There are some other rumors that cover additional new features, such as a vertically oriented dual - lens rear camera that enables
new augmented reality features.
In addition to the Black Friday Deals site, Amazon launched a new
augmented reality feature in its app Wednesday that allows customers to see how larger items, such as furniture, might look in their home before they make a purchase.
Motorola's Virtual Viewer does have a cutout for the rear camera sensor, and while this could suggest Motorola will add some sort
of augmented reality feature on top of the regular VR content, it could also just be a design thing.
That's been a common theme in a lot of iPhone 8 schematics that have leaked as of late, as Apple is reportedly planning to build
augmented reality features into the next iPhone.
It's widely believed that the vertical orientation of the iPhone 8's camera module has to do with the rumored
augmented reality features Apple is planning to show off later this year.
The game
uses augmented reality features to blend real world objects and locations with the gameplay, and the company today gave the run down and a look at how exactly that will work:
One of Apple's latest customer lock - in tools is an updated mobile operating system
supporting augmented reality features and apps that can super-impose images and information onto a user's view of the real world.
The projector casts 30,000 dots onto the user's face, in order to build a comprehensive 3D map for authentication purposes, as well
as augmented reality features like Animoji.
Current examples include a projector and an optical zoom lens, while a Tango mod, that would add
augmented reality features like those found on the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, is expected to land soon.
It's possible, though, that this could be included as a demo when Apple showcases
more augmented reality features down the line, but apart from its «wow» effect, it's not certain how useful it would be once the novelty wears off.
Once the displays are up in August, users of the Blippar application can access
augmented reality features through their smart phones, including more background information about the artworks shown in selected displays and recordings that add to our understanding of each work.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 8 is said to be coming with a 3D sensing technology that could be used to
deliver augmented reality features in Apple's next handset — a possibility that has been floated in several recent rumors.
One intriguing possibility here is for this Moto Mod to support some
basic augmented reality features since the exposed camera can capture footage from the wearer's point of view.
The software giant announced during its I / O developer conference today (May 17) that it's building VPS into its Project Tango efforts, which
incorporates augmented reality features into mobile devices without the need for add - on headsets.
The New York Times debuted its
latest augmented reality feature Wednesday, allowing people to intricately explore the many outfits of David Bowie.The musician had a plethora of personas, some of which include the Thin White Duke, Aladdin Sane, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust and the Goblin King.
A video focuses on a time travelling spiritual practitioner in ancient Chinese attire,
while augmented reality features picturing colourful light particles are accessible via a dedicated app (App Store: keyword «BMW Art Car # 18 ″).
As similar stories have said in the past, Apple is reportedly working on AR glasses (which won't be ready for a while) and plans to
put augmented reality features in the next iPhone.
According to Patently Apple, the patents also hint
at augmented reality features that would allow you to look through your display to see a physical object on the other side.
«The inclusion of 3D sensing functionality is increasingly likely, which could enable a
robust augmented reality feature set that we believe will be a key differentiator for the 10 - year anniversary iPhone,» Jankowski said.
ARKit will make it easier for developers to
make augmented reality features in their apps — Pokémon Go used AR to show Pokemon superimposed over a video of the real world, for example.
With hardware like environmental sensors and a rear tri-camera setup, the phone is capable of high -
end augmented reality features like motion tracking and depth perception.
In February of 2017, Apple purchased RealFace, a cybersecurity and machine learning company that specializes in facial recognition technology, which could potentially be used for
future augmented reality features.
As for Android, Google recently shut down Project Tango in favour of ARCore, an augmented reality platform that's almost exactly like ARKit, enabling developers to
plug augmented reality features into their apps quickly and easily.