Google has expanded the beta program for its new augmented reality walking directions feature for Maps. It will be available for all Android and iOS devices with ARCore and ARKit starting this week.
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The developers behind Pokémon Go, Niantic Labs, have purchased an augmented reality company Escher Reality. Escher reality focuses on persistent, cross-platform, and multiuser AR experiences.
At CES last week, Naughty America showed off a new augmented reality app that it's working on for mobile devices. The app is completely safe for work, as it has to be able to get into the App Store.
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If you are still trying to catch them all in the AR mobile game, developer Niantic is adding new functionality using Apple's AR developer tools for a bit more Pokémon realism and capture mechanics.
Twitter usually has you sitting at your PC, laptop or mobile device banging out 280-character observations on just about anything. A new AR iOS app brings Twitter to the real world. Yes, really.
Facial recognition was the crux of Apple's front-facing 3D-sensor-based TrueDepth camera in the iPhone X. A new report suggests the company is working on also adding a rear-facing system for 2019.
Apple laid the groundwork for its jump into augmented reality with its ARKit, and early hardware and software embedded in its newest iPhones. Now we get wind of the new headset and the OS running it.
Today, Next Games released a trailer for The Walking Dead: Our World, which is an augmented reality game that's similar to Pokémon GO, allowing you to fight walkers in the real world.
At WWDC, Apple finally entered the VR and AR space by announcing their developer tools dubbed ARKit. According to their Product Marketing executive, the outlook remains rosy for this project.
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Apple has announced ARKit, which will allow developers to implement better augmented reality in their apps. Apple demoed ARKit with Pokemon Go and Batman Lego. It'll work on iPhone and iPad devices.
