Google is officially rolling out its latest Augmented Reality feature to developers through a new Software Development Kit (SDK) named “ARCore”. The new rollout will allow Android smartphone users to generate 3D objects and figures on their phone screens using camera input and navigate around their surroundings. This is something very similar to Pokémon GO’s VR feature, but the application of ARCore is much bigger. The ARCore SDK is still in “preview” mode but Google says that it will bring “augmented reality capabilities to existing and future Android phones.” Android developers can start testing this by heading here. This is also an update to Google’s earlier AR project name Tango which was first unveiled in 2014 for a closed set of developers and researchers. In order to run Tango’s AR capabilities, user’s required additional built-in sensors. Google had initially manufactured two closed-circuit devices named Peanut phone and the Yellowstone (a tablet) to test Tango in 2014. However, with ARCore SDK set, the company promises AR processing on Android phones “without any additional hardware”. [caption id="attachment_174927" align="aligncenter" width="448"] An example of ARCore at work[/caption] The AR feature is currently live and supports devices including the Pixel and Samsung’s S8, running 7.0 Nougat and above. “We’re targeting 100 million devices at the end of the preview. We’re working with manufacturers like Samsung, Huawei, LG, ASUS and others to make this possible,” Google said in its blog post. So this means Project Tango has transitioned into ARCore. It's not clear what Google plans to do…
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