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PGA Tour adding ARKit golf courses to app, in time for Arnold Palmer Invitational

The latest practical demonstration of Apple's ARKit comes by way of the PGA Tour, which has announced a new augmented reality app to visualize courses and holes within your own home.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 7

Facebook testing tracker-based AR effects in app, plans to add feature to AR Studio toolkit

Facebook is evaluating a new marker-based augmented reality feature in its app that provides users with AR experiences tied to specially marked physical objects, like mapping digital graphics over a movie poster.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 4

Upcoming 'Jurassic World Alive' for iPhone swaps Pokemon with dinosaurs

The latest "Pokemon Go" clone to be announced is Ludia's "Jurassic World Alive," which will see people "collecting" creatures in augmented reality via their iPhone.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 2

Blippar developing 'WordPress of AR' to feed Apple's ARKit, Google's ARCore

Early entry into augmented reality solutions company Blippar has two new products, with one being a universal kit to develop ARKit and ARCore applications and provide them data.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 2

New Apple webpage touts apps & technology for augmented reality on iOS

Apple has created a new mini-site promoting ARKit, the company's augmented reality platform for iPhones and iPads, as well as recent hardware advances made to enhance the technology.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 1

Apple to host 'Introduction to ARKit' session at Game Developers Conference

Developers hoping to incorporate augmented reality into iOS games and apps will be able to get some assistance from Apple itself during the upcoming Game Developers Conference, as part of the 'Introduction to Apple's ARKit' session presented by the iPhone and iPad producer.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 0

'iOS 12' features put on hold said to include multiplayer AR games, automatic sorting of photos

A second report sheds more light on the features not expected to make the cut for this year's "iOS 12" update, as a redesigned home screen app grid, multiplayer support for augmented reality, and new algorithmic sorting of photos are now reportedly likely to wait until "iOS 13."

Neil Hughes 8 years ago 16

Initial developer tests of ARKit 1.5 show off impressive vertical surface, image detection

Developers have been testing out Apple's ARKit 1.5 since the refreshed augmented reality platform saw release with iOS 11.3 beta last week, and a few early projects offer a glimpse into the technology's ability to detect vertical surfaces, images and more.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 10

Apple's App Store rakes in over $890M during Christmas week, $300M on New Year's

Starting on Christmas Eve, App Store shoppers spent over $890 million in a period of just seven days, Apple revealed on Thursday, adding that people spent another $300 million on New Year's Day alone.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 8

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