IKEA Place lets you virtually place true-to-scale 3D models in your very own space and make them appear as part of your world. Combining the latest AR technology and IKEA’s furniture catalogue this app allows you to visualize how furniture will fill a space with 98% accuracy. Users can browse through over 2,000 IKEA products on an online database, to make their selections. Once chosen, users must point the device to the desired spot in a room, then drag and drop the selected product onto the space.
I thought there could be room for improvement when initially setting up the app, I think it would helpful to immediately give the user a walk through of how to scan the space, select the furniture and place the furniture in AR. Even though this wasn’t provided it was relatively easy to figure out the features. I also found that moving the furniture around was tricky, when I moved an item it would be floating in mid air afterwards, so maybe a button to better navigate and place the furniture would improve this.
