It is hard to keep up with technological innovation, especially when it comes to the latest smartphones. The new smartphones emerging in today's market now have fingerprint scanners and heartbeat sensors, and most of them can even tell measure the temperature and tell you about the expected weather.
Now, one of the biggest advancements in the field of mobile phones may well be on its way. Soon, your smartphone can soon detect "everything" around you. This includes the room's size and dimensions, the location of doors and windows, and even the presence of other people in the room with you. Google's new "Project Tango" makes all this possible.
According to TechRadar, even NASA has taken interest in the project and used it on the International Space Station. However, it is not only for use by the most scientifically advanced organizations in the world. In fact, it will come free for smartphones in the summer of 2016, but a little bit earlier for developers.
Project Tango has major implications in different fields, says the Daily Mail. According to their reports, Project Tango can help furniture businesses by showcasing how a certain piece of furniture would look in a room without having to bring a bulky catalog of furniture in the first place.
Google's new project can also help students and teachers. As per the report from the Daily Mail, students can travel back in time and see dinosaurs from different eras in their classroom and even take photos with them. This could make learning a lot more fun and interesting.
Project Tango was developed after phone sales were slowing down. Experts also believe that augmented reality will become extremely popular in the near future, which is why a lot of companies, both big and small, are investing considerable sums of cash into the technology.
