Is the "new lighting" introduced in WWDC22 "Explore USD tools and rendering" implemented only in AR Quick Look or has it become an integral part of the SceneKit and RealityKit rendering engines?
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If you use SceneKit with ARKit, the AR scene uses the SceneKit renderer.
Should you use SCNScene.write() to create a USDZ file and then open the USDZ file with AR Quick Look, AR Quick Look renders the AR scene with the RealityKit renderer.
The ARKit-in-app -> USDZ -> AR Quick Look renderers are not the same and could produce different appearances.
Have you seen similar problems with SceneKit -> AR Quick Look rendering?
I am using such a pipeline with PBR lighting and have observed that the resulting differences in material properties are large. (The geometries are fine.) I have had to compensate by recreating the SCNScene materials with modified properties. The agreement between the app scene and the AR Quick Look scene is greatly improved but unfortunately still not acceptable for critical evaluation of commercial products in interior design.