A few years ago Google Maps incorporates augmented reality to improve user experience. Now the Live View tool will bring immersive experiences to every mobile device in the world.
And how? live view? This is a tool designed by Google that searches for perfect better in terms of finding ourselves a place. It works through mobile device sensors and image recognition so that just by focusing on what is around us, Google Maps can detect improve our location accuracy. In addition, it will also show indications in our real world so that there is no doubt about the itinerary we should choose.
In the coming months, the two in Android like on iOSusers will be able to choose a neighborhood and see reviews, videos and photos which other community members have posted about the most popular places.
Starting this Wednesday, and on a global level, it’s possible access over 250 photorealistic aerial views attractions from around the world, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Acropolis of Athens or the Empire State Building.
It immersive scenery (In-depth view), which the company announced during its developer conference in May, will roll out in the coming months for the cities of Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan).
This immersive display allows users to move through highly detailed three-dimensional digital recreations of a city and even the interiors of some places.
On the other hand, Live View will enable quick searches, while developers will be able to incorporate ecological routes into their applications.
It is important to know that Google Maps Live View It only works for walking routes, as it cannot be used in a car.
What’s new in Google Search
In addition to the novelty of the functions in Google MapsThe company has presented the latest tool that will be included in the finder. Google’s mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” said Rajan Patel, Vice President of Search Engineering, highlighting that the company’s latest work is aimed at making it more natural and intuitive. featured this Wednesday in ‘Search On’.
It some search introduction has expanded user options, as it combines text search with images. Currently, available in English globallybut Google has confirmed that in the coming months it will also be available in about 70 other languages.
And as this language expands, in the fall, users in the United States will be able to start using multiple searches ‘close to me’, on local content. From an image or screenshot of, for example, a plate of food, users can get information about the restaurants that serve it, or the style of that cuisine, in the vicinity.
Google has also improved Lens AR translation with the generative adversarial network (GAN) resource, which is behind the tool ‘Magic Eraser’. With them, the translation of the text is more natural, because instead of superimposing the translated text on the original, creating a background around it, it removes the original and puts the translation in its place, reconstructing what was behind it.
The company has also included shortcuts to tools like Text translator, Complete Tasks, Buy products, below the search bar. It will first reach Google’s ‘app’ for iOS in the United States in English.
Along with these new things, Google has introduced a new search experience. One of them makes consulting easier, because when a user writes, keywords or topics appear that can help him determine results.
Browsing through search results will highlight specific topics, such as cities, Stories and short videos shared by other users on the web digging for information.
To investigate what users want to find in their search, the company will allow them to search for topics that appear as suggestions, add or remove them. And the format in which the results are presented will be expanded, either text, image or video.
Shopping
With regard to purchasing, the company will introduce in 3D object finder, starting with footwear, although the goal is to expand it to more products. This will allow you to see a particular shoe model from a different angle before buying it, because the shoe rotates. Rotation can also be achieved from a set of photos.
For “complex” purchases, the company has made Shopping guide, which collects the most important information for making decisions. And to narrow the results, page filters will be dynamic, changing in real time with trends.
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