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Google Grants Augmented Reality Access to Historic Art of Chauvet Cave via Arts & Culture App & Google Search

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Some of the oldest art on Earth was created 36,000 years ago on the walls of the Chauvet Cave in France. However, these days, physical access to the cave is restricted in order to preserve the site. Thanks to augmented reality, the cave is now virtually open to the public once again.

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The 2022 Snap Partner Summit: Heavier Than Ever on AR

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In addition to being a fit for the AR company, the live venues came in handy for CEO Evan Spiegel’s “one more thing” moment. Snap does have interests outside of AR, and in the interest of timely publication and manageable article length, a lot of non-AR announcements aren’t covered here. More on “the AR Economy”.

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Google's AR/VR Operating System Engineering Director Quits

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The engineering director of Google's upcoming AR/VR operating systems has quit. From 2017 Lucovsky led Facebook's effort to build a new operating system for AR glasses. Lucovsky moved to Google two months later to lead its XR operating system effort , but today he announced he has quit.

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FORM’s AR Swim Goggles Now Work In Open Waters

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FORM’s AR-enhanced swim goggles received a free firmware update today introducing support for Garmin and Apple smartwatches, allowing wearers to track a wide range of metrics, such as their GPS location and heart rate, while swimming outdoors in open water. You can download the free companion app via the Apple App Store and Google Play.

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AR contact lenses are far away, but a new research is paving their way

The Ghost Howls

Some days ago, I found an article on Futurism talking about a university in France able to create the “first smart contact lens” The article also talked about Augmented Reality and the interest of the DARPA for using this product. I’ve read that your team has just developed an AR contact lens! Is this risk concrete?

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Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1

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Steadily becoming the biggest open-secret in the industry… more evidence has come to light that Apple in ongoing development of an AR headset. beta 3 has reportedly unlocked a ‘StarTester’ mode which renders a stereoscopic view suitable for an AR headset. Inside iOS 13.1 A developer sifting through iOS 13.1

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KaviAR Tech Launches New Augmented Reality App for Travel

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Given the ubiquity of smartphones, it made more sense to create AR solutions for mobile. The main vision of KaviAR Tech is to provide AR for all. We want to give everyone access to AR’s many benefits and possibilities.”. Not only that, they are starting to see that its return-on-investment is threefold.