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We’re getting excited. Project
Tango is getting ready for
its close-up, and we’re working
closely with Google to create the
first consumer mobile device enabled
with Project Tango. This summer,
you’ll see us announce a new Project
Tango-enabled smartphone that gives
users a magic lens to experience the
world in a new way.
But first, you have to know
What is Project Tango?
And what can it truly do for
you?
At its essence, Project Tango gives
your mobile device the ability to
navigate the physical world, similarly
to howwe do as humans. We see three
important usage scenarios for Project
Tango: location and navigation,
gaming, and utility. Today, we’re
going to show youtwo new apps that
put location and navigation abilities
in action. With mobile technology
taking a focus this week at Mobile
World Congress in Barcelona, we’ve
teamed up with Google to show the
magic a Project Tango-enable phone
can bring to your everyday life by two
apps made by GuidiGO and Glympse.
A New, Interactive Way
to Go and Glympse into
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Whether
you’re
discovering
Barcelona’s jewels for the first time
or just reveling in the city’s magic,
GuidiGO’s Project Tango app brings
its stories to life in a totally new,
immersive way – on your mobile
device. To see the power of this
app in action, let’s go to the Museu
Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in
Barcelona. It uses Project Tango’s
augmented reality features to create
your own personal tour guide – even
showing you hidden details invisible
to the naked eye. Simply hold up your
phone, choose a work of art, and
follow the directions superimposed
on the floor, as if a real person were
guiding you up to it. Once you are
at the painting, hold up your phone
and see virtual annotations on the
painting that unlock new information
about the painting.
Now Glympse, the leader in real-
time location sharing technology,
makes it even easier to share your
location with the people you care
about. Using Project Tango’s AR
technology, Glympse is enhancing its
indoor capabilities. Users who share
their location with each other can
now see through walls, floors and
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How Project Tango Will Change the Way
You Use Your Phone
Vice President and General Manager, Tablets, Lenovo
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