Exploring SceneKit

When you're looking for a game framework that has excellent support for 3D games, SceneKit is a great candidate. SceneKit is Apple's framework for creating 3D games, and it is structured very similarly to how SpriteKit is set up.

Of course, SceneKit is entirely different from SpriteKit because it's used for 3D games rather than 2D games. Because of this, SceneKit also has very different ways of creating views and positioning them on screen. For instance, when you want to create a simple object and place it on the screen, you will see terms such as geometry and materials. These terms should be familiar to game programmers, but if you're an AR enthusiast, you will probably have to get used to the terminology.

This section will walk you through setting up a straightforward SceneKit scene that closely resembles a part of the AR gallery you will implement later. This should provide you with enough information to begin experimenting with SceneKit.

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