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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.

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Top 5 AR SDKs for Building Augmented Reality Mobile Apps?

ARPost

Although most people still consider AR as an entertainment technology, we can see its practical implementations in various industries like e-commerce, healthcare, architecture , training, and many others. AR-aided apps can transform industries ranging from e-commerce and tourism to training and education. Google ARCore.

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Blocks By Google VR – 3D Modeling for the Masses

VRScout

For the last month I’ve been working with Google to test Blocks, a new VR creation tool that enables anyone to 3D model low polygon objects without training. This will feel limiting at first, but it is a life saver when working in Unity. These objects can also be downloaded to a computer and imported into 3D programs like Unity.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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Rethinking Digital Twins

ARPost

How Unity talks about digital twins – real-time 3D in industry – I think we need to revamp what that means as we go along,” Unity VP of Digital Twins Rory Armes told ARPost. Unity – which is a game engine at heart – isn’t shying away from digital twins. That’s where the game engine starts.”

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Unity CEO Wants ‘Equivalent of LittleBigPlanet’ Made In VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Unity is hoping that, one day, something will do the same for VR. Unity CEO John Riccitiello said as much to UploadVR in an interview at this week’s Vision Summit. Unity may be the company to make it happen. “Somebody is gonna go out and build with Unity the equivalent of LittleBigPlanet,” Riccitiello said.

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VR AR Global Summit Summary

ARVR

This is something Google doesn`t yet have. link] Training Edge Flow : step by step training simulations in VR. New Software VisionLib : SDK with super impressive tracking on 3D objects (ready for Unity as well). This is something AR has been waiting for in a long time. I hope it works as they advertise. super expensive.

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