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Google Tango Means You'll Never Get Lost in a Store Again

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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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• Re:Big Brother Re:Big Brother (Score: 3, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Monday March 20 2017, @07:44AM (1 child)

  by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday March 20 2017, @07:44AM (#481390) Journal

  All I need to find what I need is clear and correct labels on the shelves and a halfway logical ordering of the products in the shop. No privacy invasion required.

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• Re:Big Brother (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday March 20 2017, @07:54AM

  by c0lo (156) on Monday March 20 2017, @07:54AM (#481392) Journal

  Bad tango partner, bad! Google is upset you don't want to tango with it!!

  (grin)

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