Snap CEO Evan Spiegel today hosted the company's first developer conference where it launched cool new features for creators, including augmented reality camera improvements, games, an easier way to find the right augment reality filter at the right time and more.
Finish developer Rovio Mobile is opening pre-orders for a new Angry Birds augmented reality game ahead of launch in the spring. Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, the latest game in the blockbuster franchise, takes full advantage of Apple's ARKit framework.
Following a November 2017 report from Bloomberg calling for an Apple augmented reality headset featuring a custom OS and chips, a revered analyst thinks it will enter mass production in the fourth quarter of this year ahead of launch in the second quarter of 2020.
Snap, Inc. today introduced a new desktop app, called Camera, which brings the company's fun augmented reality effects and powerful face filters to a bunch of popular video chat apps on Mac and Windows, like YouTube, Skype, Google Hangouts, Twitch and more.
Apple has confirmed acquiring a Longmont, Colorado-based startup, named Akonia Holographics, that specializes in making “vibrant” lenses for augmented reality (AR) glasses. The purchase price and date are unknown. The deal is yet another indication that the Cupertino tech giant has been developing an AR headset of its own.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes the iPhone maker is positioning itself to introduce an automobile in three to five years. If true, this would represent an about-face for the company. In recent years, most have assumed Apple was no longer planning on building a so-called "iCar," but instead was focused on improving its CarPlay technology. The reputable analyst's comments were first published by MacRumors.
Google today refreshed its excellent Arts & Culture app with all-new augmented reality features so you can see real-size artworks in front of you and explore paintings in your own room.
During its ARKit 2.0 introduction at its WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple unveiled a new augmented reality app it's created called Measure. As you'd expect, the software was designed to help you digitally measure things using your iOS device's camera.
SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi demonstrated the app on stage by measuring a suitcase, but it can also be used to measure photographs for framing and other things. There, of course, are hundreds of AR measurement apps already in the App Store. But it's notable that Apple now has a a first-party option.
Here's Apple's official description on the app from its website:
Measure is a new app in iOS 12, which uses AR to quickly gauge the size of real-world objects similar to a tape measure. The new app automatically provides the dimensions of objects like picture frames, posters and signs, and can also show diagonal measurements, compute area and allow users to take a photo and share it with accurate dimensions right from their iPhone or iPad.
We haven't heard a release date for Measure yet, but when we do we'll be sure to pass it along.
Apple is currently working on a headset with dual 8K displays that will be capable of both virtual and augmented reality, reports CNET. The outlet says the device, codenamed T288, is wireless—meaning it doesn't require a tether to a Mac or iPhone—and it's slated to launch in 2020.
Snapchat on Friday launched a trio of iPhone X-exclusive lenses it promised months ago.
Pokémon Go has become such a hit, it was inevitable we'd see more major properties jump into the world of AR games. Now after The Walking Dead, Harry Potter, and Ghostbusters this spring we will see the debut of Jurassic World Alive.
ARKit, Apple's augmented reality framework that helps developers create augmented reality experiences for iPhone and iPad, should support enhanced multiplayer modes in games.