Google is working on a mixed reality headset with Samsung and Qualcomm, but no further details of that collaboration emerged at Google’s 2024 I/O developers conference. Instead, Google focused on AI. A few little AR-related bits of news did pop up, though: in addition to announcing Project Astra, an camera-enabled AI companion that could live in future glasses, Google’s also serving up more AR location-based experiences into Google Maps.
Maps has been Google’s place where 3D and AR have been explored for a while now: head-up turn-by-turn directions, immersive 3D city views. Last year Google announced a framework to put 3D Maps data in location-based AR experiences from other app developers.
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