Google is bringing a rainforest right to your smartphone
 

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.*

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In order to view the sights, visitors pick up a Le**vo smartphone enabled with 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. Read more...

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