WWDC takeaways: lots of great news for photo app developers, but one major puzzler 

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WWDC takeaways: lots of great news for photo app developers, excerpt from Hans Hartman at Suite 48a:

Apple’s OS 11 developer ARKit enables developers to build mixed reality apps that interpret the imagery from the user’s iPhone camera by identifying surfaces, tracking motion, estimating scale as well as ambient lighting, and by providing fast and stable motion tracking.

What does that mean? If your camera sees a table in your living room, a mixed reality app can now let you place virtual objects, such as a lamp and a steaming cup of coffee, on the table’s surface. If you move the virtual lamp, the shadows on the table will automatically change direction.

For more, click this link: WWDC takeaways: lots of great news for photo app developers, but one major puzzler | Hans Hartman | Pulse | LinkedIn

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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.