TechnologY

Bring your favourite animals & birds to ‘life’ using your phone

By: Shaurya Shubham

Date: August 28, 2024

Google added 3D and AR experience to Search that allows users to view their favourite animals, birds and objects in 3D and Augmented Reality when users search something.

Google AR

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To view 3D results: An Android phone with Android 7 and up and to interact with 3D results in AR: An Android phone that supports ARCore.

What you need

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Open www.google.com or Google app on your phone.

Access Google

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Search for an animal or bird by entering their name in the search field.

Search

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Search for an animal or bird by entering their name in the search field.

Look for 3D result option

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Tap on the box to open the 3D view and then choose “View in your space” option

Open the 3D view

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To bring the searched animal or bird into your space using the AR, focus your phone’s camera on an empty and plane surface.

Viewing in your space

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You can also interact with it, resize, rotate and even hear their voices.

Interact

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Land animals: Tiger, giant panda, leopard, goat, cheetah, pony, brown bear, timber wolf, Shetland pony, python, Arabian horse, raccoon, hedgehog, and deer.

Supported animals

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Macaw, emperor penguin, and eagle

Supported birds

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