Lenovo To Build Google's First Project Tango Phone (pcworld.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 8, 2016 @01:55AM from the prepare-to-be-augmented-or-something dept.

Press2ToContinue writes: Google and Lenovo announced plans Thursday night in Las Vegas for the first Project Tango phone to be released this summer for less than $500. Project Tango is Google's vision to bring augmented reality to phones by enabling devices to be able to sense where they are and what is around them. During the announcement, Google's Johnny Lee demonstrated measuring a room using a prototype Project Tango tablet and then shopping at Lowes for furniture that would fit it. Google also announced an app incubator for Project Tango, which they hope will encourage developers to start building apps that make use of the AR technology.

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Re:Lenovo? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-08 02:29 · Score: 2, Funny

Why would a person with crutches be jumping around in front of a Kinect?
for shopping? by ljw1004 · 2016-01-08 02:39 · Score: 4, Funny

Imagine a new tech idea that wasn't used to enhance my shopping or ad-consuming experience...
1. Re:for shopping? by Lunix+Nutcase · 2016-01-08 02:59 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  *Needs* Stupid phone dictation.
What could go wrong? by gstoddart · 2016-01-08 02:59 · Score: 1, Funny

This should be awesome, Lenovo and Google, two companies I totally trust with my privacy and security.
No, wait, the other one ... Lenovo who installs spyware and Google who wants to monetize every fact about you, tied in with whatever other ad and alaytics they can jam into this.
Hell to the no.

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