Augmented reality is one of the most talked-about features of the iOS 11 launch. When Apple unveiled its ARKit, it told developers it wanted to make iOS the “the largest AR platform in the world.” Studios have published apps and games that are testing out new features and playing with the new tech, but as with...
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Quartz adds augmented reality models to its news reports
Quartz is known for its news app that delivers the day’s events in short conversational pieces, allowing readers to dive into more detail if they want or move on to the next story. It’s structured like a text conversation with a friend, parceling out each piece of information in message bubbles and aping the format of...
Must-have AR SDKs you need for your apps and games
SPONSORED: Presented by Mapbox Catching virtual creatures in Pokémon Go, adding the dancing hot dog filter in Snapchat — these are the ways consumers have experienced Augmented Reality (AR) to date. But this is about to change in a major way. With yesterday’s iOS 11 launch, AR-enabled applications are now available to hundreds of millions...
Valve’s review-bomb fix won’t fix review bombing
The customer review is a relatively young form of criticism, but consumers have already unlocked some of its creative power with memorable and hilarious Amazon reviews. Of course, the internet has turned these into weapons against creators they don’t like or are upset with. The practice is so common among gaming fans that it has...
Why did Lawbreakers and Agents of Mayhem bomb? GamesBeat Decides
Fall is upon us, and we are gasping for breath under a deluge of games. That’s one of the reasons this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast is extra long. We spend a ton of time talking about games before diving into some news, but the big topic this week is all about big...
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Mars brings VR mech fighting to PC
Giant fighting robots typically aren’t spry in fiction or in real life (I’ve seen documentaries about Area 51 on the History Channel), but only the fastest mech suits are welcome in Konami’s latest PC port. Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Mars is an updated version of the 2003 PlayStation 3 classic, and...
Morpholio’s Trace uses augmented reality to give artists accurate measurements
Morpholio is introducing new measurement tool for its interior design app Trace, enabling artists and designers to use Apple’s augmented reality technology to precisely measure rooms and the objects in them in an automated fashion. The company is also introducing a new app, Board, which allows artists and interior designers to create better designs based...
Apple starts rolling out iOS 11 for all users
In line with plans announced last week at the Apple event introducing iPhone X and other products, the company today began to roll out iOS 11 to iPhone and iPad users. Developers and members of the public have participated in public betas of the operating system since June, but Apple is now making iOS 11...
Wonder Workshop’s new CleverBot educational robots can grasp natural language
Wonder Workshop has unveiled two new CleverBots robots for children, dubbed Cue and Dot. The robots are designed to inspire children and teens to be creative and learn how to program robots. The robots from San Mateo, California-based Wonder Workshop are among many educational robots that are designed to get kids to understand computer science...
ARKit games roundup: What’s coming to the Apple App Store and iOS 11
Apple showed off some upcoming augmented reality apps at last week’s keynote event. With the iOS 11 launch today, people will be able to download and give AR a try for themselves. Earlier this year, Apple tried to hype up developers by unveiling its ARKit software development kit at its Worldwide Developers Conference and showing its commitment...
