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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20 2017, @01:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20 2017, @01:58PM (#481492)

    Have you heard of dynamic pricing and "finding your customer's price point"? If I know what that is, I can ride the price I'm offering you as close to the highest number of dollars you'll pay for the item; and then I do the same for another customer.
    THIS is how this is used against you.