Last year the Lenovo Phab 2 was launched, and while Lenovo launching a new phone wouldn’t have raised too many eyebrows, what made the Phab 2 different is that it is the world’s first Project Tango smartphone. For those unfamiliar, Project Tango is basically Google’s take on augmented reality (AR) technology, and unfortunately it looks like that particular project is coming to an end.
ASUS first unveiled the ZenFone AR handset back at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in January. Not only was it referred to as the world’s first smartphone with a whopping 8GB of RAM, its claim to fame is that it’s one of the very few devices out there that have support for Google’s Project Tango mobile augmented reality technology.
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It has been confirmed today that Verizon is going to be the first carrier in the United States to sell a Project Tango smartphone. ASUS ZenFone AR, only the second smartphone ever to support Google’s augmented reality platform, is going to be available on Verizon in the United States later this summer.
Since it would be a difficult and expensive task to try and bring students in a classroom to various parts of the world for educational experiences, what Google has done is launch Expeditions which basically allows educators to give students a similar experience using the technology of virtual reality.
So far every year for the past few years without fail Google has hosted its annual Google I/O event, and this year the company is back with the 2017 version. Just like Microsoft’s BUILD conferences or Apple’s WWDC, Google I/O is mostly about software and services, where Google will introduce new software and potentially launch new services for its customers to check out, and we expect that this year will […]
A collaboration between Google, Lenovo, WWF and Singapore artist Brian Gothong Tan, and in association with Panasonic and Qualcomm, Into the Wild is a virtual adventure that turns over 1,000 square meters of the Singapore ArtScience Museum, into a virtual rainforest. Moreover, all that, using the world’s first Tango-enabled smartphone unveiled in June 2016, the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro.
Google introduced Project Tango about two years ago. The idea is to use special sensors on a mobile device to map 3D spaces for augmented reality applications. Lenovo was the first to come out with a Project Tango device, the Phab2 Pro. The device has received mixed reviews but that was to be expected since it’s a first-generation device. It appears that the company might be working on a new […]
Lenovo was the first manufacturer to show off the very first Project Tango smartphone earlier this year. It comes with Google’s augmented reality features. Lenovo released the Phab 2 Pro about a week ago and now Asus has said that it has developed a Tango-compatible smartphone of its own. The company has confirmed that it’s going to show off its Project Tango smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show early next […]
The first Project Tango smartphone was unveiled by Lenovo. It showed off the Phab2 Pro earlier this year in June and said that it would be released by the fall. We heard a rumor recently which suggested that the handset might be launched on November 15th and that has indeed turned out to be the case. Lenovo today announced the release of its first Project Tango smartphone, the Phab2 Pro.
Lenovo announced its Project Tango smartphone a few months ago, called the Phab2 Pro, it was supposed to be released in the summer this year but it was delayed. The company said that it would release this handset at some point in the fall this year and today it appears to have quietly revealed when the Phab2 Pro is going to be released. Lenovo Phab2 Pro Project Tango smartphone might […]