{"id":110068,"date":"2017-09-25T02:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=110068"},"modified":"2017-09-25T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:58:06","slug":"ikea-place-augmented-reality-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/ikea-place-augmented-reality-app\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEA Just Took Virtual Shopping to the Next Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your one-stop shop for affordable furniture is staying on top of the tech game with their latest app, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/about_ikea\/newsitem\/091217_IKEA_Launches_IKEA_Place\" target=\"_blank\">IKEA Place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Apple&#8217;s latest iOS update and ARKit, the Scandinavian furniture chain was able to create an app that allows you to virtually design your home without ever leaving the house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static-blog.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\" wp-image-110075 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25105731\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_7-41-295x195.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The app currently features over 2,000 products from\u00a0IKEA&#8217;s catalog including sofas, armchairs, coffee tables, storage units, and more for you to\u00a0see what a piece of furniture might look like in your own home.<\/p>\n<p>To use, scan the floor in your place and browse the list of products available in the app. Select a product, and you can tap and drag the product around in your virtual space. Pretty cool, right?<\/p>\n<p>The app is available to download now in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/ikea-place\/id1279244498?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">App Store<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to update your device to iOS 11 if you want to experience the app!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Your one-stop shop for affordable furniture is staying on top of the tech game with ...","author":1427020,"featured_media":110069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[269,185],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25102719\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_10-4-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/25102719\/IKEA_AR_APP_PLACE_Master_still_10-4.jpg","formated_date":"September 25, 2017","category_name":"News","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113842\/news.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#b5305f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1427020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}