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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 19 2017, @03:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-is-the-restroom? dept.

As a kid, I always wanted to be on the TV show "Supermarket Sweep."

In the middle of a Lowe's store in 2017, my dream almost came true. The home improvement retailer is rolling out an augmented-reality app that tells you the fastest way to find items on your list.

It's powered by Google's Tango, an indoor-mapping technology using special cameras to sense depth in 3D space. Measure objects, map a room and see virtual objects in the real world with augmented reality.

With a phone in one hand and a shopping cart in the other, I'm rushing around the aisles pulling items off the shelf. On screen I see a yellow line overlaid on the camera image, navigating me to the next item on my list. There's an aisle and shelf number in case I get really confused, as well as an estimate step counter that tells me how far I have to go.


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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday March 19 2017, @08:59PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 19 2017, @08:59PM (#481252)

    That's what Uber and Ashley Madison are for

    I think you're missing the meta problem of its OK when you're looking at your phone while shopping for that kind of service, but when some woman at either employer needs a phone app with augmented reality camera to, you know, properly serve you, that's when the real problem starts. "Hold on sir I need the bigger screen on my ipad to properly enjoy serving you" and all that.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20 2017, @02:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20 2017, @02:53AM (#481342)

    I kind of like the social interaction....

    "Hold on sir I need the bigger screen on my ipad to properly enjoy serving you"

    Yucks... I'd still prefer sex over a big screen iPad as social interaction.

    (but that's me, kinky; others may prefer sex in bed).