Did Google CEO Sundar Pichai kill Google Glass for non-enterprise users? That’s the obvious first question following news that non-enterprise Glass users will no longer have access to Google’s core apps after February 2020. Don’t Miss: Google Releases Glass Enterprise Edition 2, Includes Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1Upgrade Just days after Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced...
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Google Update Adds Real-World Occlusion to ARCore with Depth API
Apple’s ARKit has built a considerable lead in terms of features over Google’s ARCore, but Google’s latest update to ARCore adds a capability that makes the platform a bit more competitive with ARKit. On Monday, Google unveiled its new Depth API for ARCore, an algorithm that creates depth maps through a standard mobile camera instead...
Now You Can Drive Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck in AR from the Comfort of Your Home via iOS & Android
What do you do when your favorite new car is still two years away from hitting the road? Look to augmented reality, of course. That’s what one app developer did in the wake of Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck reveal a couple of weeks ago. Now, anyone looking to get their own up-close look at the...
Report: Magic Leap’s early device sales aren’t looking good
Magic Leap just announced that they’re in the midst of closing a Series E round of funding, but it sounds like they’re going to have to clinch that investment with some pretty troubling sales numbers for their only device on the market. The Information‘s Alex Heath is reporting that Magic Leap managed to sell just...
New York Times Debuts Location-Based Air Pollution AR Visualization for Apple iOS Devices
After establishing itself as a leader among media companies in augmented reality in journalism over the course of 2018, The New York Times pulled back from the technology this year. But this week, the media giant finally returned to the AR space to produce a story on air pollution that adds a new wrinkle to...
Niantic is working with Qualcomm on augmented reality glasses
We’ve known for a while that Pokémon GO creator Niantic feels a bit limited in what it can do with augmented reality today. Between the latency limitations of 4G cellular networks and the need for players to wave a smartphone around to do anything in AR, the tech just isn’t where Niantic wants it to...
Qualcomm launches the XR2 platform for 5G-connected AR and VR devices
At its Snapdragon Boondoggle Summit in sunny Maui, Hawaii, Qualcomm today announced the launch of its XR2 platform, which it describes as the “world’s first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform.” The company’s older XR1 platform, which already powers a number of VR and AR devices, will remain in the market and is now branded as...
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Makes Primetime Debut on Fox TV Show ‘The Resident’
The HoloLens 2 hasn’t even reached most of the market, but it’s already a big-time TV star. Microsoft’s augmented reality device made its primetime debut on FOX TV last night on an episode of the hospital drama The Resident. Don’t Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get...
Microsoft HoloLens 2 Assists De’Longhi Japan Call Center Agents Using Augmented Reality Product Models
Less than a month after the worldwide launch of HoloLens 2, call center consultant BellSystem24 has already prepared an augmented reality solution for one of its clients. This week, the company unveiled a call center virtualization solution, developed for coffee machine maker De’Longhi Japan Corp., which uses the HoloLens 2 to display virtual product models...
HBO Conjures More Snapchat AR Experiences to Promote ‘His Dark Materials’
As far as HBO is concerned, it’s not augmented reality — it’s Snapchat. The premium cable network is leaning hard on Snapchat’s AR magic tricks to promote yet another series, this time for the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series of novels. Don’t Miss: HBO Crowns Snapchat as King of Its ‘Game of...
