While there are already systems that allow smartphones to identify objects by photographing them, such technology doesn't work well in dim light – plus, not everyone wants to bother taking photos. A ...

Layar today announced a new component for its Layar augmented reality browser called Layar Vision. The chief benefit introduced with Layar Vision is that it allows mobile phones to recognize up to 50 ...

Google has purchased Moodstocks, a French startup that specializes in speedy object recognition from a smartphone, showing (again) the search giant's intense interest in AI. Unlike other products ...

Introduced a few years ago, the LiDAR scanner is available on the Pro and Pro Max models of the iPhone 12 and higher, as well ...

A three-dimensional object captured with iPhone app Seene, available today, is hardly the stuff of a James Cameron movie — but is nevertheless incredibly impressive. With less than 30 seconds of setup ...

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A developer made an augmented-reality tool that lets people copy and paste objects from the real world. In a demo, creator Cyril Diagne uses a smartphone to take a photo of an object and paste it into ...