji-to-create-stickers-call-and-lock-screen-videos/. 
  10. ↑ "Galaxy AR Emoji SDK for Unity" (in en). https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-ar-emoji/overview.html. 
  11. ↑ "Draw on Real World Objects with AR Doodles on Your Galaxy Note 10" (in en). 2019-08-09. https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/draw-real-world-objects-with-ar-doodles-your-galaxy-note-10-0203135/. 
  12. ↑ SamMobile; Mishra, Abhijeet (2019-08-23). "Galaxy Note 10+ 3D scanner app now available on the Galaxy Store" (in en-US). https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-note-10-plus-3d-scanner-app-now-available-on-galaxy-store/. 
  13. ↑ Kavafian, Hagop (2019-04-20). "Samsung releases AR-based Quick Measure app that only works with the Galaxy S10 5G" (in en). https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/19/samsung-releases-ar-based-quick-measure-app-that-only-works-with-the-galaxy-s10-5g/. 
  14. ↑ Porter, Jon (2020-10-06). "Samsung to discontinue some of Bixby's AR features this month" (in en-US). https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/6/21503895/bixby-vision-ar-augmented-reality-discontinued-samsung. 

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