Google’s AR-enabled Maps app was first teased at last year’s I/O, introducing a fox that helped you find your way when you held up your phone to look at the world. Google Maps’ AR walking navigation feature is now available to anyone with a Pixel phone, but the fox is gone. The reason is related …
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Google runs a lot of key services through voice and sound: Assistant, in particular. But immersive audio, the type that the Bose Frames audio glasses have promised, hasn’t become integrated into Google’s AR plans yet. But the company’s thinking about it, as a conversation with CNET at Google’s I/O developer conference confirmed. “When we talk about immersion, we’re sometimes too focused …
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I’m putting a funky pair of wide-lens glasses on my head. But through them, I see a big screen. It’s the Samsung phone next to me. It’s a computer-monitor-size desktop. I use the phone as a trackpad. I open a web browser, and try reading an article. What if I had a keyboard and filed a story on this thing? …
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Consumers in the US are willing to pay much more for 5G than for current 4G service — and by 2025, 20% of us could be using 10 times as much data as we currently do. Those are some findings from a consumer survey about 5G that was conducted by Ericsson. The networking gear giant polled 35,000 consumers in 22 …
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Imagine you’re thinking about chairs, and you Google up some to try out in your living room. Or, you’re looking at a subway map in Tokyo, and you see suggestions on what routes to take that suddenly appear, translated into your own language. Google AR and Google Lens are getting there faster than you think. I’m in Google’s Immersive Lab …
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You’ve seen this cinematic vision of the future: holograms in your conference room, consulting on glowing, floating 3D plans. Windows popping up in the air with real faces joining in videoconference, like portals to other worlds. Avengers: Endgame had a few scenes peppered with visions like these. The Microsoft HoloLens 2 is getting something that’s the closest thing I’ve seen …
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Muggles in Australia and New Zealand can try out Harry Potter: Wizards Unite as the beta kicks off in their countries. Developer Niantic is warning players that this isn’t the final version of the augmented reality (AR) game, which is location-based like Pokemon Go and tasks players with tracking down magical creatures and artifacts as part of the Statute of …
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Google and Marvel partnered up yesterday to bring the members of the Avengers team to your Pixel. Available now, you can download AR stickers of the superhero cast, which includes new members like Captain Marvel and Thor. With the AR pack, you can “interact” with the characters and take photos and video with them through your phone’s camera. The campaign …
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The US Army’s specially modified version of Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headsets resembles a real-life version of the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty, according to a CNBC reporter who got a first-hand look at how the Army is using the augmented reality technology. Microsoft won a $480 million contract in November to supply the US Army with prototype HoloLens …
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Westeros will show up in augmented reality, if you happen to be in Boston, Chicago or San Francisco. AT&T has announced that three US stores will be selling Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets starting April 1 (no joke), along with unique AR experiences tied to Game of Thrones. This is AT&T’s first significant retail push for Magic Leap since …
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