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Visual Positioning Systems: what they are, best use cases, and how they technically work

The Ghost Howls

This is a video showing Augmented Reality with 2D markers in 2008 using a Nokia N95 phone. Of course, this is also the mission of big players like Google and Apple. They are very useful if your purpose is to augment a specific physical object, but are still pretty cumbersome and sometimes pretty expensive.

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Choosing the Right AR SDK: Mobile AR App Development Toolkit for 2020

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Unity Support. Unity is an advanced game engine used in the development of augmented reality apps, especially gaming. So, if you are in this business, try to pick an SDK that is compatible with Unity. Apple ARKit. ARToolKit has plugins for Unity, which we mentioned earlier, and also works with OpenSceneGraph.

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VisionDevCamp To Jumpstart Apple Vision Pro Developers In Early 2024

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Shortly after Apple Vision Pro launch in early 2024 developers will gather for VisionDevCamp to work on app ideas for the new headset. The event is unaffiliated with Apple and will be held in the San Francisco area shortly after the U.S. launch of Apple Vision Pro early in 2024. "In

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.12.02): Valve Roy Controllers 3D models’ leak, Black Friday VR deals, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is a lot of time, but this behavior is perfectly aligned with Apple’s vision of never being the first, but always being the best , releasing a new product only when the times are ripe. This is very interesting in my opinion.