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the race is on for augmented reality on your phone Google announced a Ark or a software development kit that brings augmented reality capabilities to current and future Android phones they are core will support motion tracking by using a phones cameras to help accurately place objects environmental understanding to detect horizontal surfaces like tables and light estimation to allow developers to light virtual objects that match its surroundings now pokemons go can really be credited as the breakthrough app that demonstrated augmented reality power to mainstream consumers it's clear Android had to make a move after Apple announced their own augmented reality platform called AR kit in June now developers have been showing off amazing AR KITT demos like this augmented reality tape measure and if you thought that was cool how about Trixie studios aha music video mine blown now you don't think Google wants in on that with more than two billion active Android devices on the market today Android developers can start working with AR core right now on the pixel and the Galaxy s8 running 7.0 nougat and higher they're working with other manufacturers like LG huawei soo sampling and others to get consistent performance on other Android phones with a target of 100 million devices by the end of the Developer Preview i'm brian tong stick with us for the latest news and breakdowns about AR core and more on cnet.com