Google’s Pixel 3 smartphones started shipping recently and the company’s Pixel Slate is coming later this month. But the company may have two or more devices on the way soon. The folks at Android Police were examining the code of a recent update to Google’s ARCore app (which enables augmented reality experiences on Android devices), […]
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Lilbits 322: The Red Hydrogen One cometh… later
RED’s first smartphone is an unusual device. It has a rugged Kevlar body. It has a “4D holographic” display. And it will work with modular add-ons including specialized camera lenses. Basically the RED Hydrogen One is an expensive phone aimed at photographers, cinematographers and other enthusiasts. It’s also running late. The phone showed up at […]
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Google’s Measure app lets you measure distances with any ARCore-capable Android phone
Google released an Android app called Measure in 2016, letting you measure length or height using your phone’s camera(s) by drawing a line between two points. At launch, Measure only supported phones with Google’s depth-sensing Project Tango technology. But now Tango has been replaced by Google’s ARCore augmented reality platform, and Google has updated Measure […]
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Asus launches Zenfone Ares with Snapdragon 821, 8GB RAM for some reason
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in Taiwan and aside from the fact that it’s got 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, the Asus Zenfone Ares looks kind of outdated.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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Google steps up its augmented reality game with ARCore 1.0 and Google Lens update
Google is bringing its latest augmented reality platform out of beta. First announced last year, ARCore is a set of tools software developers can use to create apps that superimpose virtual objects on real-world scenes using a smartphone’s camera and other sensors. It’s not as sophisticated as Google’s Project Tango, which also relied on specialized […]
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Google is pulling the plug on Project Tango in March, 2018
Before Apple start shipping a $1000 smartphone with a 3D, depth-sensing camera system on the front, there was Google’s Project Tango technology… which put 3D, depth-sensing camera technology on the back of a phone or tablet. Only two commercial smartphones ever shipped with Project Tango, the Asus Zenfone AR and Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. And […]
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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 […]