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ARKit 101: How to Measure the Ground Using ARKit

Have you noticed the many utility ARKit apps on the App Store that allow you to measure the sizes of horizontal planes in the world? Guess what? After this tutorial, you'll be able to do this yourself!

News: Zappar's ZapWorks Promises to Give Anyone the Power to Create Complex AR Experiences Without Coding Experience

Another entrant into the do-it-yourself AR content creation market has emerged, as Zappar has updated its ZapWorks Studio software to include features for development newbies.

News: Motion Capture via iPhone X Is Available to Animators Now Through Live Face App

While 3D motion capture via iPhone X is coming soon from Unity, software maker Reallusion offers similar functionality to 3D model animation producers today.

News: National Geographic's Open-Air Planetarium Displays Augmented Reality Constellations Through Aryzon Viewers

On June 23, National Geographic will begin welcoming visitors to the world's first outdoor planetarium in Quebec, Canada, where an augmented reality experience overlaid on the night sky will replace the projection systems of traditional facilities.

News: New York Times AR Coverage of Guatemala Volcano Disaster Shows AR Isn't Ready for Breaking News

The latest augmented reality feature from The New York Times gives readers a close-up view of the damage left behind by the eruption of Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala earlier this month.

News: Moviebill Captures the Dinosaurs of 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' in Augmented Reality

Regal Cinema's augmented reality magazine Moviebill enjoyed a big debut in April and it has its sights set on an even bigger (virtually) outing with its next edition.

News: Leap Motion Shares Amazing Demo of Augmented Reality Table Tennis with AI Opponent

Hand tracking technology company Leap Motion has built a stunningly fluid augmented reality ping-pong game that not only showcases the capabilities of its open source Project North Star augmented reality headset, but also demonstrates how artificial intelligence can elevate immersive experiences.

News: Unity Builds Developer Bridge Between ARKit & ARCore Apps with AR Foundation Tool

A new set of APIs for Unity promise to make it easier for developers to publish apps that support both ARKit and ARCore.

News: Magic Leap's Unity Conference Presentation Uncovered Many New Details, Here's What We Found Out

During its presentation at Unite Berlin, Magic Leap gave attendees a crash course in developing experiences for Magic Leap One (ML1), we found out quite a bit more about how the device works and what we can expect to experience with the device.

Market Reality: Disney, Universal, & FIFA World Cup Turn to Augmented Reality for Marketing Muscle

Augmented reality is really picking up steam as a tool for marketing departments to pitch their products.

News: Magic Leap Shows Off Spatial Computing Demo, FCC Docs Reveal New Controller Images

Magic Leap just did something it didn't do during its recent Twitch hardware demo: show us some new demo footage of what augmented reality really looks like through the Magic Leap One.

News: Magic Leap One Makes a Surprise Appearance During World Cup TV Show

Magic Leap shows up in the weirdest places. Last week, right at the start of World Cup fever, for some reason, the Magic Leap One appeared on a Brazilian television show.

News: Unity Unveils Project MARS for Simplified AR Development & Facial AR for Easy Mocap

On Tuesday, at the Unite Berlin developers conference, Unity unveiled new tools designed specifically for augmented reality that could literally raise the technology to the next level.

News: Microsoft Opens Access to Sensor Data on the HoloLens with 'Research Mode' Update

The addition of a new research mode for Microsoft HoloLens will enable researchers and developers to tap into a wider range of data collected by the device's sensors.

News: Google Flips the Switch on Web-Based Augmented Reality Experiences for ARCore

Developers can now publish augmented reality experiences that are viewable through the experimental version of Chrome and ARCore.

News: Snapchat Gains Super Powers with 'Incredibles 2' Augmented Reality Experience

Pixar's Incredibles 2 has entered the fray as the latest sequel in a summer of highly anticipated follow-up films and, like its peers, it also has an augmented reality experience to promote its presence in theaters.

News: 8 of the Wildest Augmented Reality Glasses You Haven't Seen Yet

We've shown you the best augmented reality headsets, and now it's time to show you the rest. These are the AR headsets you've probably never heard of or even seen. The AR headsets that, in some cases, have a shot at the big time, and may one day reach widespread adoption, and, in other cases, are unwieldily contraptions that look like something out of a weird science fiction movie.

Market Reality: Snapchat Expands Ad Offerings, Magic Leap Takes Flight with Content, & Microsoft Readies New HoloLens

At present, consumer-facing augmented reality is a mobile world, and Snapchat is making money on it through advertising partnerships.

News: Now You Can Even Try on Nail Polish in AR Before You Buy via This App for iOS & Android

Augmented Reality beauty tools have become quite popular lately, and while CoverGirl's didn't exactly turn heads, the new Wanna Nails app by Wannaby looks like a great tool for anyone who uses nail polish.

News: Unity Gives Developers the Keys to ARKit 2.0 Capabilities via Updated Plugin

With developers chomping at the bit to play with ARKit 2.0, Unity has updated its ARKit plugin to enable access to the new augmented reality superpowers of the toolkit.

News: Magic Leap Books Augmented Reality Experience with Air New Zealand

If touring the scenic vistas behind the Lord of the Rings film franchise doesn't persuade tourists to visit New Zealand, perhaps immersive content viewed through Magic Leap One will do the trick.

