The Verge Chinese Station reported on November 3
Without Pokemon Go's global fever, augmented reality may have been forgotten by many people. After all, compared with virtual reality, augmented reality has not received much attention. With the rise of Pokemon Go, this augmented reality game developed by Google’s former subsidiary Niantic Labs has now accumulated tens of millions of users worldwide. A few months after the launch of Pokemon Go, a truly smart phone based on augmented reality technology has officially started shipping. Yes, it is Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, which contains the necessary hardware and Google's Tango AR technology.
In fact, the rise of Pokemon Go did not accelerate the development of the Tango project. The team has been working with Lenovo since the beginning of last year to jointly develop this Phab 2 Pro smartphone. "In fact, the popularity of Pokemon Go is beyond everyone's expectations, including Niantic itself." The head of the Tango project, Johnny Lee, said at a roundtable meeting last week. “Pokemon Go has made it easier for us to find partners and allow more people to start accepting augmented reality technology.â€
Joke is a joke. Lee believes that the game is only an initial stage in the practical application of augmented reality technology. Although Pokemon Go is influential, it does not have much technical content. It walks outside through map data and then faces the virtual cartoon character. Taking pictures is really simple. Niantic showed how to use technology to allow users to interact with virtual elements in the real world. "Not only is the interaction in physical space, Tango technology can even allow different people to communicate through geographic tracking," said Lee.
Phab 2 Pro is now officially available for sale at a price of 499 US dollars (about 3370 yuan). Both Google and Lenovo hope to prove that the future based on augmented reality technology will become an inseparable technology in modern smartphones. Lee thinks that Tango will be as important as GPS positioning in the future and will change the way that smartphones are used, and it will even change our lives like Uber. If we let our smart phones understand the physical space and the world we see in augmented reality technology, then it will redefine many industries, from games and retailing to real estate sales.
In the long run, Phab 2 Pro and Tango are a product between Microsoft's HoloLens, which sells for $3,000 (about RMB 20,265), and free Pokemon Go. The Tango team wants to create a space between the two. In the middle ground, whether it is hardware or software, Phab 2 Pro will be the sign of Tango's beginning.
It is commendable that part of Lee has successfully developed a real tablet phone from the development kit in the past two years. However, the number of applications based on augmented reality technology is still very limited, and most of them are It is based on the form of the game, such as turning the living room of the home into a virtual game space through cameras and sensors. However, Google hopes that Tango can be used in more fields and devices. Lee said that by next year, more devices will be available, not just the Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, but also not just based on the application of 3D maps.
But before that, we still have to rely on Phab 2 Pro. This is indeed a very good smart phone, although in the eyes of most smartphone users, it is not eye-catching, while the price of 500 US dollars is also higher than the iPhone It's a lot cheaper than Pixel. However, the Phab 2 Pro is equipped with a 6.4-inch screen, it is almost impossible to operate with one hand, even if it is difficult to put it in your pocket. It seems that many games and apps based on augmented reality will need to consider the special attributes brought by Phab 2 Pro.
However, Lenovo and Google understand that Phab 2 Pro is only used to prove the representative of the Tango project, so the sales volume is basically only a few million. In the use of Phab 2 Pro, we can use our large screen and powerful camera to allow our rooms to cover some of the virtual elements we need. Many of the early Tango projects were controlled by gestures to avoid the need for users to actually operate the 5.4-inch large screen. With this kind of gesture operation, we will not have any shielding on the Phab 2 Pro's screen and it will be more convenient to operate.
I have tried some apps developed specifically for the Tango project in Google's app store, and some are even part of the Google incubator program. Including a game developed by Mattel Hot Wheels, this is a racing game. Of course there is the Slingshot slingshot game developed by Sockethead Games, and this game can create a virtual island in the middle of the room, and we need to use the slingshot to attack the target on the island, which is similar to Angry Birds.
There is also a Towers for Tango, a simulation game that hires workers to build apartments in front of virtual targets and promotes the virtual city economy. The whole game is relatively simple, and the gimmick is rather heavy, but the use of augmented reality technology is still worthy of recognition. The most eye-catching is the framing of the real world through the 3D camera, and will force the user to continue to move. Obviously, augmented reality technology can really make users move like virtual reality technology and constantly interact with other objects in the room.
There are currently 35 apps for the Tango project, but to be honest there are very few practical examples. This includes tools developed by Autodesk and Lowe that are similar to virtual home appliances and appliances. Although these apps appear to be "boring" at the moment, they show the potential value of augmented reality technology. If integrated with 3D technology, the future will change the way companies do business. Imagine if you are planning to buy a new sofa, then look directly at the living room in your home, and then place the virtual sofa in the living room to simulate the effect. Isn't it time to run the mall without the customer?
In the future, products that support Tango technology will come out. At least next year, although it looks more like a still-testing technology, developers are full of confidence. I believe that in addition to the mobile AR experience App like Pokemon Go, there will be broader prospects for the use of 3D map data in the future. (Original author: Nick Statt compilation: Human)
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