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Solve sudoku puzzles in AR
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George Jurgens
Magic Sudoku - ARkit — Solve sudoku puzzles like magic with the power of AR
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Magic Sudoku - ARkit solves Sudoku puzzles using the magic of Augmented Reality! Built using Swift, ARKit, Vision, CoreML and some machine learning/neural networks

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Brad Dwyer
Maker
Hey all - I'm the developer of the app. Tried to come up with an ARKit app that wasn't just a "floating 3d model" The app reads the camera data and passes it through Apple's Vision apis and into a CoreML model trained on recognizing Sudoku and then solves the puzzle and re-projects it out back into the scene. Version 1 is mostly a tech demo and a "look what my phone can do now!" app. In V2 I hope to add a lot more useful features for actual players doing actual paper Sudoku puzzles.
Aurora
@braddwyer Real cool! My use case would be to use it once I'm like: there's no way I'll be able to find the solution! Will with work with a failed sudoku attempt where some of the numbers are filled out? Rock on!
Brad Dwyer
Maker
@aurorakb not yet! Definitely on the roadmap though. Need to train my neural network on more handwriting samples and then work on the UI. Coming soon :)
Wes Merrill
Great job Brad! Glad to see everything pulled together! Been watching updates and such in social channels.
Andrew Falchook
Between IKEA Place, the measuring apps, GIPHY, and now Magic Sudoku this has been a crazy week for AR. I cannot wait to see where this technology is in 2 - 3 years.
Yevgeniya Galich
so what's the fun about solving sudoku this way?
Martin LeBlanc
@yevgeniya_galich It's not, but it's fun to experience what's possible with OCR and AR.
Brad Dwyer
Maker
@yevgeniya_galich v1 is mostly a tech demo. Hoping people will want to show it off as a "look what my phone can do now!" feature. In v2 we'll be adding features that make it actually useful for people who play paper sudokus. Stay tuned :)
David Movsisyan
Great thing guys) But you just killed Sudoku lovers passion)))
Brad Dwyer
Maker
@dmovsis the computer enjoys doing them more anyways
Neil Mathew
Wonderful! I'd love if this could provide hints rather than solving the entire puzzle right away.
Brad Dwyer
Maker
@neilxm working on it! Gotta teach it how to read handwriting first 😄
Neil Mathew
@braddwyer Well, technically you could do a couple things, re-create the sudoku in the app itself and let me solve it from within the app - this would be more 2D. Or you can just let me solve it in AR somehow haha, so there's no handwriting involved.
Inna Selez
Is it working for sudoku in ME Andromeda? :)
Josef Richter
This is like ordering food and watching someone else eat it :D
subbuballa
@braddwyer ❤️ the idea!! Great way to explore new technologies!! Good luck on your v2
Damjanski
<3 <3 <3
Stefan Wirth
sweet.
rafael
i love sudoku
Albert Petrosyan
This is going to be so much fun.
Rudy Lee
Good job!