Google brings AR stickers to Android phones through its Motion Stills app
Google’s Research Blog announced today that it would be adding support for augmented reality stickers in the Motion Stills app, via CNET.
The feature was first introduced exclusively on the Google Pixel 2 late last year, and added the ability to insert AR versions of characters from Star Wars and Stranger Things directly into pictures and videos. The Motion Stills version is less advanced, and doesn’t use the company’s ARCore platform.
Instead, Google takes advantage of a device’s existing accelerometers and gyroscopes to achieve a similar effect, “sticking” a virtual object on a flat plane (like a table or a hand) and tracking the location of the device to accurately show the object. For a more detailed description of what’s going on…
