This allows application developers to create AR experiences that include indoor navigation, 3D mapping, and environmental recognition, among
other augmented reality applications.
What about
other augmented reality applications?
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, Oculus says that the Gear VR just isn't powerful enough to do any
augmented reality in real - time, so there probably won't be any Hololens - like
applications providing information about the world around you anytime soon — although that doesn't mean that
other companies won't try to create it in the near future.
CAMTech's competencies include high - speed virtual environments for prototyping, manufacturing, and
other collaborative work; virtual and
augmented reality; digital publishing; visual computing and scientific and medical visualisation;
application of Internet and multimedia technologies in education and commerce; geographic information systems; and digital media security.
Other sensors include GPS, an orientation sensor (accelerometer) and digital compass (magnetometer) that allow for
augmented reality applications like Wikitude, which comes preloaded on the phone.
Some of our
other top picks include the TwiDroid Twitter client and Layar, an
augmented reality application.
Other than its upgraded hardware, the company claims that the 2018 model will be better equipped for
augmented reality applications.
Others, like IntraFace, are working on virtual and
augmented reality applications.
There's also an improved ARKit framework which will allow developers to create more powerful
applications with an
augmented reality theme, along with reintroduction of Messages on iCloud and AirPlay 2, among many
other changes.
An
augmented reality game demo was shown on stage and it looked flawless in comparison to
other AR
applications we've seen years prior.
Other than its upgraded hardware, the company claims that the 2018 model will be better equipped for
augmented reality applications.
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Other details revealed by the renderings include vertically oriented dual rear cameras, which are supposedly also optimized for
augmented reality applications.
Ingress, Pokemon GO, and even
other, older
applications have used a form of
augmented reality to show people virtual graphics that were overlayed on top of the real world and top of whatever their camera sees.