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Google Opens ‘Maps’ API So Devs Can Create ‘Pokémon Go’-style Games

Road to VR

During the Google Developer Day presentation at GDC 2018, Product Manager Clementine Jacoby and Engineering Lead Patrick Donelan at Google Maps presented the team’s progress in bringing their technology and data to game developers. Several ‘location-based’ AR games using Google Maps APIs and ARCore are coming to mobile devices this year.

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

ARPost

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. This lets you use 3D models and CAD data to set up trackers since they’re the perfect reference for physical 3D objects.

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How Epic Games and Autodesk are Shaping XR Design

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The two firms have repeatedly partnered to secure enterprise clients with modifiable high-quality RT3D data. The service also has Unity support. By tapping into Epic’s ecosystem of real-time 3D tools and libraries, users can spend more time bringing their designs to life and less time handling complex data and technical workflows.

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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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My Strange Head: Part of another’s feeling world

AIXR

My Strange Head was created by Cassandra De Klerck, who has been designing and developing virtual worlds since 2008. During the project, a switch was made from Unity to Unreal for production. Image Source: Cassandra De Klerck. ” A beautiful mission that fits well with the experimental and innovative character of Chronosphere.

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Talking AI and Future of Work in XR — In a Truck — with Timoni West and Cole Crawford

XR for Business Podcast

This week’s episode goes all the way back to last year’s Curiosity Camp, when Alan shared a ride with Unity Lab’s Timoni West and Vapor IO CEO Cole Crawford, recording a podcast along the way. Timoni: Director of XR in Unity Labs. Alan: Director of XR at Unity Labs, and Cole Crawford, CEO of Vapor IO. Cole: Yeah.

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Talking AI and Future of Work in XR — In a Truck — with Timoni West and Cole Crawford

XR for Business Podcast

This week’s episode goes all the way back to last year’s Curiosity Camp, when Alan shared a ride with Unity Lab’s Timoni West and Vapor IO CEO Cole Crawford, recording a podcast along the way. Timoni: Director of XR in Unity Labs. Alan: Director of XR at Unity Labs, and Cole Crawford, CEO of Vapor IO. Cole: Yeah.

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