If you remember, in May 2018, Google showed off an augmented reality version of Google Maps during the Google I/O 2018 keynote. The feature was only described as a “what if” experiment and “How ...

Apple’s interest in augmented reality has become pretty clear over the last couple of years, and just this past week it acquired a startup focused on building lenses for AR glasses. As if Apple’s ...

At the TED2010 conference, Microsoft architect Blaise Aguera y Arcas demoed the new Bing Maps features, which are are based on the concept of augmented reality. In a presentation at the recent TED2010 ...

I think most of us have had this experience, especially when you’re in a big city: you step off of public transit, take a peek at Google Maps to figure out which way you’re supposed to go… and then ...

Apple has made some investments and a big bet on AR in recent years, and we’ve seen some of its early work in this space on products like Animoji, Memoji, and the Measure app on the iPhone. Now, ...

A patent application unearthed today and detailed by Patently Apple, suggests Apple could be planning to bring augmented reality-based mapping and map search features to its camera app. The patent ...

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Apple is exploring ways to build augmented reality into Apple Maps. Rather than top-down views of roads and intersections, the company is considering overlaying route information onto live views of ...

Google Maps is great at helping you find your way around town, soon it will help you navigate places indoors. It's one thing to get turn-by-turn directions to the airport, but Google is planning ...

Paper maps can be brought to life using hardware that adds up-to-the-minute information, photography and even video footage. Researchers Tom Drummond, Gerhard Reitmayr and Ethan Eade, at Cambridge ...

The sun is blinding, the buildings tower above you, and you have no idea if you're walking toward 23rd or 25th street after emerging from underground. You strain to see a block away, but, you can't ...

Google Maps is great at helping you find your way around town, soon it will help you navigate places indoors. It's one thing to get turn-by-turn directions to the airport, but Google is planning ...