Aria Research Kit

The Aria Research Kit (ARK) provides Aria glasses, services and tools to enable researchers to gather and process their own Aria data. Go to Aria Research Kit intro page at projectaria.com to find out more, or to apply to become a research partner.

The instructions in this section will only be useful if you have access to the ARK.

Through the ARK, researchers can:

• Use Aria glasses to record and stream egocentric data
• Generate derived data through Machine Perception Services
• Use our Client SDK and CLI to directly interface with Aria glasses

If you just received your Aria glasses

We suggest the following steps:

• Go to the Quickstart guide to get set up
• Join the Academic Partners Workplace Group
• Join the Project Aria Discord
• If you have any difficulties getting set up, please contact ariaops@meta.com or check out our Support page

Mobile Companion App requirements

To be able to use Aria glasses you will need to use the Aria Mobile Companion app.

Android

If you're using Android, your mobile device will need:

• Android OS version 10 or above installed
• ARM64 processor preferred
• (Optional) ARCore Depth API (https://developers.google.com/ar/devices) support needed for eye-tracking calibration
• 64-bit is preferred, although 32-bit is supported

Go to the ARK SW Downloads and Updates page to get this software.

iOS

If you're using iOS:

• OS version must be iOS 14 or above
• (Optional) TrueDepth camera (iPhone X or later) needed for eye-tracking calibration
• On your phone, follow this invitation link to download the app from TestFlight

Go to the ARK SW Downloads and Updates page for more information about downloading or updating software.

Other requirements (optional software)

Desktop Companion App

To be able to request Machine Perception Services or stream data, you will need to use the Desktop Companion App.

Go to the ARK SW Downloads and Updates page to get this software.

• Desktop Companion App runs on the following platforms:
  • MacOS Big Sur 11.3+, both Intel and Apple Silicon
  • Windows 10 x86_64 with DirectX (or OpenGL but the latest drivers should be installed)
  • Windows 11 may work, but is not actively supported at this time
  • Linux, debian package for Ubuntu, 22.04 LTS version. The app was only tested for that specific version under Gnome 42.5 and X11 (X Server) as well as Wayland. Any other debian distribution (Ubuntu 22.04 fork such as Kubuntu, Mint etc.) or environment may or may not work.
    • V36 only, please use the MPS CLI to request Hand Tracking MPS

Project Aria Tools

Project Aria Tools is open source tooling for working with Aria data, go to Data Utilities for more details.

Project Aria Tools and VRS tooling are not available on Windows at this time. The codebase is supported on the following platforms:

• x64 Linux distributions of:
  • Fedora 36, 37, 38
  • Ubuntu focal (20.04 LTS) and jammy (22.04 LTS)
• Mac Intel or Mac ARM-based (M1) with MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer

Project Aria Client SDK and CLI

Through the Client SDK and CLI you can directly interact with Aria glasses and stream data from the glasses to a computer. The codebase is supported on the following platforms:

• x64 Linux distributions of:
  • Fedora 36 or newer
  • Ubuntu jammy (22.04) or newer
• Mac Intel or Mac ARM-based (M1) with MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer