# I need to embed the DeepAR effects in my existing application using ARKit

**URL:** <https://forum.deepar.ai/t/i-need-to-embed-the-deepar-effects-in-my-existing-application-using-arkit/717>\
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**Created:** [July 5, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/i-need-to-embed-the-deepar-effects-in-my-existing-application-using-arkit/717 "2024-07-05T09:38:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Navjot\_Sharma](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.deepar.ai/navjot_sharma/32/899_2.png) [@Navjot\_Sharma](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/Navjot_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/i-need-to-embed-the-deepar-effects-in-my-existing-application-using-arkit/717/1 "2024-07-05T09:38:06Z")

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I need to embed the DeepAR effects in my existing application using ARKit.

> **[ViewController.swift.zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRi07AVjAVcTyjVQMWu--ciDkfPYVSwV/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.

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**Author:** ![matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@matej](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/matej)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/i-need-to-embed-the-deepar-effects-in-my-existing-application-using-arkit/717/2 "2024-07-08T07:03:45Z")

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Hi, DeepAR uses it’s own tracking and rendering technology so you do not nee ARKit per se. Can you elaborate please a bit more on your use case and why do you need ARKit?

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**Author:** ![Navjot\_Sharma](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.deepar.ai/navjot_sharma/32/899_2.png) [@Navjot\_Sharma](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/Navjot_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/i-need-to-embed-the-deepar-effects-in-my-existing-application-using-arkit/717/3 "2024-07-08T07:18:32Z")

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The application has been using some other features from ARKit like smile detection using blend shapes, and if I can pass those ARFrames or CVPixelBuffer from ARKit to DeepAR for having beauty filters applied. That will be great. I have added a small POC for reference. If you can have a look at it and let me know the issue.

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**Author:** ![matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@matej](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/matej)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/i-need-to-embed-the-deepar-effects-in-my-existing-application-using-arkit/717/4 "2024-07-08T09:44:41Z")

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We have an example in obj c how to do offscreen processing where we pass non camera frames to DeepAR (in this case frames from a video) but it is an example where the frames are from another source which is exactly what you need. So yes that should be possible:

> **[GitHub - DeepARSDK/videoprocessing-ios-objc](https://github.com/DeepARSDK/videoprocessing-ios-objc)**
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> Contribute to DeepARSDK/videoprocessing-ios-objc development by creating an account on GitHub.

Also check the explanation in our docs about offscreen processing:

> **[Offscreen rendering guide | DeepAR](https://docs.deepar.ai/deepar-sdk/platforms/ios/offscreen/)**
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> Follow this guide to enable DeepAR iOS SDK to produce frames in pixel buffer format.