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02-09-2017, 03:52 PM
Google is bringing a rainforest right to your smartphone
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Most of us have never stepped anywhere near a rainforest, much less had a chance to explore it — something Google hopes to change with its new augmented reality experience.
The "Into the Wild" exhibit sees some 1,000 square meters turned into a virtual rainforest, home to orangutans, Malayan tapirs and tiny mouse deer.*
SEE ALSO: The world’s best wildlife photography reveals a fragile, beautiful realm (http://mashable.com/2017/01/22/world-best-wildlife-photos/)
In order to view the sights, visitors pick up a Le**vo smartphone enabled with Tango (http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/what-is-project-tango), an augmented reality platform developed by Google.
The exhibition, the first of its kind to launch in Asia, is held at Singapore's ArtScience Museum (http://www.marinabaysands.com/museum.html). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/google-ar-rainforest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Most of us have never stepped anywhere near a rainforest, much less had a chance to explore it — something Google hopes to change with its new augmented reality experience.
The "Into the Wild" exhibit sees some 1,000 square meters turned into a virtual rainforest, home to orangutans, Malayan tapirs and tiny mouse deer.*
SEE ALSO: The world’s best wildlife photography reveals a fragile, beautiful realm (http://mashable.com/2017/01/22/world-best-wildlife-photos/)
In order to view the sights, visitors pick up a Le**vo smartphone enabled with Tango (http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/what-is-project-tango), an augmented reality platform developed by Google.
The exhibition, the first of its kind to launch in Asia, is held at Singapore's ArtScience Museum (http://www.marinabaysands.com/museum.html). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/google-ar-rainforest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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