ARPost
JULY 26, 2023
As Space Invaders turns 45, TAITO teams up with Google and UNIT9 to give its players an elevated AR gaming experience with Google’s ARCore Geospatial API. TAITO and Google partnered with global production and innovation studio UNIT9 to transform Space Invaders into an immersive AR game in honor of its 45th anniversary.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
In the blink of an eye the world around me dissolves and the restaurants of East Fourth Street are replaced by the brilliant purple face of Japan’s Mt. This is Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is not the real Mt.
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The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
who first immigrated to Japan over 25 years ago. Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) teams for Japan. Hello Eido, introduce yourself to my readers!
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
AUGUST 10, 2022
VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. With the solution, users can leverage the following tools: FreeD plug-and-play capabilities for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 16, 2020
Otherwise, now the situation is more or less like before, with the exception of some places where there are still some Oculus devices in stock (for instance in Japan and Taiwan). More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting). Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects. Who knows….
AR Insider
OCTOBER 31, 2019
The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
How will the “Google Analytics” of the metaverse be? I think that if HIKKI wants to expand beyond Japan, it should do something different. VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. Disney releases AR-powered movie with Brie Larson. VR Modding reaches a new milestone. Some news on content.
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