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the first tango phone is here let's find out why you would care tango is a technology platform developed by google now showing up in smartphones that allows the phone to do more than just see with a camera which they've had for years - now sense the physical world around it that means it can detect the shape of an object the dimensions are size of that object and the relationship and space between objects in the world around you what it's good for in the real world is just being hammered out because the first smartphone to have this technology is now on the markets from Lenovo it's called the fab Pro - it's a niche device it's not even posited by them as being their main line flagship phone but it's fascinating in terms of what it could do in the future some of the earliest apps you'll find on it allow it to measure things without you being at the object non-contact measurement as well as spaces between other items it can do augmented reality to visualize let's say new furnishings in a room you're standing in a our gaming becomes very realistic when the augmentation of the reality is the reality you're actually standing in right now and of course it can place dinosaurs on specific spots in the room a trick that seemingly every AR device has to do for some reason and then there's a whole lot of collaborative or crowd-sourced benefits of having these devices out there for all of us who have a phone that does this it can be mapping shared public spaces to be used by other people whether it's a mall a stadium a large office building you can also see where retailers get excited about this to try and bring a large unfamiliar store to life to a person who maybe has never been there or not been there since the layout change the flow changed the placement of products changed and this could be an exceptional way to make that clear the minute you walk in the door now since Lenovo is fab Pro to arrived it's been followed by asus zenfone which also has the tango spatial technology but is also certified to work with Google's daydream head mount to create a substantial VR device it's an interesting crossover another note about both these phones it is doing augmented reality but it's not using glasses I believe that gives it a very good leg up we've continued to see consumer resistance to augmented and virtual reality once you get down to the headgear and having to wear something on your face being able to message the aar is possible through a handheld screen of a device you already own I think is an important benefit know what's next at Cena coms last next big thing I'm Brian cool