Just don’t poke its ocular sensor, or it’ll snap at you. It only makes sense that the snarky AI weatherbot would make the leap to AR, where its personality can really shine. Given the smash success of Snapchat’s AR hot dog DJ, I wouldn’t be surprised if these GIF-integrated videos start popping all over your Instagram Stories. You can also share entire scenes with friends who also have the app, who can then interact with your GIFs in an explorable space. The Giphy World app takes that one step further to bring GIFs into your surroundings and letting you record video. Giphy’s already integrated into iMessage with its own keyboard app, and partnerships with Facebook and Twitter have helped spread its database of GIFs all over the internet. Whether it’s existing apps that have added AR functionality with their updates, or fresh new apps introduced specifically for the platform, here are nine AR-ready iOS apps you should check out after updating to iOS 11 to get a feel for the feature’s usefulness - and yes - pointless fun. In the time between the announcement and its official release yesterday, developers have used ARKit to create apps for big brands like The Food Network and AMC’s The Walking Dead, as well as for smaller, but no less important amusements like this demo that does nothing but visualize AR tea cups resting on top of a good dog.

Now that iOS 11 is finally here, ARKit is available for anyone with an iPhone 6S or later, the iPad Pro, and the latest 9.7-inch iPad. Since it was first announced at WWDC, Apple’s ARKit has been open to developers to get a feel for the new platform.

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