"ARCore" capable of experiencing AR at a smartphone evolved to version 1.2, AR sharing and vertical plane detection become possible

An update to the AR content platform "ARCore" for mobile terminals developed by Google was announced at the developer event Google I / O. Updated "ARCore 1.2"Can detect" vertical surface "and share AR contents with other people.

Experience augmented reality together with new updates to ARCore
https://www.blog.google/products/google-vr/experience-augmented-reality-together-new-updates-arcore/

You can see what kind of application is realized in ARCore by looking at the following article.

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The following three updates are done in ARCore 1.2.

◆ Sharing AR experience
The advantage of a mobile terminal such as a smartphone is that it can share experiences with others by share function. ARCore also added a share function, and now we can share AR contents. Painting application "Just a LineDemonstrating "Third Eye Side" is open to the public.


ARCore's share function can be used not only between Android terminals but also with iOS terminals.

◆ Vertical surface detection function
ARCore has been able to detect only the horizontal plane so far. In ARCore 1.2, the function to detect "vertical plane" newly has been added. By looking at the demo movie below you can see how much the accuracy of the AR experience is increased by this.

ARCore: Augmented Images - YouTube


◆ Sceneform SDK
In ARCore 1.2, an SDK called "Sceneform" is provided so that developers can easily review AR experiences without processing the entire 3D development stack. Since the Sceneform SDK contains many UI widgets for 3D, it is not necessary to develop a UI from scratch and rapid AR content development will be possible.