How We Made the CES 2024 AR Experience: Android Virtual Guide, powered by Geospatial Creator- Google Developers Blog

This post details the creation of a 360° event-scale AR experience for CES 2024 using Google's Geospatial Creator, ARCore, and Photorealistic 3D Tiles from Google Maps Platform. It highlights the use of Adobe Aero for AR development, visualization, and assembly, Unreal Engine for animating the Android Bot and visualizing occlusion models, and Autodesk Maya for character and asset creation. The post emphasizes the importance of creative storyboarding, user experience design with interactive elements, and rigorous location testing for validating the Visual Positioning Service (VPS) and content placement. The attendee experience is enhanced through QR code scanning for app-less access, providing seamless wayfinding, delightful AR content, and helpful navigation tips.