AR Zone

AR Zone was first released for Samsung Galaxy S20 and other devices updated to One UI 2.1. It brought together several augmented reality features that were located in Air Command, AR Emoji and Bixby Vision,{{Cite web |last1=SamMobile |last2=Farooqui |first2=Adnan |date=2019-12-11 |title=Exclusive: Samsung to put all augmented reality features in new 'AR Zone' |url=https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-all-augmented-reality-features-new-ar-zone/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=SamMobile |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=First impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/first-impressions-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s20-ultra/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Neowin |language=en}} such as the My Emoji Maker app.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-10 |title=My Emoji could be the next Samsung Galaxy S9 feature to come to older devices |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/my-emoji-app-samsung-galaxy-note-8-903307/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Android Authority |language=en}}

In 2018, Samsung announced that Disney characters will be made as an AR Emoji.{{Cite web |last=Byford |first=Sam |date=2018-02-26 |title=Samsung's Galaxy S9 AR Emoji are kind of horrifying |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/26/17052754/samsung-galaxy-s9-ar-emoji-mwc-2018 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}

The AR Emoji Camera lets users create animated 3D avatars (called My Emoji) of themselves, and make pictures or videos using it. They can choose a pre-existing emoji or generate an AR emoji of themselves through Samsung Camera or Gallery. The My Emoji can be edited in AR Emoji Studio.{{Cite web |last=Fedewa |first=Joe |date=2022-02-21 |title=What Is Samsung AR Emoji, and How Do You Use It? |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/785355/what-is-samsung-ar-emoji-and-how-do-you-use-it/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=How-To Geek |language=en}} The website SamMobile described it as creating "your own Samsung Sam-like avatar", referring to the virtual assistant character that went viral in 2021.{{Cite web |last1=SamMobile |last2=Matei |first2=Mihai |date=2022-11-07 |title=Using Samsung's AR Emoji to create stickers, call and lock screen videos |url=https://www.sammobile.com/news/using-samsungs-ar-emoji-to-create-stickers-call-and-lock-screen-videos/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=SamMobile |language=en-US}}

The AR Emoji has also been integrated as a watch face in the Galaxy Watch 4. Additionally, Samsung also offer an SDK for Unity that allows the avatar to be used in other applications.{{Cite web |title=Galaxy AR Emoji SDK for Unity |url=https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-ar-emoji/overview.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Samsung Developers |language=en}}

Stickers using the My Emoji can be created in AR Emoji Stickers. Even though every single emoji created using AR Emoji Camera or AR Emoji Studio creates stickers, it is still possible to create AR Emoji Stickers from scratch or edit the existing ones using editor in AR Emoji Stickers.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

AR Doodle is a feature to draw (i.e. doodle) on objects while it is being captured on the device camera.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-09 |title=Draw on Real World Objects with AR Doodles on Your Galaxy Note 10 |url=https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/draw-real-world-objects-with-ar-doodles-your-galaxy-note-10-0203135/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Gadget Hacks |language=en}} Deco Pic is another feature in the AR Zone for adding frames, stickers and GIFs on an existing photo or video.

3D Scanner, which is available on select devices with a time of flight (ToF) camera, create 3D models of real-world objects. It requires the device camera to scan an object from all directions.{{Cite web |last1=SamMobile |last2=Mishra |first2=Abhijeet |date=2019-08-23 |title=Galaxy Note 10+ 3D scanner app now available on the Galaxy Store |url=https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-note-10-plus-3d-scanner-app-now-available-on-galaxy-store/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=SamMobile |language=en-US}}

Another tool is Quick Measure which measures area, length, depth and distance of real-world objects, also making use of ToF.{{Cite web |last=Kavafian |first=Hagop |date=2019-04-20 |title=Samsung releases AR-based Quick Measure app that only works with the Galaxy S10 5G |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/19/samsung-releases-ar-based-quick-measure-app-that-only-works-with-the-galaxy-s10-5g/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Android Police |language=en}}

Places, Makeup, Home Decor and Styling features were discontinued in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=2020-10-06 |title=Samsung to discontinue some of Bixby's AR features this month |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/6/21503895/bixby-vision-ar-augmented-reality-discontinued-samsung |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}

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