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Apple releases visionOS SDK for crafting ‘all-new experiences’

Ryan Daws — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:13:17 +0000

Apple has released the visionOS SDK for developers eager to explore the possibilities of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences for Vision Pro. While betas and SDKs for other Apple operating systems like iOS and macOS were launched on the first day of WWDC, developers had to wait for the release of the... Read more »

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ARCore Geospatial API helps developers build immersive experiences

Ryan Daws — Thu, 12 May 2022 11:09:29 +0000

During I/O 2022, Google launched its ARCore Geospatial API to help developers build more immersive, richer, and more useful experiences. Augmented reality experiences are beginning to gain traction beyond Pokémon Go. Now there are AR apps for making floorplans, seeing how furnishings will look in your home, understanding the world around you, and even getting... Read more »

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Omniverse Code helps developers to build 3D design and simulation tools

Ryan Daws — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:48:05 +0000

Nvidia has announced Omniverse Code, a new app to make it easier for developers to build advanced tools for 3D design and simulation. The app includes the Omniverse Kit SDK runtime along with foundational tools, templates, and documentation. Developers won’t have to build from scratch with hundreds of Omniverse Extensions available to edit, modify, or... Read more »

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Niantic gets additional support for building the metaverse as valuation hits $9B

Ryan Daws — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:49:50 +0000

Niantic is emerging as a key player in building the metaverse and investors are keen to get in on the action. Tech-focused investment firm Coatue has invested $300 million in Niantic, bringing the company’s valuation to $9 billion. Matt Mazzeo, a General Partner at Coatue, said: “Niantic is building a platform for AR based on... Read more »

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Microsoft: Universal Windows Platform is finally being sunset

Ryan Daws — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:25:24 +0000

Thomas Fennel, Principal Program Lead at Microsoft, clarified this week that Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is finally being sunset. In an announcement on the GitHub repo for the Windows App SDK, Fennel says that UWP will only receive “bug, reliability, and security fixes,” and won’t be receiving new features. In other words, it’s being deprecated.... Read more »

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Grammarly’s new SDK wants to improve your users’ writing skills

Ryan Daws — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:00:06 +0000

Grammarly has released a new SDK that aims to improve the writing standard of your app’s users. A good standard of writing can be the difference between getting a job, making a sale, or retaining a customer. The Text Editor SDK released today is the next step in Grammarly’s mission “to improve lives by improving... Read more »

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App Annie reveals the most popular SDKs following iOS 14.5’s release

Ryan Daws — Thu, 27 May 2021 12:01:53 +0000

Mobile data and analytics experts App Annie have shared the most popular SDKs following the release of iOS 14.5. iOS 14.5 delivered significant new protections for user privacy which have drastically limited access to user-level data. A report from Flurry Analytics earlier this month discovered that 96 percent of iOS 14.5 users in the US... Read more »

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BUILD 2021: WSL now supports GUI apps, Project Reunion and Windows Terminal receive updates, Visual Studio and .NET 6 get new previews

Ryan Daws — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:45:15 +0000

Microsoft has used the first day of its annual BUILD conference to announce a swathe of updates to its Windows development products. The first announcement is that support for GUI apps when using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is rolling out as of this week. A preview of the functionality has been available since last... Read more »

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Microsoft debuts .NET 5.0 after year and a half in preview

Ryan Daws — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:14:49 +0000

Microsoft has debuted .NET 5.0 a year and a half after it was first unveiled, alongside some other important developer products. .NET 5 was first unveiled back in May 2019 and promised to be the first with a single runtime and framework which can be used to target Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS,... Read more »

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New developer tools boost Google Assistant’s capabilities

Ryan Daws — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:42:56 +0000

Google has launched new tools for developers which are designed to boost Assistant’s capabilities when responding to user requests. The virtual assistant is regularly found to handle general queries better than its closest competitors, but too often you can think it would just be quicker to do a task yourself. We’re still far off from... Read more »

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