Google Is Adding Augmented Reality To Search

Augmented reality is coming to Google Search, allowing you to "check out a pair of shoes in the 'real world' while you're shopping online or put an animated shark in your living room," reports The Verge. From the report: At I/O, Google offered a few different examples of how its AR search options might work. If you search for musculature, for instance, you can get a model of human muscles -- which you can either examine as an ordinary 3D object on your screen or overlay on a camera feed, letting you "see" the object in the real world. If you're looking at shopping results, you can preview a piece of clothing with your existing wardrobe.

3D AR objects will start showing up in search results later this year, and developers can add support for their own objects by adding "just a few lines of code." It's apparently already working with NASA, New Balance, Samsung, Target, Volvo, and other groups to add support for their 3D models.

2011 called, they want their pointless fad back

[jrumney]

Augmented reality started appearing in apps early in the history of Android and iOS, many for location based searching. They were fun to play with at first, but ultimately they are nothing more than a gimmick, with no real value added. I really don't care what a cartoon pair of shoes will look like on my feet when I can walk into a shop and try the real thing, and the animated shark in the living room underscores the real application of this gimmick.

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[nospam007]

" I really don't care what a cartoon pair of shoes will look like on my feet when I can walk into a shop and try the real thing, "

2011 called? With the line above, you have outed yourself as an old fart who still actually walks into brick and mortar stores.

Naked human overlay?

[infodude]

Finally, the X-ray specs they promised me in the comics when I was a kid!

Next step

[DontBeAMoran]

AR waifus!