Google's about to enhance AR performance by taking advantage of your phone's dual cameras - Android

Google's about to enhance AR performance by taking advantage of your phone's dual cameras - Android

The Pixel 4 and 4 XL get the benefits first

Google's ARCore SDK allows phones to place virtual objects in mixed reality situations using their processors, motion sensors, light sensors, and, yes, their camera. However, even with the proliferation of quadruple rear camera phones, ARCore has only been able to use one of them. But soon enough, it'll work with two cameras on a couple of choice devices.

The Google Play Services for AR app, which hosts upgrades to ARCore for devices, was recently updated with this interesting note (emphasis ours) in the changelog:

New in this version:

  • Dual camera stereo depth on supported devices.
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Google's about to enhance AR performance by taking advantage of your phone's dual cameras was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

01/03/2021 09:50 PM