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Could Facebook’s AR Video Calls Solve “Zoom Fatigue”?

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Spice up your video calls with AR games and party hats. With the COVID pandemic forcing many of us to adhere to social distancing measures, video calls have become essential in the way we work, socialize, and learn. That being said, AR effects aren’t new for Facebook’s messaging apps. Image Credit: Facebook.

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AR Gaming, a Formidable Force That’s Changing the Gaming Industry

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AR gaming has changed greatly since the release of Pokémon GO. At the height of its popularity , Pokémon GO had more users compared to Twitter, and people were spending more time playing the game than browsing Facebook. According to Shroyer, people who didn’t like playing video games were now spending hours playing Pokémon GO.

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The NBA’s Official AR Game Launches January 2023

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Niantic’s latest augmented reality game will be available free to play on iOS and Android devices. This week we learned that the officially-licensed game will be launching on iOS and Android devices on January 24th, 2023. The announcement was made on the game’s official Twitter account alongside a short video teaser.

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How to record videos of your Oculus Quest passthrough AR app

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Many developers have started creating experiences of this kind, and of course, they want to share videos about them on social media, but Facebook blocked some months ago all ways of recording passthrough vision. So how is it possible to do videos about them? It is very easy… let me tell you the whole story. (If

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This Yu-Gi-Oh! AR Game Looks Too Good To Be True

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superfan going by the name of SuperZouloux has developed an augmented reality (AR) game that brings the hit Japanese card game to life in the real world. is a Japanese manga turned anime centered around a fictional card game in which players battle one another using powerful monsters, spells, and traps.

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AT&T and Meta Release a 5G AR Game

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AT&T has recently partnered with Meta to launch a new 5G-enabled AR game on Messenger and Instagram. Here, we’ll take a look at the game, but we’ll also dive into why this is such big news. Nod your head to begin the game and move your head to steer the AR worm. It’s “an updated twist on a classic game.”.

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Monster Hunter Is Getting A Pokémon Go-Like AR Game

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Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go and Pikmin Bloom , is collaborating with video game publisher CAPCOM to bring its most popular franchise, Monster Hunter , to the real world via augmented reality (AR) technology. According to Niantic, the game is designed for everyone, from absolute beginners to veteran monster hunters.

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