As part of Google I/O 2018, Google released the latest version of its ARCore tools for making augmented reality-based mobile apps. The big new feature in ARCore 1.2 is the addition of multiplayer ...

Augmented Reality (AR) is a huge buzzword, and a topic that’s really captured the imagination of mobile app developers. In AR applications, a live view of the physical, real world environment is ...

Google is ramping up its efforts to return to China. Earlier this year, the search giant detailed plans to bring its ARCore technology — which enables augmented reality and virtual reality — to phones ...

Google’s ARCore is now compatible with Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus flagships some six weeks after the augmented reality platform first debuted on smartphones from the South Korean original ...

ARCore is Google’s platform for mobile augmented reality which does not require specialized hardware. As of December, it’s available on 250 million devices and powers features like Playmoji on the ...

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Why it matters: Google's ARCore SDK intended for augmented and virtual reality applications is about to see a major expansion. In partnership with Xiaomi, Google is bringing its latest software to ...

What just happened? Back in December, Google announced that Project Tango would soon be shuttered. Its initiative to bring augmented reality to mobile devices was being replaced by ARCore, which doesn ...