Apple Upgrades Augmented-Reality Features With Multi-Player Mode
- Company announces AR partnerships with Adobe and Lego
- New AR software lays software foundation ahead of headset
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Apple Inc. highlighted improvements to its augmented-reality software, a key foundation for iPhones, iPads and future devices.
On stage at Apple’s annual developer conference on Monday, executive Craig Federighi showcased ARKit 2 capabilities, including a mode called Persistence that lets users drop a virtual object in an environment and then return to it later in that specific place. Another feature, Shared Experiences, allows multiple users to play a single augmented-reality game together. In a demonstration, the company showed a Lego game and displayed how two iPhone users could play at the same time from different locations.