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Aria Research Kit

The Aria Research Kit (ARK) provides Aria glasses, services and tools to enable researchers to gather and process their own Aria data. Go to Aria Research Kit intro page at projectaria.com to find out more, or to apply to become a research partner.

The instructions in this section will only be useful if you have access to the ARK.

Project Aria glasses and Mobile Companion app

Through the ARK, researchers can:

If you just received your Aria glasses

We suggest the following steps:

Mobile Companion App requirements

To be able to use Aria glasses you will need to use the Aria Mobile Companion app.

If you're using Android, your mobile device will need:

  • Android OS version 10 or above installed
  • ARM64 processor preferred
  • ARCore Depth API (https://developers.google.com/ar/devices) support needed for eye-tracking calibration
  • 64-bit is preferred, although 32-bit is supported

Go to the ARK SW Downloads and Updates page to get this software.

Other requirements (optional software)

Desktop Companion App

To be able to request Machine Perception Services or stream data, you will need to use the Desktop Companion App.

Go to the ARK SW Downloads and Updates page to get this software.

  • Desktop Companion App runs on the following platforms:
    • MacOS Big Sur 11.3+, both Intel and Apple Silicon
    • Windows 10 x86_64 with DirectX (or OpenGL but the latest drivers should be installed)
    • Windows 11 may work, but is not actively supported at this time
    • Linux, as a debian package for Ubuntu, 22.04 LTS version. The app was only tested for that specific version under Gnome 42.5 and X11 (X Server) as well as Wayland. Any other debian distribution (Ubuntu 22.04 fork such as Kubuntu, Mint etc.) or environment may or may not work.

Project Aria Tools

Project Aria Tools is open source tooling for working with Aria data, go to Data Utilities for more details.

Project Aria Tools and VRS tooling are not available on Windows at this time. The codebase has been tested on the following platforms:

  • Fedora 36, 37, 38 recommended
  • Ubuntu focal (20.04 LTS) and jammy (22.04 LTS)
  • Mac Intel or Mac ARM-based (M1)
    • Mac Big Sur or newer

Project Aria Client SDK and CLI

Through the Client SDK and CLI you can directly interact with Aria glasses and stream data from the glasses to a computer. The codebase has been tested on the following platforms:

  • Fedora 36 or newer
  • Ubuntu jammy (22.04) or newer
  • Mac Intel or Mac ARM-based (M1)
    • Mac Big Sur or newer