I-IKEA kubonakala sengathi iqala ukuthatha isithakazelo esikhethekile kumikhiqizo ye-Apple futhi, njengoba kuqinisekiswa yinkampani uqobo, kunjalo ukusebenzisana nomkhiqizi we-iPhone ukudala uhlelo lokusebenza olusebenzisa ukungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona (i-AR) Kukusiza ukuthi ubone ukuthi ifenisha izobukeka kanjani ekhaya lakho ngaphambi kokuyithenga, ngaleyo ndlela ikusize wenze isinqumo sokuthi ifanelekile yini igumbi lakho lokuphumula, ukuthi lihambisana kahle yini nendawo onayo noma iyahambisana namakhethini .
Uhlelo lokusebenza luzotholakala kulokhu kuwa futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ibe ngomunye wabokuqala ukusebenzisa i-AR Kit i-Apple imemezele ku-WWDC 2017 yokugcina, lapho isikhombise khona ama-brushstrokes ambalwa kuphela walokho okungenziwa ngaleli thuluzi elisha labathuthukisi abathembisa ukuguqula umhlaba wezicelo nemidlalo kungekudala.
Uhlelo lokusebenza kulindeleke ukuthi luqale kanye nokwethulwa kwe-iOS 11, mhlawumbe singakubona nasethulweni le-Keynote le-iPhone 8 entsha ngo-Septhemba, yize lingahle libambezeleke futhi ukwethulwa kwalo kuzobe sekwedlule isikhathi ukwedlula uhlelo olusha I-Apple iyasebenza. Into yokuqala ongayenza ukuthatha isithombe sekamelo lakho futhi ngokunemba kokukhomba ukwazi ukubeka izesekeli ze-IKEA nefenisha egumbini.. Kuyinto engenziwa manje ngokwengxenye kuphela nesicelo esivele sikhona, kepha ngokusho kokhulumela i-IKEA, lolu hlelo lokusebenza olusha luzoba ngcono kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhlelo lokusebenza luzothuthuka kuzinguqulo ezilandelanayo.
I-IKEA ibuye yamemezela ukuthi imikhiqizo yayo yamademoni izohambisana neHomeKit kungekudala., okuyinto kanye nalezi zindaba zokusetshenziswa kwe-AR kubonakala kuyisibonakaliso esingangabazeki sokuthi inkampani yaseYurophu ibazi kakhulu abasebenzisi be-Apple, okuyizindaba ezinhle ngokungangabazeki ukuthi zinikezwe ukuthandwa okukhulu kwenkampani yaseSweden namanani ayo ngaphezu kokuncintisana.