Go google action ar app joins the notorious cemetery

Google is not one to one to “retire” applications, services and products, sometimes with little notice. It’s true for products that cost Google a lot of money, as well as some products that make Google money, it’s even more true for those who do not do it. Applications come and go, regardless of their importance or importance, and one of the most recent starts is the measurement, one of Google’s first mobile apps and the one that used to highlight Its AR technology before becoming one thing.

Google may have been one of the first to push the idea of ​​using phones for AR and VR, but these can now become footnotes in history. A half-decade ago, Google and Lenovo have tried so much to push the idea that has then been called Tango project in some commercial products, including a gigantic phone and a tablet. It is all in the past now, others than one of the first applications of the Tango project.

The measure did exactly what his name says, or at least tried. Using only phone cameras and AI magic, users would be able to draw lines in the camera viewfinder to measure objects. As it may seem magical, it has not always worked precisely but could at least propose approximate estimates when an appropriate measure was not available.

Although it is still registered on Google’s AR and VR experiment site, the application of the AR measure no longer exists on Google Play Store. The application will always work for those who have always installed it but you will not be able to find it or even reinstall it if you have deleted it before. For all useful purposes, this piece of Google’s Go’s story is now left.

Of course, it is not incharectist for Google to pull the sheet on applications, especially minor applications such as the measurement. Google always has other AR experiences available and seems to be betting on WebXR as the way forward. Given how it was incompatible in the VR and AR commitments, however, silent movements like this may not exactly inspire confidence.