{"id":46967,"date":"2018-09-12T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/326332"},"modified":"2018-09-12T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T22:52:00","slug":"iphone-xs-comes-with-enhanced-performance-for-arkit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/iphone-xs-comes-with-enhanced-performance-for-arkit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Xs comes with enhanced performance for ARKit 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recently unveiled iPhone Xs\u00a0and Xs Max feature\u00a0a brand-new chip called the A12 Bionic, a 6-core CPU said to deliver up to 15 percent speeds and 40 percent lower power and bring enhanced\u00a0performance improvements for ARKit 2.<\/p>\n<p>This is notable for developers who have kept an eye on the AR development platform, as Apple\u00a0seems to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/322927\/Apple_promotes_iPhone_gaming_performance_with_new_ad.php\">pushing harder<\/a> to present the iPhone as a device for high-powered mobile AR gaming and experiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple said the A12 Bionic is\u00a0key to better powering new AR experiences due to its greater processing speeds and reduced power consumption, which developers\u00a0can expect to see more\u00a0of in iOS 12.<\/p>\n<p>One example is the AR Quick Look feature, which extends AR throughout iOS, letting users\u00a0view AR objects with built-in apps and share them via iMessage and Mail.<\/p>\n<p>ARKit 2 also comes\u00a0with multiplayer gameplay, as shown with a live demonstration of <em>Galaga<\/em>, taking the classic arcade title and developing it to be AR-enabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next iteration of Apple&#8217;s AR\u00a0app development platform comes with iOS 12, which is available on September 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone Xs and Xs Max are expected to be released globally on September 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recently unveiled iPhone Xs\u00a0and Xs Max feature\u00a0a brand-new chip called the A12 Bionic, a 6-core CPU said to deliver up to 15 percent speeds and 40 percent lower power and bring enhanced\u00a0performance improvements for ARKit 2. This is notable for developers who have kept an eye on the AR development platform, as Apple\u00a0seems to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}