News: Snapchat & Facebook Kick Off the World Cup with Augmented Reality Effects

With the 2018 FIFA World Cup underway in Russia, soccer (aka "football") fans worldwide can show support for their favorite teams and players in augmented reality via Snapchat and Facebook.

News: Netflix Casts a Facebook AR Spell on Its Debut Comic Book 'The Magic Order'

Netflix is branching out into the comic book business, and it's summoning augmented reality via Facebook to make the first issue more magical.

News: Golfshot Mobile App Chips in AR Mode for Measuring Shots on the Course

Although some look to golf for some quick off-the-grid time, the scenic hills and blue skies of your local putting green are not immune from the ever-expanding reach of augmented reality. A new update to the Golfshot mobile app brings new AR features to iPhones and iPads designed to help golfers determine shot distances during course play.

News: Microsoft HoloLens 2.0 Has a Secret Codename, Release Date, & Major Price Change, Report Says

With all the talk about the impending release of the Magic Leap One, some have forgotten a very important, competing release on the near horizon: the HoloLens 2.0. Well, now we have new information that tells us when (roughly) the device will be released, as well as a few other exciting tidbits.

Hands-On: Kopin's Golden-i Infinity Is What Google Glass Was Supposed to Be, But Comes at a Cheaper Price

If you cover a particular area in tech long enough, you develop certain pet peeves, and one of mine happens to be devices that attempt to keep us wed to the Google Glass style of augmented reality. And while I remain mostly uninterested in such devices, one of these products recently earned my admiration and might work for you, too, under the right circumstances. It's called the Golden-i Infinity.

News: Snapchat Unlocks Snappables Augmented Reality Games for Brands Including Candy Crush, Bud Light & Dunkin' Donuts

Less than two months after launching its augmented reality platform for casual gaming and shared experiences, Snapchat is ready to make Snappables available to advertisers.

News: Crowdfunding Campaign Capitalizes on '90s Nostalgia with POGs Augmented Reality App

If you have a substantial collection of POGs, the disc-collecting game from the 1990s, squirreled away in your basement, then a new augmented reality app may give you a reason to dig them up.

News: Mobile App Like Gives Music Video Auteurs Body-Morphing AR Effects

Usually, the camera adds 10 pounds, but with a new augmented reality effect in Like's mobile app, the camera can actually make you look slimmer.

News: Sony Opens AR & VR Capture Studio with Tech from Dell, Deloitte Digital, & Intel

The availability of space for filming immersive content has just gotten bigger with the launch of Innovation Studios by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

News: Apple's ARKit 2.0 Could Make These 10 Mobile AR Apps Even Better

With the announcement of ARKit 2.0 at WWDC 2018, Apple is bringing some powerful new capabilities to mobile augmented reality apps this fall.

Market Reality: Magic Leap Steps on Apple's Big ARKit Moment, DreamGlass Starts Selling Its Meta 2 Competitor

Last week's Augmented World Expo felt like a distant memory by this Monday, as Apple unveiled ARKit 2.0 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Certainly, this news would overshadow anything augmented reality this week as it nearly eclipsed AWE when early reports leaked of the toolkit's new superpowers.

Hands-on: DreamGlass Looks Like a Cheaper, More Mobile Meta 2, But This Is What We Really Think After Trying It

Earlier this week, we told you about the new DreamGlass augmented reality headset from Dreamworld, a company started by a former Meta executive. The device looks great, and the features sound good, but is it worth your hard-earned cash? I recently took it for a brief spin to find out.

News: Escape Room Experience Comes to Mobile via Futuristic 'The Lockdown' Augmented Reality Game

Escape rooms, those real world puzzle games that challenge teams to solve a mystery and gain their freedom from a locked room, are all the rage right now. But augmented reality games such as The Lockdown could make them obsolete.

ARKit 101: How to Launch Your Own Augmented Reality Rocket into the Real World Skies

Have you been noticing SpaceX and its launches lately? Ever imagined how it would feel to launch your own rocket into the sky? Well, imagine no longer!

News: The Ancients AR Puts Mystical Sea Battles in Your Living Room in Augmented Reality

While mobile gaming, in the 10 years since the App Store launched, has matured to console-level quality, premium augmented reality games built with ARKit (or ARCore) have been scarce.

News: Build Your Own AR Headset Using Leap Motion's Open Source Project North Star Design

Less than two months since unveiling Project North Star, Leap Motion has released the reference design that will allow developers, makers, and even manufacturers to build their own augmented reality headsets based on Leap Motion's work.

News: Magic Leap Finally Delivered a Live, Public Demonstration of the Magic Leap One, Here's What Happened

On Wednesday, June 6, the people at Magic Leap finally (FINALLY) decided to give the public a dedicated, slow, feature-by-feature walkthrough of the Magic Leap One: Creator Edition. How was it? About as good as it gets without actually getting to see what images look like through the device when wearing it.

News: Former Meta Exec Launches DreamGlass AR Headset, Shipping at End of June for $399

Just a year after facing trade secret theft allegations from his former employer, ex-Meta Company employee Kevin Zhong and his new company are ready to ship the product that triggered the lawsuit.

News: Magic Leap Reveals Partnership with Oscar-Winning Effects Studio Behind Marvel's Biggest Hits

For years, Magic Leap has promised to deliver stunning augmented reality experiences that will outperform any other competitor, and a newly revealed partnership hints that the company may be able to deliver on those promises.