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Today, we're announcing Shopify AR: an accessible toolkit for businesses to create their own AR experiences, including our services marketplace of 3D modelling partners, the 3D Warehouse App to store your models, and an easy way to add AR Quick Look support to your store.TechCrunch
Shopify is leaning on phone-based AR to make online purchases look a little more lifelike for users. The Canadian commerce company announced today that they have added support for AR Quick Look, one of Apple's new features from ARKit 2 which will be going live with iOS12 later today. Merchant...Around the web
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Amazon today announced a new developer tool at its annual AWS re:Invent that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors even easier. Called Sumerian, the tool is capable of publishing 3D content to any browser that supports WebGL or WebVR graphics rendering, including Daydream, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and iOS mobile device… See moreTechCrunch
We'd heard months ago that Amazon would be using its Re:Invent AWS event to roll out some a new service related to building in mixed reality - augmented reality and virtual reality. And on the eve of the conference kicking off, it's done just that.VentureBeat
Amazon is jumping onto the augmented and virtual reality bandwagon with the launch of Sumerian, a new application that's supposed to help make it easier for people to develop 3D experiences for a wide variety of platforms. It's a browser-based tool that's available in limited preview today.Around the web
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Asteroid is a augmented reality dev tool for creating 3D apps that react to their environment. It lets you create ARKit scenes that can be exported as Xcode projects that are ready to run on your iOS device. Download and Install To get started with Asteroid, all you need to do is download the Mac app.Medium
Apple's new presentation at WWDC really focused the future of AR and what it is possible to build. It's an exciting time for what may be the next computing platform. The potential to build the next Pokemon Go has many newcomers to AR development looking for a place to get started.