Alongside its official unveiling of the lower-cost Pixel 3a smartphone at Google I/O, Google took the opportunity to extend its early preview of AR walking navigation in Google Maps to all Pixel devices. After introducing the capability at last year’s Google I/O Google began rolling out the alpha preview of the AR mode to its...
Author: ssvar
Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Microsoft Teases Minecraft Augmented Reality Game for Mobile at Build 2019
It looks like Microsoft will finally make good on its promise to bring Minecraft to augmented reality, as foreshadowed via a HoloLens demo in 2015. But there’s a plot twist — AR Minecraft may debut as a mobile app rather than as a HoloLens experience. On Monday, in conjunction with Build 2019, Microsoft shared a...
The Mage’s Tale On PSVR Now Has PS4 Pro Enhancements
The Mage’s Tale is one of the most feature-filled RPGs developed for VR headsets thus far. Clocking in just over 10 hours for a straight playthrough, it’s a full game with rich combat, lots of customization options, and superb voice acting. When the game released on PSVR earlier this year we loved the port, but...
Google Not Releasing Oculus Quest Competitor, Pixel 3a Doesn’t Support Daydream
In an interview with CNET, Google’s Head of VR & AR revealed that the company will not be releasing an Oculus Quest competitor this year. Additionally, the company told The Verge that the new Pixel 3a $399 smartphone will not support the Daydream platform. No Oculus Quest Competitor Google’s Clay Bavor told CNET that the...
Google Pixel Phones Get AR Maps First
Google is starting to roll out its augmented reality mapping features to its Pixel phones. The feature should start going live today across the entire line of Pixel phones. The update uses the phone’s camera to provide directions via arrows in its view of the surrounding world. We’ll be curious to see how broadly and...
Battlewake High-Seas Combat Game From Survios Releases This Summer
Survios revealed high-seas pirate combat game Battlewake with plans to release it this summer. Survios is the studio behind Raw Data, Sprint Vector, Electronauts and Creed: Rise to Glory — a range of titles that do a great deal to embody players in a range of both single and multiplayer game modes. Battlewake will continue...
Google brings augmented reality to Search
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced that it is bringing the camera — and augmented reality – to Google Search. As the company demonstrated, you could search for something like “great white shark” and then see it in front of you through your phone’s camera. The company showed similar examples with a 3D...
Google Brings Augmented Reality to the Mainstream by Adding AR Content to Search
If Google hasn’t already demonstrated that it is serious about augmented reality, then it made it abundantly clear at the Google I/O keynote on Tuesday. After opening remarks from Google CEO Sundar Pinchai, which included a preview of AR navigation included in the Google I/O app for Android and iOS, Aparna Chennapragada, vice president and...
Pikachu Celebrates New Movie by Photobombing the AR Camera in Pokémon GO
The perfect promotion for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu has finally come to fruition as Niantic has added some movie-related perks to Pokémon GO. Starting Tuesday at 4 p.m. Eastern time and continuing until the same time on May 17, Pokémon GO players taking photos with the enhanced GO Snapshot camera may encounter Detective Pikachu, complete with...
Microsoft Teases Minecraft AR, But Not For HoloLens 2
It looks like Minecraft is getting ready to take on Pokemon Go. A new teaser trailer released by Microsoft this week basically confirms that Minecraft AR is in the works. The short clip sees someone pick up another person’s phone only to discover an AR version of the game. The unmistakable pixelated blocks line the...