Using Google ARCore for Unity
In August 2017, Google announced a new Android core SDK for augmented reality, called ARCore. Presumably, it directly derives from the Google project Tango. Tango is Google's augmented reality platform that has been in development, a beta release, for several years and is beginning to emerge in mobile devices equipped with depth sensing cameras. ARCore, on the other hand, does not require any specialized hardware other than a phone or tablet with an ordinary camera and a fast processor (such as Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy S8 phones). For current supported devices, see https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/#supported_devices. Much like Apple's ARKit (as described later in this chapter), it is being rapidly ...
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