If you remember, in May 2018, Google showed off an augmented reality version of Google Maps during the Google I/O 2018 keynote. The feature was only described as a “what if” experiment and “How ...

At the TED2010 conference, Microsoft architect Blaise Aguera y Arcas demoed the new Bing Maps features, which are are based on the concept of augmented reality. In a presentation at the recent TED2010 ...

I think most of us have had this experience, especially when you’re in a big city: you step off of public transit, take a peek at Google Maps to figure out which way you’re supposed to go… and then ...

Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been ...

A patent application unearthed today and detailed by Patently Apple, suggests Apple could be planning to bring augmented reality-based mapping and map search features to its camera app. The patent ...

The sun is blinding, the buildings tower above you, and you have no idea if you're walking toward 23rd or 25th street after emerging from underground. You strain to see a block away, but, you can't ...

Paper maps can be brought to life using hardware that adds up-to-the-minute information, photography and even video footage. Researchers Tom Drummond, Gerhard Reitmayr and Ethan Eade, at Cambridge ...

Apple is exploring ways to build augmented reality into Apple Maps. Rather than top-down views of roads and intersections, the company is considering overlaying route information onto live views of ...

Google Maps is great at helping you find your way around town, soon it will help you navigate places indoors. It's one thing to get turn-by-turn directions to the airport, but Google is planning ...

Google Maps loves augmented reality. After launching augmented reality walking navigation in 2019 and indoor AR navigation in 2021, it’s now showing off augmented reality search results. Augmented ...