article thumbnail

Google Teases New AR Features Coming To Google Maps & Lens

VRScout

Google VR becomes Google AR & VR as the company uses its annual I/O event to tease a new wave of augmented technology. Google wasted no time at this years Google I/O Developer Conference , diving head first into some truly jaw dropping projects that are making their way to our devices.

Google 308
article thumbnail

Google Takes a Step Closer to Making Volumetric VR Video Streaming a Thing

Road to VR

Google unveiled a method of capturing and streaming volumetric video, something Google researchers say can be compressed down to a lightweight format capable of even being rendered on standalone VR/AR headsets. If you’re looking for more examples of Google’s volumetric video, you can check them out here.

Google 355
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Emerging Technologies Achievable Through The Cloud: 4 Practical Examples

ARVR

the top 4 practical examples of technologies achievable through the cloud in 2020. BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. So what’s behind the hype?

Examples 130
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

Google 441
article thumbnail

Qualcomm’s New VR Headset Could the Reference Platform We’ve Been Waiting For

Road to VR

Now Qualcomm , a leading semiconductor company which regularly releases smartphone ‘reference’ platforms from which companies build their products, aims to fill that gap in the mobile VR space. See Also: Existing Phones Unlikely to Qualify as ‘Daydream Ready’, Says Google, VR Fans Should Wait to Upgrade.

article thumbnail

3 Impressive WebVR Examples Worth Checking Out With Firefox’s New Support for Vive and Rift

Road to VR

Here’s three examples worth checking out. SEE ALSO For Google, the Future of VR Is on the Open Web with WebVR & WebAR. You can even drag and drop images and.obj objects into A-Painter to use them as references for your artwork. Know any others that people should check out? Let us know in the comments!

Examples 235
article thumbnail

What is Google ARCore?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

For example, firms like Walmart and Ikea have smartphone applications for customers to position new furniture items in their homes or try on clothes. 2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery.

Google 98