article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2022.05.16): Meta teases Cambria, Google shows new AR features, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.

Google 492
article thumbnail

Where to access banned books

Mashable VR

Across the United States, efforts to ban books skyrocketed to unprecedented levels in 2021. A startling number — 729 — of materials were challenged last year, according to the American Library Association , with most of the targeted books featuring Black or LGBTQ characters.

eBook 105
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

AR Insider

Finally, why in the name of the geek gods is Google shutting down Poly? Google’s own Tilt Brush, an important content creation tool, relies on Poly. Tilt Brush co-creator Patrick Hackett just left Google, too. See his books here. Not a good sign. Apple headset to be a pricey, niche VR precursor to eventual AR headset.

Apple 284
article thumbnail

The Director Of The Book Of Life Is Making A New Google Spotlight Story

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

A new entry in Google’s now Academy Award-nominated Spotlight Stories series of 360-degree films will boast some serious directing talent behind it. We somehow missed this when it was announced last month but Jorge Gutierrez, the director of animated hit, The Book of Life, will be heading up a forthcoming entry in the series.

Google 100
article thumbnail

Qualcomm Swaps Out Arm for RISC-V for Next-Gen Google Wear OS Devices

Anand Tech

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Similarly, Google's backing of the ISA by porting Wear OS to RISC-V is a major milestone on the software front.

Google 97
article thumbnail

Set The Mood This Valentine’s Day With Love Playmoji & AR Stickers

VRScout

This year, however, Google is looking to modernize your romantic festivities with Love Playmoji characters and AR stickers for Pixel Playground, Night Sight functionality, and a slew of other updates guaranteed to add a bit of spice to your evening. Image Credit: Google LLC. Image Credit: Google LLC.

AR 264
article thumbnail

AR Copy Paste Lets You Digitize Real-World Objects Using Your Smartphone

VRScout

View this post on Instagram 4/10 – Cut & paste your surroundings to Photoshop with AR+ML (code in bio) Type: Sainte Colombe by @Yoannminet @ProductionType Book: @holomagazine 1 Garment: SS17 by @karentopacio UPDATE: You can now subscribe to our beta program to get early access!

AR 373