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.
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.
CoreML provides machine learning tools to developers, while ARKit lets developers build complex and richly detailed
augmented reality features into their apps.
Google today unveiled its experimental effort to integrate
augmented reality features into the mobile and desktop web using its Chrome browser.
Not exact matches
It will be complimented by Dream Radar: a downloadable eShop app that allows players to capture rare Pokemon using
Augmented Reality and motion control
features, who can then be transferred
into the base game.
SCVNGR games can take the form of interactive tours, high - tech scavenger hunts, or even alternate
reality games that make use of the
augmented reality features of the iPhone and Android camera overlays, inserting fictional images and text overlaid
into real - world locations.
Cho: We are not currently looking
into virtual /
augmented reality, but some of our key members were pioneers for the mobile gaming industry (games for
feature phones) so we are very open to new technologies.
From here, the exhibition moves
into worlds of
augmented and virtual
reality,
featuring works that establish how time has enabled new forms of shared experience.
«Leveraging
augmented reality, the Wayfair app allows shoppers to transform their homes
into virtual showrooms, allowing them to see their favorite products up close and at every angle — all in their very own space,» said Steve Conine, co-founder and co-chairman, Wayfair, in statement about the AR
feature's release.
As the technology gets better and works with more sophisticated videos, they plan on integrating it
into Google's lineup of
Augmented Reality features.
As part of its ongoing campaign to slowly morph
into Snapchat, Instagram is doubling down on
augmented reality features in its app.
The
augmented reality features built
into iOS 11 will shine only if developers take advantage of them.
Apple's made no secret of its interest in
augmented reality, and the upcoming iPhone 8 release gives the company an opportunity to integrate those
features into its phones.
Tim Cook has been boosting
augmented reality for a while, and today he finally revealed the fruit of Apple's efforts: a full -
featured API platform built
into iOS 11.
I found the
feature to be more miss than hit in
augmented reality mode, so ultimately I ended up using the phone to convert signage
into text and translate it that way.
Rumors have also suggested Apple could incorporate its
augmented reality research
into its ongoing car project as part of an in - car software system that could include a heads - up display or other
features.
Beyond headset - related patents, Apple has also filed for patents describing other ways virtual and
augmented reality features could be implemented
into its devices.
And it's launched new creative tools like its Scissors cut - and - paste
feature, Magic Eraser for Photoshopping objects out of images and
augmented reality World Lenses that insert make - believe 3D objects
into your Snaps.
Other large brands such as Walmart and Sam's Club have already integrated their inventories
into Bixby in recent times, whereas Samsung also partnered with CoverGirl and Sephora which support its Bixby Makeup
feature, allowing consumers to «try out» cosmetics in
augmented reality while deciding which product to buy.
The new iPhone, which boasts advanced Face ID recognition, an all - glass back,
augmented reality features and Animoji animated emoji, will be a hot seller beginning November 3 and well
into the Christmas shopping season.
Everything from a vertically positioned dual rear camera setup to a pair of front snappers, various
augmented reality - powered «
features» and fingerprint recognition embedded
into the OLED screen is still in the cards, but it all depends on how and if production «challenges» can be overcome.
Other rumored iPhone 8
features include turning the entire front display
into one big Touch ID button, long overdue improvements to Siri and new
augmented reality goodies.
With Google working on things like Google Lens and integrating the AR
features of it
into more of its apps, and with the Windows Mixed
Reality platform growing and introducing new Mixed Reality headsets, in addition to Magic Leap's «One» goggles, 2018 seems to be shaping up to be the year that more companies turn their focus to augmented reality technology and ha
Reality platform growing and introducing new Mixed
Reality headsets, in addition to Magic Leap's «One» goggles, 2018 seems to be shaping up to be the year that more companies turn their focus to augmented reality technology and ha
Reality headsets, in addition to Magic Leap's «One» goggles, 2018 seems to be shaping up to be the year that more companies turn their focus to
augmented reality technology and ha
reality technology and hardware.
Utilizing the new
augmented reality features built
into iOS 11, you can point the camera at a sheet of paper and it will scan it and then let you use Markup to write on it.
On top of that, the image also shows us an iPhone 8 with vertical dual rear cameras, a growing trend based on the idea that Apple will introduce
augmented reality and virtual
reality features into the flagship smartphone.
Apple will reportedly switch to that design as it's better suited for the
augmented reality features the company hopes to incorporate
into its phones.
A Fast Company report says Apple wants to integrate a rear - facing 3D laser
into the iPhone 8 that will be able to support
augmented reality features.
Furthermore, the patent states that the glasses will utilize
augmented reality to bring computer generated elements
into the real world, similar to the AR
featured in Snapchat and Instagram.