The explosive growth of mobile AR is completely attributable to smartphones and tablets. Mobile AR has contributed enormously to the way we can now experience games, art and entertainment which can be accessed from remote places to urban landscapes.

A crowd of medical students stumbling after a Consultant on a ward round has been a common sight in hospitals for decades now; but perhaps not for much longer. A London university has utilised AR to allow students to take part in a ward round from their own home.

Punchdrunk and Niantic are planning how to turn people into “the hero of their own living game.”

A new augmented reality adventure has been created by Aardman that will allow fans to interact with life size characters in their own homes. 

Google has followed the gigantic footsteps of John Hammond, but in a way that won’t result in people getting stuck in dinosaurs’ teeth. Instead of roaming our real world, Google has figured out a way for dinosaurs to roam in augmented reality. Now, you can see a Tyrannosaurus Rex in your driveway or a brachiosaurus towering over trees in your backyard. 

Google Creative Lab’s ARCore’s Depth API, which the company had previewed in Dec. 2019, is now available to the public, allowing developers to build smart pathing, occlusion, collision, and more into their AR apps. Lines of Play from Google Creative Lab is pushing their developers creativity and putting their capabilities to the test.

Place virtual outdoor furniture in your home with the click of a button

Kia has announced that they are launching an AR owner's manual dubbed the 'Kia Owner's Manual App' developed in partnership with Google Cloud and Megazone. So the next time you buy a new Kia, it might not have a traditional printed owner's manual.