Download Coin Hunter — Is Your Smartphone AR Core Ready?
You can download the Coin Hunter application now on the Google Play Store. Learn the reason behind its compatibility with Android versions 7.0 and up.
Coin Hunter is an augmented reality (AR) game wherein users can look for cryptocurrencies in a virtual world. To be able to play the game, you’ll need a smartphone. However, not every smartphone is compatible with Coin Hunter. Outdated phones will not be able to download the Coin Hunter app because it does not support the AR technology required for the game’s full operations. The app is currently only available on Android version 7.0 and up.
Let us discuss in detail what this AR technology is and how it manages to create the virtual world into reality.
Google’s AR Core
Setting up a famous example, Pokémon Go is a one-of-a-kind AR based application that had a massive reach to players across globe. This game became a benchmark since its release date on July 6, 2016. Coin Hunter aims is to provide a safe platform to users by helping, educating and bringing cryptocurrency user’s together in a fun and interactive way.
Knowingly, Google and Apple have two different Augmented Reality frameworks or software development kits that use the smartphone’s camera and add elements to the virtual environment. For Apple, it is referred to as AR Kit while Google calls it AR Core — both empowers the AR feature within mobiles. As for now, Coin Hunter currently uses AR Core for android user’s and will soon be releasing the iOS version using AR Kit.
AR Core makes use of three key technologies that affect the real-life environment within the virtual gameplay of Coin Hunter:
- Environmental Understanding. The phone can detect the size and location of all types of surfaces: horizontal, vertical, and angled. Users can see coins in real-time environment.
- Light Estimation. This allows the phone to estimate the environment’s current lighting conditions. When airdrop events occur outdoors, coins can be easily noticed as the lighting will adjust based on the player’s current settings.
- Motion Tracking. This allows the phone to realize its position relative to the real world. Coin Hunter can detect when the user is on the move and hunting for cryptos around them.
Which Android Versions Support Coin Hunter?
As of August 1, 2019, Coin Hunter has over 1,000 downloads. The app is on its 0.97 version and takes up 16 MB of storage to download from Google Play Store.
Did you know?
Google did not develop the Android operating system.It was bought in 2015, during Android’s start-up years.
Coin Hunter is compatible with Android 7.0/ 7.1 (Nougat) and Android 8.0/ 8.1 (Oreo). The latest Android version available as of August 2019 is 9.0 — also known as Android Pie.
Coin Hunter Supported Smartphones and Brands
As stated above, Coin Hunter requires an Android version 7.0 or above. Certain android devices are outdated and cannot update their OS. However, there are several popular brands that can upgrade their software to the latest versions of Android.
Smartphone brands like Asus, Huawei, LG, and Samsung are all capable of providing users with the best Coin Hunter experience, depending on the model of the phone. Some notable AR Core smartphones are the Asus Zenfone AR, Huawei Mate 20 Lite, and the Samsung Galaxy S7/ S8/ S9/ S7 Edge/ S8+/ S9+.
Stay tuned for updates on the release of Coin Hunter on the Apple iOS Store.
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