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Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by sp332 on Monday January 07, 2019 @03:37PM (#18849767)
The iPhone X* phones were some of the best-selling phones of the last year and they all have AR. Tons of cars have AR HUDs at least as an option, like the Toyota Camry, which you can't exactly call "niche".
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Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by wuliwong on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:26PM (#18850298)
>The iPhone X* phones were some of the best-selling phones of the last year and they all have AR.

What does "have AR" mean?

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Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by sp332 on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:38PM (#18850431)
It can detect and track physical objects, and overlay generated images that appear to stick to or interact with them. https://developer.apple.com/arkit/ e.g. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikea-place/id1279244498?mt=8
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