Questions about RoomPlan, Room API, USDZ/STEP comparison, and extended spatial scanning

Spatial Computing ARKit
Isain OP
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Dear Apple Developer Team,

I would like to ask a few questions related to RoomPlan, Room API, USDZ export, and possible future spatial scanning workflows:

  1. Can the RoomPlan or Room API load an existing USDZ room model and compare it in real time with a new live scan of the same space?
  2. Is Apple considering extending RoomPlan beyond indoor rooms, for example to scan outdoor areas, house exteriors, terrain, and simple building volumes with rough dimensions? Also in indoor to scan slopes with angle room for rooms in roof floor?
  3. Will RoomPlan support multi-floor continuous scanning, custom object detection elements, and reliable export of the scanned result to USDZ for further CAD/BIM workflows?
  4. Is it possible to create a real-time comparator between a reference object in USDZ or STEP format and a physical object being scanned live, so that deviations in geometry or dimensions can be detected during scanning?

Best regards, Ivo Saina

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niklasmato OP
1w

No Apple team member here but these are my 2 cents.

  1. you could load the geometry files and compare them (old vs new scan)
  2. I haven't seen any updates to roomplan in the versions 27 for now
  3. good question no idea
  4. why would you want to do this?

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Isain OP
1w

This is holy grail in construction industry ifc lite few weeks ago after few years try to solve this with two ifc files compare https://liteaeco.com/tools/IFC_Compare.html

Vision Pro Engineer OP
Apple
4d

Closing the loop here. Checkout this post where we were able to answer this during the WWDC26 ARKit Q&A.

I'm glad we were able to get you an answer,
Thanks for asking it again.

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