The first Android AR apps built with Google’s ARCore have hit the Play Store

Following the release of Google’s ARCore development kit during MWC last month, it has only taken developers a handful of weeks to start populating the Play Store with AR-enabled apps. The 100 million Android devices that support ARCore are now able to download several new AR experiences that range from the types of games that we have seen developed for iOS as well as furniture apps that let you place AR furniture around your house.

Google used its blog to highlight a few of the early standouts that you might want to try out. Bandai Nampo has released “My Tamagotchi Forever,” that lets users raise Tamagotchi characters at the same time as building a Tamatown that all interacts with real world environments like floors or table tops. Another game that looks interesting is “Walking Dead Our World,” that combines Google Maps APIs and ARCore to create a location based zombie apocalypse.

Non-gaming AR experiences include Pottery Barn’s AR-based app. It allows you to place furniture in a room to see whether it will fit or works with your existing furniture. If you like what you see, you can purchase it directly. The Android version of eBay’s app has been updated to with a new “Which Box” feature that allows sellers to see what size box will fit around an item that they plan to ship. You can check out all the AR apps that Google is spotlighting at the link to its blog below.

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