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Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by izacus on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:32PM (#14490686)
There's an AR fray? Google threw their weight behind VR on mobile, who else is in the AR space?
Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by aylmao on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:36PM (#14490730)
Microsoft, Snapchat, Google, Facebook.

Facebook made a big deal in F8 out of adding cameras to all its applications. They're in the AR game big time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/technology/mark-zuckerber...

Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by DonHopkins on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:45PM (#14490877)
Magic Leap is conspicuously but rightly missing from your list, because they're a fraud that's nowhere near releasing a real product, and whose bullshit is besmirching and dragging down the reputation of AR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY

Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by moron4hire on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:42PM (#14490833)
Google has at least three AR products: Glass is still in business for enterprise, Tango tablets and phones are finally out, and future versions of Daydream are supposed to be capable of inside-out tracking via an AR tracking system.

Microsoft has the HoloLens, which technology they have also cannibalized for a series of headsets they are dubbing "Mixed Reality" for the depth camera pass-through they are performing.

HTC is supposedly developing their own AR/inside-out system.

Leap Motion, Intel, Qualcomm, Meta, and Magic Leap are still considered in the running, with varying levels of believability.

And then there are a slew of different companies that are doing AR solutions with either the standard webcam (e.g. Facebook, Snap, Vuforia, Wikitude) or their own, standalone camera (e.g. Zed, Occipital).

Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by X86BSD on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:13PM (#14491321)
I don't count Google. Google is an unreliable product company. They kill half their products and the other half are absolute tire fires. You may like android, but it's ugly AF compared to iOS which is far from perfect. Gmail needs some major work on the interface. Speaking of interfaces have you seen their tv app? Kill me now.

I have no love for Google. I certainly don't trust them enough to purchase a product they make for fear of them killing it. Plus they mine everything they can get access to for who knows what ends. "So for those reasons, I'm out".

MS.... Meh. No one has come to expect great things from them.

The market will decide who wins though.

Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by sidegrid on Monday June 05, 2017 @11:11PM (#14494440)
How insightful.
Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by wtfishackernews on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:37PM (#14490754)
Google's Tango is AR
Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by mattbettinson on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:33PM (#14490694)
Microsoft?
Re:Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS by cjCamel on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:41PM (#14490810)
Hololens. Probably the most powerful AR device available atm.