AR/VR Weekly: Google makes augmented reality waves

Watch out, Apple and ARKit. Google’s getting into the AR dev kit game — and bringing augmented reality to potentially 2 billion Android devices.

On Tuesday, Google announced ARCore, its answer to Apple’s ARKit. It’s in preview mode right now and works with a small slice of Android devices, and Google’s working with a bunch of manufacturers to help their devices conform to ARCore’s requirements. And Google already has an AR platform with Tango, something Apple does not have, and Daydream VR device, another asset that the iPhone company lacks.