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Augmented Reality

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Oct 24, 2022

When the topic of Pokémon Go comes up, the typical response is, "Do people still play it?" The answer is a resounding yes!While the game doesn't command the zeitgeist as it did at launch, it has susta ...

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Oct 5, 2022

I've covered augmented reality apps for about three years now and the most useful mobile app I've encountered over that time is Google Lens.In brief, Google Lens can recognize and interact with text a ...

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Nov 16, 2021

Have you ever had a great meal at your local restaurant and wondered how to make it yourself? Or perhaps you've found yourself stumped at what to make for dinner based on the random provisions in your ...

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Oct 26, 2021

Google Lens has easily been one of the more useful AR apps and a tantalizing tease of life with smartglasses in the not-so-distant future. Now, Apple has its own version of Lens, dubbed Live Text, bui ...

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Oct 23, 2020

Niantic recently added a new Field Research task type called AR Mapping that challenges players to capture video footage of PokéStop landmarks and upload them. In return, players receive rewards in th ...

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Oct 21, 2020

This week, developer Niantic began rolling out a new feature called AR Mapping to Pokémon GO that has bigger implications on the realism of augmented reality in mobile gaming and beyond.AR Mapping is ...

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Sep 16, 2020

Alongside the launch of Android 11, Google added a new feature to Live View, the augmented reality mode for walking navigation in Google Maps, that helps you find friends in AR. But even if you're not ...

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Aug 17, 2020

Deep fakes, the art of leveraging artificial intelligence to insert the likeness and/or voice of people into videos they don't otherwise appear in, typically focus on celebrity parodies or political s ...

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Aug 6, 2020

Late last year, Snapchat introduced Cameos, deep fake-ish stickers animated from your own selfies. Now, Cameos have evolved as a sticker option to use in photos and videos captured with the app's came ...

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Jul 31, 2020

After an Instagram creator created a viral sensation last holiday season with the Which Disney camera effect, Disney followed it up with a Sponsored Lens playing a similar roulette with programming fr ...