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ARK SW Downloads and Updates

The Aria Research Kit (ARK) provides the Aria Mobile Companion app to researchers who use Project Aria glasses.

To be able to use Project Aria glasses you must set them up using the Mobile Companion app.

Optional Software available with the ARK:

Mobile Companion App

The latest version is v185, go to ARK Software Release Notes to find out about the latest features.

iOS

Requirements

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

  • OS version must be iOS 14 or above
  • (Optional) TrueDepth camera (iPhone X or later) needed for eye-tracking calibration

Download and Install

The Aria Mobile Companion app is available on iOS as a beta app through TestFlight.

On your phone, scan this QR code

TestFlight QR Code

to open the Aria Testflight invitation link and download the app.

To update:

  • Open the TestFlight app
  • Next to the Aria app, select Update

Aria Studio

Aria Studio is available on:

  • x64 Linux distributions of:
    • Fedora 36, 37, 38
    • Ubuntu Jammy (22.04 LTS) and Focal (20.04 LTS)
  • Mac Intel or Mac ARM-based (M1) with MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer
  • x64 Windows Intel machines running Windows 11 or newer

You can install it through either one-click installation or via PyPI (pip instiallation). Go to the Aria Studio guide to get started.

Client SDK with CLI

Aria Client SDK with CLI is available on:

  • x64 Linux distributions of:
    • Fedora 36, 37, 38
    • Ubuntu Jammy (22.04 LTS)
  • Mac Intel or Mac ARM-based (M1) with MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer

It is installed via PyPI (pip instiallation). Go to the Aria Client SDK setup guide to get started.

Are these apps open source?

The Mobile Companion app, Aria Studio, and Client SDK are Meta Licensed Materials and are licensed by Meta to research partners via organizational or individual research agreements. Go to projectaria.com to find out how to become a research partner.

This software is not part of Project Aria Tools, so it won’t be downloaded when you install Project Aria Tools Data Utilities, which is open source and licensed under Apache 2.0.