Updating itself with the neck to neck competition with Apple, Google has launched a developer preview for ARCore, while Apple is soon to release its AR Kit.
You can only access the ARCore services, once you’ve installed Google’s ARService and APK installer.
The ARCore will run on Pixel smartphones running the Nougat version and not the latest Oreo version.
The $32.7 billion search giant, will be collaborating with several handsets including LG, Huawei, Asus and Samsung.
Though, the kit only responds to planes and not human face, people are nevertheless having a lot of fun placing things in places that are humanly impossible.
Finally, it’ll further feature light- sensing ability that gives virtual objects, shadows and relative fit to their surroundings.
It was an acquired taste as gamers had to move their joysticks and hit certain buttons when instructed to do so at the precise time on-screen.
One thing is for certain, the game was beautiful to look at as it was akin to directing your own animated feature.Fast forward 30 years, and we are on the cusp of another revolution in game development and that is AR or Augmented Reality.
Today’s best ways may not be relevant in a year’s time, that’s how fast technology moves these days.
But we can devise the best ways at this moment in time to create augmented reality apps for Android.There are many software packages that will help you in AR development for Android.
https://is.gd/CZzmCQIt also features an emulator to see how your developed games and applications look like on a myriad of Android phones and tablets with configurable settings (more RAM, more GPU, etc.).
Android Studio also comes with a great layout editor and a code editor to work on your applications.The next piece of the AR development puzzle is Unity, which is one of the most popular packages for game developers around.
Google’s Android game is getting bigger and better each day.
The scope of development with ARCore with a perfect blend of Android technology is immensely great.
Although Google has some plans to include the technique in other mobile app development domains too, but it is under the research for now.
Google has succeeded in bringing a glimpse of the similar Android Technology under its flagship pixel phones running on Oreo.
Google’s head (Clay Bavor) managing AR and VR projects for the search giant quoted, “Our goal for this is to take AR mainstream.
We have believed for years that mobile-based AR was going to be a thing.” ARCore will probably be in preview mode until winter”, he added further.
Earlier today Google Maps announced a new redesign for the app on Android and iPhone.
New updates will begin rolling out now.
It also feature a new logo for the app itself.
Users will get new upgrades for public transit and augmented reality in March as per various reports.