Google Maps Is Getting Augmented Reality Directions And Recommendation Features

Machine learning now gives you a version of the internet tailored to fit your specific needs and wants. Google’s been beating that drum for years, but the vision manifested itself in fresh, in an overhauled Google Maps app revealed during the company’s I/O keynote.


Google Maps will be updated with a new personalised "For You" section that offers up recommendations based on your interests. The Maps app is gaining a dedicated "For You" tab that is designed to "tell you what you need to know about the neighbourhoods you care about." It will feature new restaurants opening nearby, trending spots, and more, based on places you"ve rated and places you"ve visited


For You will be accompanied by a new "Match Score" that predicts which restaurants you"re most likely to prefer based on your personal preferences, which is designed to help you to choose between multiple restaurant suggestions.



The score is generated by utilising Machine Learning and outlines the reasons explaining why it thinks you’d enjoy that place such as ‘you enjoy Greek food’ and it’s similar to another restaurant you’ve visited and liked, as well as giving you the score.

In order to facilitate making plans with others, Google Maps is gaining a feature that will let you long press on any restaurant or location to add it to a shortlist that can be shared with friends to get their input. Once shared, your friends can add additional suggestions to the list and vote on the place they"d most like to visit to find a group favourite.


Google showed off its new features for Google Maps at I/O conference. Features which include a redesigned Explore interface, that make Google Maps better at being your local guide. A feature known as an augmented reality Street View mode which help show you directions in real time, along with personalised recommendations to help you discover places in your neighbourhood.


The new AR features combine Google’s existing Street View and Maps data with a live feed from your phone’s camera to overlay walking directions on top of the real world and help you figure out which way you need to go. It’s a lot like the promises Google had made with the original version of Google Glass, except without the need for wearing an additional AR headset.


The new AR view will overlay your Google Maps navigation directions over the camera view, showing directions, street names and even overlaying business names and information cards about them. Google has also been toying with a new animated ‘Guide’ to help you get you where you’re going.Google is also utilising VPS to take visual cues such as landmarks and features seen by the camera to improve navigation. VPS will help Maps to figure out where you are, what direction you’re currently pointed in and then help you get where you need to go.


The “For You” tab and “March score” are coming to Maps on Android and iOS  few months from now,  but Google hasn’t yet announced when their AR and VPS navigation features are coming, but we’re hoping they’ll be coming soon.

- https://www.techbooky.com/google-maps-ar/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How is Technology Changing Our Definition of What It Means to Be a Human?

Image
The addition of the technology in the life of the humans has affected their lives in more ways than humans can imagine. Now the humans find it hard to even imagine their lives without the existence of the technology. Spectrum Plans are loved by the majority of the residents of the United States because of the good and consistent quality at affordable rates. Where the use of the technology has changed many things about the humans, the public is wondering how the addition of the technology in everyday life of the humans has changed the definition of humans. The debate has been going on different social media platforms for a long time now. Here are some highlights of this hot debate. Connection and Freedom of the Speech With the help of the social media platforms, the majority of the individuals are connected to each other now even if they are living hundreds of miles away. The connection provides humans a chance to speak and share their ideologies and beliefs openly in front of the world
Read more

Microsoft Improves Office 365 Device Limits For Subscribers

Image
Microsoft’s Office 365 service has been a great deal for a long time, and it’s eventually getting better— Soon, Office 365 Home will let six users install an unlimited number of Office applications. In an announcement , recently made by Microsoft, currently the improvement for Office 365 users in which the Office 365 Home allows up to five users but now, what’s new is that Microsoft is raising this limit to six, so each Office 365 Home account gets an additional user. Office 365 is essentially a Microsoft Office subscription. While the family plan, named Office 365 Home, costs $100 per year. For that price, five (soon six) people can install the latest versions of Microsoft Office on their PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones. Each person gets 1TB of OneDrive storage too. Microsoft has made a few account changes that are taking effect immediately. After signing up for Office 365, all user accounts in your Microsoft Family will be automatically given access. You can manage your subscription
Read more

Instagram Adds Emoji Shortcuts For Quicker Comments

Image
If you can"t post comments without tossing in at least one emoji to make your feelings clear, you"ll be glad to know that Instagram has your back. After months of testing, Instagram has introduced an emoji shortcut bar on Android and iOS that offers quick access to your most-used icons when wading into a post"s comments. You won"t have to sift through your phone keyboard emoji selection when you want to send someone a heart touching emoji or tell them their new look is fire. The new shortcut bar is available in a post"s comments section. While typing a comment, you will be shown the set of your most-used emoji. Only the most-used emoji will be available in the shortcut bar. If you want to use a new emoji, you will have to sift through the keyboard manually. Now, you will also have new Superzoom effects to add to your Instagram stories. The new set includes a heart-filled fog with music, paparazzi camera flashes, fire with rock music in the background, a big re
Read more