Unlocked Asus ZenFone AR with Tango and Daydream support goes $100 off to $499

No longer sold through Verizon with CDMA support, the Google Tango and Daydream-powered Asus ZenFone AR can still be purchased unlocked for GSM use starting at an all-time low price of $499.

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Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Video Review: More than just Tango?

It’s a huge phone.

Lenovo is partnering with Google, using the Phab 2 Pro as a showcase platform for some exciting new Augmented Reality technology. Google’s Tango system allows developers to add artificial elements to the real world for gaming, or to better interact with objects in space to track movement or measure distances, all while the phone can track and remember its own location in a room in real time. It’s like holding a piece of the future.

This is a bleeding edge feature, but does the rest of this hardware hold up under normal use. A 6.4″ display is an odd screen size to be found in North America. The mid-range chipset is capable, and we’re happy to see plenty of storage, but a $499.99 price tag is pretty far outside this being an impulse purchase. Buying this beast of a gadget, does it fulfill the role of being a daily driver phone, or should Lenovo’s option here be considered another companion device to a proper “normal” smartphone.

Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Video Review: More than just Tango?

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Lenovo Phab 2 Pro with Google Tango: Augmented Reality is Rad

There’s a reason this phone is so big. There are a crazy number of cameras and sensors on the back which radically improve the phone’s ability to track objects in space and overlay features to the camera view.

Motion tracking in virtual reality is all the rage right now, but that still requires sensors and beacons to be installed in areas where you’ll be using it. VR becomes a pretty solitary experience, as you’re keeping your head and face covered. Though it’s early days for augmented reality, we can already see a lot of potential for collaborative services and games. True AR could impact nearly every app and service we currently use on our mobile devices.

It’s like holding the future, or interacting with some kind of crazy Terminator vision. Here’s our first dive into the wonders of Augmented Reality using Google’s Tango on the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro!

Lenovo Phab 2 Pro with Google Tango: Augmented Reality is Rad

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Moto Z and Z Force, Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, and Google’s Tango | Pocketnow Weekly 204

Lenovo TechWorld rocked our socks! Let’s chat about our first experiences with the Moto Z and Z Force. What is Project Tango, and what is it doing in the Phab 2 Pro? And what might Apple have in store for us at WWDC this year? Make sure you’re charged and ready for episode 204 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on June 10th (click here for your local time), or check out the high-quality audio ...

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