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Illumix announces updates to its Five Nights at Freddy’s AR game, including new Mixed Reality modes

[embedded content][embedded content]In Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality NewsOctober 30, 2020 – Illumix, creators of the popular augmented reality (AR) gaming title Five Nights At Freddy’s AR (FNAF), has today announced updates to its FNAF AR title, just in time for Halloween.The company has pointed out that due to COVID-19 restrictions this year, Halloween is set to look a little different, with more people looking to games and in-home scares rather than going out and about for trick or treating and halloween activities.Five Nights at Freddy’s AR, an augmented reality-based

‘Minecraft Earth’ 0.24.0 Brings Challenge Season 8, Level up Rewards, New Blocks, a New Mob, and More

TouchArcade Rating: Minecraft Earth (Free) has been getting updated every few weeks with a new challenge season, new mobs, and a lot more. Today’s update is the 0.24.0 (R24) update bringing in support for Challenge Season 8: Badlands in addition to the new mobs and blocks. The Cookie Cow mob will now be found in tappables as of this update. The two new blocks are the Carved Pumpkin and the Jack o’Lantern. The Carved Pumpkin cannot be placed on sides of blocks and can only be placed on top of

Local vs Remote AR Multiplayer

Mobile AR now has both local multiplayer by Google and Apple and remote AR by ARnDAI, but the mechanics of AR multiplayer are different than that of traditional non-AR games. Here’s what you need to know.Local MultiplayerLocal multiplayer is called collaborative or shared AR. It can be integrated in your product using ARCore or ARKit, AR frameworks made by Google and Apple, respectively. Of course there are other solutions too, but those two are the most popular and most technically sound. This kind of interaction appeared about two years ago,

Facial mocap comes to Unreal Engine via new iPhone app

Sponsored Links Unreal Engine A new iOS app for Unreal Engine uses your iPhone to capture your facial expressions and animate an onscreen character in real time. Live Link Face is designed to work in both professional game production settings, like a soundstage with actors in full mocap suits, and amaetur ones, such as a single artist at a desk, according to a blog post from Unreal Engine developer Epic Games. The app is available now from Apple’s app store.The app uses Apple’s augmented reality platform, ARKit, and the iPhone’s

WWDC 2020: ARKit 4, Xbox Adaptive Controller Support, Keyboard and Mouse Gaming on iPad, and More Revealed

In addition to all the new features coming to Apple Arcade, Apple also showcased a plethora of what iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 will bring this year. Both iPhone and iPad will see the App Store finally display whether a game has controller support. This is something Apple has tried to showcase for a few apps but iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 will hopefully indicate this across the board. ARKit 4 includes extended face tracking support, location anchors that you can place, and video textures through RealityKit. I can’t wait