diff --git a/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.h b/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.h
index f1ebe75b0..91b6850be 100644
--- a/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.h
+++ b/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.h
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ class OCEAN_DEVICES_ARKIT_EXPORT Utilities
 		 * Extracts the color image from an ARKit frame.
 		 * @param arFrame The ARKit frame from which the color image will be extracted, must be valid
 		 * @param copyData True, to copy the data; False, to only use the memory of the ARKit frame
+		 * @param preferredPixelFormat Optional preferred pixel format of the resulting frame, however the resulting frame can have any pixel format, FORMAT_UNDEFINED if not of interest
 		 */
-		static Frame extractFrame(const ARFrame* arFrame, const bool copyData = true);
+		static Frame extractFrame(const ARFrame* arFrame, const bool copyData = true, const FrameType::PixelFormat preferredPixelFormat = FrameType::FORMAT_UNDEFINED);
 
 		/**
 		 * Extracts the depth image from an ARKit frame, if existing.
diff --git a/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.mm b/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.mm
index 1f51c7810..67d577b27 100644
--- a/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.mm
+++ b/impl/ocean/devices/arkit/Utilities.mm
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
 namespace ARKit
 {
 
-Frame Utilities::extractFrame(const ARFrame* arFrame, const bool copyData)
+Frame Utilities::extractFrame(const ARFrame* arFrame, const bool copyData, const FrameType::PixelFormat preferredPixelFormat)
 {
 	ocean_assert(arFrame != nullptr);
 
 	const CVPixelBufferRef capturedImage = arFrame.capturedImage;
 
-	const Media::AVFoundation::PixelBufferAccessor pixelBufferAccessor(capturedImage, true /*readOnly*/);
+	const bool accessYPlaneOnly = preferredPixelFormat == FrameType::FORMAT_Y8;
+
+	const Media::AVFoundation::PixelBufferAccessor pixelBufferAccessor(capturedImage, true /*readOnly*/, accessYPlaneOnly);
 
 	if (!pixelBufferAccessor)
 	{