Google brings Tango augmented reality to museums
 

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Google’s augmented reality platform, Tango, is set to appear in museums later this year for visitors to interact with a variety of exhibitions and cultural artifacts using their smartphones, according to the company’s latest blog post.

The first museum to partner with Google’s augmented reality initiative will be the Detroit Institute of Arts, which has just created a mobile tour called Lumin that uses AR interactivity in Tango to provide guests with information on a variety of ancient history displays. One example includes using an AR overlay to render X-ray-like view of an Ancient Egyptian mummy and sarcophagus, allowing visitors to take a peek at the skeleton and various bandages. Another example is the six-story Ishtar Gate from Ancient Babylonia, where using a composited AR overlay will enable visitors to see the museum’s 3 by 4-foot museum piece fitted into a digital rendering of the Walls of Babylon, one of the original seven wonders of the world.

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