GDC: A New AR Engine Targets Over 2 Billion Android Smartphones

An AR/VR immersion pioneer uSens is going to GDC this month to show off uSensAR.

A quick comparison:

uSensAR performs well on entry-level and premium-level smartphones.
- ARCore requires premium chipsets, such as the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon versions.
uSensAR targets over 2 billion Android smartphones worldwide that lack AR functionality; that’s over 95% of the Android market.
- ARCore only works on 100 million devices (per ArsTechnica); that’s less than 5% of the Android market. Here’s a big reason why.
uSens has strong tie-ins with the mainstream Chinese market, with offices in Beijing and Hangzhou in addition to its Silicon Valley US HQ.
- Google does almost no business in China, which is a huge turn-off for app developers.

uSens will also be offering at GDC demos of:

Hand-tracking: Fingo version 1.2 – recently version-upgraded and featuring 26DOF. Here is a video comparison of the tool in action vs. Leap Motion:

Head-tracking: Illuminate, a Unity-built illustration app that showcases uSens’s industry-best 6DOF SLAM head-tracking:

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