Category: Miscellaneous

LiDAR

Augmented Reality: Google verbessert Android-AR
Googles ARCore unterstützt jetzt zwei Kameras für Tiefeninformationen. Unterstützt werden vorerst nur Pixel 4 und Pixel 4 XL.
‘Anyone relying on lidar is doomed,’ Elon Musk says – TechCrunch
Today at Tesla’s first Autonomy Day event, Elon Musk took questions from the press but didn’t have time for questions about lidar. Historically, he’s been vocal about the technology, and this time he put it as clear as he could. “Lidar is a fool’s errand,” Elon Musk said. “A…

ARCore persistent cloud anchors

Persistent Cloud Anchors allows you to create a 3D feature map of a scene, place anchors onto that 3D feature map, and then resolve those anchors across multiple devices. Persistent anchors, in particular, have the ability to last over an extended period of time.

Examples of use cases:

  • Working together on a redesign of your home throughout the year
  • Leaving AR notes for your friends around an amusement park
  • Hiding AR objects at specific places around the world to be discovered by others

https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/call-for-collaborators#persistent_cloud_anchors