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How to Build a Location-Based AR Application

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Similarly, Google’s recent update to Google Maps brought a possibility to navigate through the city using the capabilities of AR. You all know about the Google Translate application. In this case, you might need to use Unity or some other engines. Google’s ARCore . Augmented reality is a perfect fit for education.

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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. Google ARCore. ARToolKit has plugins for Unity, which we mentioned earlier, and also works with OpenSceneGraph.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). Graz University of Technology, Austria. image courtesy VR First. Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia. Dania Academy of Higher Education, Denmark. HTW Berlin, Germany.

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