With Apple ready to unleash ARKit to millions of iPhones and iPads and ARCore on its way to supporting millions of Android devices, is there room in the world for a cross-platform mobile AR platform? On Aug. 28, Palo Alto startup 8th Wall announced its 8th Wall XR, a suite of native tools for developing...
Lenovo has been no stranger augmented reality, both in products for consumers and services for developers. At IFA 2017 in Berlin, after taking the wraps off of their AR headset and controllers for the Star Wars: Jedi Challenges AR game, the company introduced the latest smartphone from its Motorola brand, which delivers AR camera features...
Niantic pioneered location-based augmented reality gaming with Ingress and popularized it with Pokémon Go, but others have attempted to replicate the model without reaching the level of success that Niantic has garnered. Cable network AMC may have cracked Niantic’s formula with a mobile game based on its flagship series, The Walking Dead. A highly-dramatized trailer...
The two biggest players in smartphone software are pitching to win the war for AR. But will Ikea and Pokémon Go be enough to get consumers on board? This year the next big battleground between the titans of the smartphone industry will be augmented reality, as both Apple and Google duke it out with new...
When Apple announced their ARKit platform in June, they immediately staked the claim to the largest augmented reality hardware platform, with millions of iPhones and iPads compatible with iOS 11 becoming AR devices this fall. Not so fast, says Google. Today, Google revealed their own AR toolkit for developers, ARCore, with a preview software development...
Controlling a tiny monster army is not something I’d ever thought I’d be able to do, but it looks like Apple’s ARKit is going to make it possible. Microsoft developer Egor Bogatov has been working on a strategy game for the past few weeks and has uploaded demos every step of the way to YouTube....
A developer has previewed a pair of potential applications built on ARKit that can be triggered by Alexa, the resident voice assistant of the Amazon Echo. The demos come courtesy Scott Finkelstein, manager of web technologies at Adelphi University. In the first video, Finkelstein asks Alexa to launch “augmented weather systems,” and then asks her...
The world of gaming has never been cooler thanks to Apple’s ARKit. From AR arcade games to giant god battles to Pac-Man, we’ve seen our fair share of awesome and innovative games. Now, ARKit developer NK has created a location based gaming platform that molds aspects of the game flawlessly into our world. The demos...
If you’ve ever wanted to hone your paintball skills, without spending a ton of money and making a huge mess, Show Me Virtual and Apple’s ARKit have an app for you. The demo was posted on YouTube and shows how you can master paintball through your phone. Your device acts as a controller for aiming...
A Jedi does not seek adventure or excitement, but Star Wars fans can seek Jedi with the Find the Force augmented reality scavenger hunt promoting the launch of merchandise for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Between Sept. 1 and 3, participants are tasked with finding Find the Force logos in one of more than 20,000...
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