Google Unveils VPS

by | May 18, 2017 | Technology | 0 comments

Image Copied on 2017-05-18 at 11.20 AM.pngThe idea of being able to walk up to a store and pull up on your smartphone exactly where to find that specific peanut butter from a grocery store or specific ink cartridge from an office supply store is finally becoming a reality.  Get used to the term VPS, short for “Visual Positioning Service”. Clay Bavor, VP of VR for Google talked about the new technology which will send shockwaves across the mobile industry!

Image Copied on 2017-05-18 at 12.29 PM.pngI can’t help but think of the scene from The Dark Knight where Batman creates/uses a mobile phone-based surveillance system to visualize the entire city of Gotham… https://youtu.be/fTpf7mo8voE

Read More about Google’s VPS: Google I/O: Google Unveils VPS – Indoor Navigation Through AR

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