{"id":1787588,"date":"2019-08-08T14:12:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787588"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:12:47","slug":"google-maps-gets-augmented-reality-walking-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/google-maps-gets-augmented-reality-walking-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Gets Augmented Reality Walking Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1786303\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/google-maps-adds-carplay-support\/google-maps-ios-icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,450\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"google-maps-ios-icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1786303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>The augmented reality mode for Google Maps that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/google-maps-announcements-at-i-o\/\">teased last year<\/a> has finally arrived. After an \u201cearly preview\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/05\/07\/google-maps-ar-walking-directions-pixel-preview\/\">showed up on Google Pixel phones earlier this year<\/a>, Live View\u2014which superimposes walking directions on the view through your phone\u2019s camera\u2014was made available this week on Google Maps for both iOS and Android, on devices that support ARKit (iOS) or ARcore (Android). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/08\/08\/google-maps-ar-walking-directions-live-view\/\"><em>Engadget<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/08\/08\/google-launches-live-view-ar-walking-directions-for-google-maps\/\"><em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/8\/8\/20776247\/google-maps-live-view-ar-walking-directions-ios-android-feature\"><em>The Verge<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The augmented reality mode for Google Maps that was teased last year has finally arrived. After an \u201cearly preview\u201d showed up on Google Pixel phones earlier this year, Live View\u2014which superimposes walking directions on the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/google-maps-gets-augmented-reality-walking-directions\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[921,462,82,620],"class_list":["post-1787588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-augmented-reality","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-walking","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789480,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/apple-and-google-maps-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787588,"position":0},"title":"Apple and Google Maps Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 October 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Apple Maps AppleInsider looks at how cycling directions work in iOS 14. 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