{"id":8176,"date":"2018-06-08T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=8176"},"modified":"2018-06-07T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T14:49:40","slug":"lego-showcases-augmented-reality-play-with-apples-arkit-2-at-wwdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2018\/06\/08\/lego-showcases-augmented-reality-play-with-apples-arkit-2-at-wwdc\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO showcases Augmented Reality play with Apple\u2019s ARKit 2 at WWDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8177\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2018\/06\/Apple-ARKit-2-Demonstration-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2018\/06\/Apple-ARKit-2-Demonstration-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2018\/06\/Apple-ARKit-2-Demonstration.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Martin Sanders, LEGO\u2019s Director of Innovation took the stage to showcase LEGO\u2019s integration with Apple\u2019s new revelation of ARKit 2 during the 2018 World Wide Developers Conference in San Jose earlier this week. ARKit 2 is a platform that allows developers like LEGO to integrate shared experiences, bringing together a virtual experienced tied to a physical play set.<\/p>\n<p>Martin showcased the physical\u00a0Assembly Square Creator Modular Set\u00a0as the main centrepiece. The ARKit featured integration into the LEGO Application detected the build and automagically built a virtual version of the\u00a0Downtown Diner Modular\u00a0and\u00a0Brick Bank\u00a0side by side with virtual sidewalks, grass and roads and other city accessories, combining the digital and physical set. The science behind it is about detecting and tracking where the real physical Assembly Square as a starting point and building everything else around with the capability to continuously track and update all players with the iPad as a navigation window into the virtual world.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration featured the ability to drop minifigures and vehicles into the virtual world and interact with other characters that come to life. The player would be expected to complete the gameplay given the pre-programmed scenarios.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-3\" class=\"gallery galleryid-112688 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brothers-brick.com\/2018\/06\/06\/lego-showcases-augmented-reality-play-with-apples-arkit-2-at-wwdc-news\/\">READ MORE HERE &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Sanders, LEGO\u2019s Director of Innovation took the stage to showcase LEGO\u2019s integration with Apple\u2019s new revelation of ARKit 2 during the 2018 World Wide Developers Conference in San Jose earlier this week. ARKit 2 is a platform that allows developers like LEGO to integrate shared experiences, bringing together a virtual experienced tied to a&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2018\/06\/08\/lego-showcases-augmented-reality-play-with-apples-arkit-2-at-wwdc\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about LEGO showcases Augmented Reality play with Apple\u2019s ARKit 2 at WWDC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":8177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[871,852,296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-lego","category-lego-serious-play"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8178,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions\/8178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}