🌌 AR Planet Simulator

Real-time Augmented Reality Solar System with Interactive Controls and Speech Descriptions

✨ Features

• 🌍 Realistic Planet Rotations - Accurate orbital speeds matching real solar system
• 🎤 Speech-to-Text Descriptions - Audio narration for each planet's facts
• ⏯️ Interactive Controls - Play/pause/resume rotation with touch gestures
• 📱 AR Plane Detection - Planets appear anchored to real-world surfaces
• 🎨 Smooth Animations - 60fps performance on mid-range mobile devices
• 🔄 Touch Interactions - Rotate, stop, and resume individual planet motion

🛠️ Tech Stack

Core Framework: Unity 2022.3+ AR Engine: AR Foundation 5.1 Language: C# (.NET 4.x) Rendering: Universal Render Pipeline (URP) Audio: Unity Audio System + Text-to-Speech Input: Touch Gestures + AR Raycasting

📱 Demo

Download the AR app and point your camera at any flat surface to see the solar system come alive!

📥 Download APK

🎮 How to Use

1. Launch the app and grant camera permissions
2. Point camera at flat surface - AR plane will be detected automatically
3. Tap to place solar system - Sun and planets appear in AR space
4. Touch any planet to:
   • Pause/Resume rotation (tap again to toggle)
   • Hear audio description of the planet
5. Pinch to zoom, drag to rotate view

🚀 Core Features Implementation

Realistic Rotation Physics

Planet Data (Real Rotation Speeds) Planet Rotation Period Scale Factor Audio Facts Mercury 58.6 days 0.38x Earth 4 facts Venus 243 days 0.95x Earth 5 facts Earth 23h 56m 1.0x 6 facts Mars 24h 37m 0.53x Earth 5 facts Jupiter 9h 56m 11.2x Earth 7 facts Saturn 10h 33m 9.5x Earth 6 facts Uranus 17h 14m 4.0x Earth 5 facts Neptune 16h 6m 3.9x Earth 5 facts

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/AbhishekMauryaGEEK/ar-planet-simulator.git cd ar-planet-simulator

Open in Unity Hub (2022.3+)

Install AR Foundation 5.1 via Package Manager

Build for Android/iOS

📱Supported Devices Android: 8.0+ with ARCore support

iOS: 13.0+ with ARKit support

Minimum: 3GB RAM, OpenGL ES 3.0

🤝 Contributing Fork the repository

Create feature branch (git checkout -b feature/planet-audio)

Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add Neptune audio facts')

Push to branch (git push origin feature/planet-audio)

Open Pull Request

📄 License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments Unity AR Foundation team for robust AR capabilities

NASA for accurate planetary rotation data

ABES Engineering College hackathon team