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Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by lern_too_spel on Friday August 04, 2017 @05:22PM (#14932401)
A usable AR SDK has been available from Qualcomm/Vuforia for years on more devices than ARKit supports. The only thing that came out of it was marketing gimmicks.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by Stanleyc23 on Friday August 04, 2017 @06:01PM (#14932714)
I thought vuforia was mostly just a marker based AR, which never really took off in the US market. ARKit is markerless and their VIO system is actually pretty good.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by m3kw9 on Friday August 04, 2017 @06:14PM (#14932805)
ARKits ease of use and is way ahead of vuforia. The advantage of ARKit is also OS integrated.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you ... by miheermunjal on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:03PM (#14937604)
yep - have been using Vuforia since it came out. Fantastic for scanning in models and the usability is great. That said, I keep coming back to the fact that the install base of iOS11 is what intrigues me the most. By no means is ARkit the magic bullet, but its enough and it can tempt developers the same.
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