Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Here’s Why You Might Want A Phone With Google’s Tango AR Technology

Asus recently set up a gallery space in

San Francisco to show off some of the features of the new handset. I checked it out and took a few of the ideas out for a spin. While many of the features are currently limited to the ZenFone, you can expect them to work with other Tango and Daydream-enabled smartphones in the future as well.
Tango is the real star on the device. With it, the phone is able to perceive things like height and depth in a space, and then place virtual items in the room that you can see on the phone’s display as if they were physical. For instance, buying furniture can be a pain, even more so when you’re shopping online and aren’t quite sure whether that table or chair will blend with what you already have in your living room–or even fit. With the ZenFone, online merchant Wayfair is launching an app that lets you choose from a wide number of items in its digital catalog, and then virtually position them in your home.