Asus just launched a new smartphone in Taiwan and aside from the fact that it’s got 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, the Asus Zenfone Ares looks kind of outdated. It also looks kind of familiar: as GSM Arena notes, the new smartphone has a design and spec sheet that closely resembles last year’s […]
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Google ARCore 1.2 brings multiplayer support to augmented reality games and apps
Google is updating its augmented reality API by offering the ability for placing apps on vertical surfaces (like placing virtual artwork on a textured wall), and new tools for developers. But possibly the coolest new feature in ARCore 1.2 is one that makes it possible for multiple people to interact with the same augmented reality […]
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Leap Motion unveils $100 augmented reality & hand tracking system
Leap Motion’s hand-tracking technology that lets you control a PC using hand gestures hasn’t really caught on since it first launched almost 5 years ago. But the company’s still around, and now Leap Motion is unveiling something that could be revolutionary… or it could just be another cool idea that fails to catch on. The […]
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Toshiba launches dynaEdge AR smart glasses (a wearable Windows PC)
Take a pocket-sized Windows PC, connect it to a wearable head-mounted display, and you’ve basically got a computer that you can use anywhere. That’s the idea behind Toshiba’s new dynaEdge AR smart glasses. Last year the company launched the dynaEdge Mobile Mini PC DE-100, which is an 11 ounce, 6.5″ x 3.3″ 0.8″ computer with […]
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Bose AR is an augmented reality platform based on audio
Most of the companies working on augmented reality today are focused on the same thing: video. The idea is to use your phone’s display, smart glasses, or other devices to superimpose virtual items on your real-world environment visually. Bose has an idea that sounds different, because it focuses on… sound. The company is introducing its […]
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Magic Leap’s augmented reality glasses coming in 2018
Magic Leap has been promising to deliver an advanced augmented reality system for years, and now the company is finally giving us a look at the Magic Leap One headset, along with a promise that it’ll ship a “Creator Edition” of the headset for developers in 2018. The company has raised nearly $2 billion from […]
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Google’s AR Stickers let you add 3D characters to photos (on Pixel phones running Android 8.1)
4 Comments on Google’s AR Stickers let you add 3D characters to photos (on Pixel phones running Android 8.1)When Google unveiled the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones in October, the company showed off a new augmented reality feature called AR Stickers. Now it’s rolling out to users, allowing them to place 3D characters in real-world environments using the camera app. Right now you need a Pixel phone running Android 8.1 in […]
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Google ARCore brings augmented reality to Android phones (no Tango hardware required)
Comments Off on Google ARCore brings augmented reality to Android phones (no Tango hardware required)Augmented Reality has been around for almost as long as smartphone cameras have existed. An app called Layar allowed you to point your phone at real-world objects and see virtual signs overlayed on them in real-time way back in 2009. But things have really started to get good in the past few years. Google’s Tango […]
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Acer’s Windows Mixed Reality headset is now available for $299 (dev edition)
Want to check out Windows Mixed Reality, but don’t want to spend $3,000 on a Microsoft HoloLens development edition kit? The Microsoft Store started taking pre-orders for cheaper headsets from Acer and HP earlier this year. And now you can drop the “pre.” The developer edition of Acer’s Windows Mixed Reality Headset is now available […]
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Apple’s ARKit helps developers bring augmented reality to iOS
Apple’s iPhone is already one of the most popular augmented reality devices. Just ask anyone who’s ever played Pokemon Go on their phones. But Apple is encouraging developers to create even more complex augmented reality experiences for iPhones and iPads with the launch of a new ARKit platform for iOS 11. The move comes just […]