This sounds like a criminal's dream come true, mapping the inside of buildings. Now I know exactly where the weakest point of entry is. Sweet.
If I can ask my phone where I lost my keys, and it tells me where they are because of this technology, then that is awesome.
The only people that should be afraid of Google (and the NSA) information gathering are terrorists and pedophiles, so if you don't count yourself part of either or those groups there is nothing to worry about.
But honestly there must be a lot of pedophiles and terrorists out there the way people always complain about this stuff.
So Apple had 3 "wows"- all at least 3 years apart. And also, the ipad isn't as a big of a "wow" as you think buddy
At most, one amendment of the Constitution, the 4th. Considering the context, I doubt even that.I have to admit that's one of the most infuriating attitudes I run across, and I hear a lot of it. Personal privacy is the foundation of the US constitution.
Things like this don't give you any more credibility. So you live under a rock? Meanwhile, I've got my Facebook account with a fake name and picture and plenty of friends so I can talk to them on Facebook chat through iChat. If I closed my account and told my friends that I'm concerned about my privacy, they'd give me a weird look and ask me what I'm smoking (I don't smoke).As far as Google, Facebook, etc spying, it's why I try not to use them any more than absolutely necessary and I minimize the personal info I give them whenever possible. I am not a commodity.
I think the privacy concerns on this article are misplaced. This is raw technology."What if Google knew even more about you than they already do?"
Or a civil rights leader:The only people that should be afraid of Google (and the NSA) information gathering are terrorists and pedophiles, so if you don't count yourself part of either or those groups there is nothing to worry about.
But honestly there must be a lot of pedophiles and terrorists out there the way people always complain about this stuff.
To sell phones... I think Google's goal here is to see if it will.I get the value of 3D mapping. I don't get the purpose it serves on a phone.
Do you notice your iCloud Backups?
There's nothing innovative about vapourware.....
I get the value of 3D mapping. I don't get the purpose it serves on a phone.
Wait, wait, wait. Lemme get this straight.
They already took pictures of the outside of my home with street view.
Now they want pictures of the inside of my home.
What is this chit?
Ok, I watched the video two times and cant see why? You can make games using your enviorment and see how furniture fits your home. And then what? What is the idea? What is the purpose?
You map your home... then you go to a store and then scan the object in the store and see how it fits in your home? Like not the dotted video shown, but once the dev kits are out and developers write CAD like apps?
There are literally thousands of mundane and lame apps for anything imaginable these days and somehow you are not sure what this will do?
To sell phones... I think Google's goal here is to see if it will.
If I can ask my phone where I lost my keys, and it tells me where they are because of this technology, then that is awesome.
The only people that should be afraid of Google (and the NSA) information gathering are terrorists and pedophiles, so if you don't count yourself part of either or those groups there is nothing to worry about.
But honestly there must be a lot of pedophiles and terrorists out there the way people always complain about this stuff.
I get the value of 3D mapping. I don't get the purpose it serves on a phone.
What if you could capture the dimensions of your home simply by walking around with your phone before you went furniture shopping? What if directions to a new location didn't stop at the street address? What if you never again found yourself lost in a new building? What if the visually-impaired could navigate unassisted in unfamiliar indoor places? What if you could search for a product and see where the exact shelf is located in a super-store?
Difference is, apple don´t share things until its ready.
The only method I see in Google's madness is to constantly try and look fresh and innovative so their brand doesn't go stale. They need Android in order to stay relevant in mobile search. There aren't many obvious things left to do with the mobile phone platform, but if there's only a few power-ups left, Google has to be sure Apple doesn't find them first. The two killer apps are games and navigation, and Tango supports both.You'd think so -- until you consider all of Google's products and projects that seem to lack any apparent method or purpose.
To see if it will sell phones. Imagine the reaction if Apple announced a product with the goal of seeing if it will make money.
Just like Apple Maps.