Asus’ ZenFone AR has #google’s augmented and #virtualreality baked in — but not combined
January 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Asus phone leaked earlier this week is now an official product: the ZenFone AR, which puts virtual and augmented reality center stage. The ZenFone AR is the first phone to support both Tango — Google’s mobile augmented reality platform — and Google’s Android-based Daydream VR platform. It’s also only the second phone to integrate Tango, after the Lenovo Phab Pro.
The ZenFone AR uses a Snapdragon 821 processor that’s supposedly optimized for Tango, as well as 6GB of RAM. It runs Android 7.0 Nougat on a 5.7-inch 1440 x 2560 Super AMOLED screen, and it supports Tango’s AR capabilities with a 23-megapixel main camera, a motion tracking camera, and a depth sensing camera, all arranged on the back of the phone. It will be released in the…
