The Lenovo Tech World 2016: A Look at the Lenovo Fab 2 Pro and Project Tango

At the Lenovo Tech World 2016, held in San Francisco, Lenovo made an exciting announcement that would change the smartphone game forever. The company unveiled the Lenovo Fab 2 Pro, which they claim is the world's first Tango-enabled smartphone. This special smartphone was designed with a specific purpose in mind, making it ideal for people who require precise measurements and spatial awareness.

The Lenovo Fab 2 Pro boasts an impressive 6.4-inch screen, powered by the Snapdragon 652 chipset. It comes equipped with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage, running on Android. While these specs are not uncommon in modern smartphones, the phone's true uniqueness lies in its Tango-enabled features.

Tango is a technology developed by Google that allows for depth sensing and 3D space mapping. The Lenovo Fab 2 Pro comes equipped with two additional cameras that enable this functionality. These cameras allow users to sense their surroundings, measuring distances and understanding spatial relationships. When combined with the phone's display and processing power, Tango enables an augmented reality experience like no other.

To illustrate the potential of Project Tango, a demo was provided by Lenovo. The demo showcased the ability to measure spaces using the phone's camera, eliminating the need for traditional methods such as using a measuring tape or piece of paper. For example, users could open the camera app and click on an area to measure it, allowing them to visualize their surroundings in a new and innovative way.

The demo also demonstrated the potential for augmented reality experiences in real-world applications. Using the phone's Tango capabilities, users could place virtual objects on top of real-world environments, such as furniture or flooring. This allowed users to interact with these virtual objects in 3D space, providing a more immersive experience than traditional flat-screen displays.

One notable example from the demo was the measurement of a wooden floor. The user began by clicking on an area of the floor to measure it, and then used the phone's camera to visualize the result. Once satisfied with the measurement, they could use the phone to place virtual furniture on top of the floor, allowing them to see how it would look in real-time.

The Lenovo Fab 2 Pro is not just a futuristic concept; it has real-world applications for professionals such as architects and interior designers. These individuals require precise measurements and spatial awareness to design and create functional spaces. With the Tango-enabled features of this phone, they can now achieve these tasks with unprecedented ease and accuracy.

While the Lenovo Fab 2 Pro may not be ideal for generic or normal use cases, its unique capabilities make it an attractive option for those who require precise measurement and spatial awareness. The phone's massive 6.4-inch screen size also sets it apart from other smartphones on the market.

The Lenovo Fab 2 Pro is set to be sold in the US market for $500. For those interested in experiencing the future of smartphone technology, this device promises to deliver unparalleled capabilities and a new level of innovation.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enat the Lenovo Tech World 2016 which was in San Francisco uh Lenovo also announced this Fab 2 Pro which they say is the world's first Tango enabled smartphone and this is sort of a special smartphone I would say this is not an ordinary smartphone moving to the specs it has that massive 6.4in screen it is powered by the Snapdragon 652 chipset it has 4 GB of RAM 64 GB of internal storage and as you can see it runs on Android but this is a special phone I feel this is not an ordinary phone and this might be ideal for people who are Architects interior designers and stuff and the Lenovo guys actually gave me a demo so let me actually playback that demo to give you an idea about this Smartphone so basically this is a Tango enabled device right here what it means is that it comes along with u two additional cameras on your phone and these cameras allow you to sense 3D space depth sensing and St it lets you understand the geometry of the space and also helps you understand how the device is moving in space so when you combine these two things together you can start overlaying virtual objects on top of the real world okay and once you over virtual objects in the real world you can get an augmented reality experience yeah so as as a very simple example uh if you were in the market to buy a a carpet for yourself or for your house and you need need to know how much carpet area do I need to need to cover so today it involves a measuring tape going around corners taking measurements a piece of paper but with the Tang device all you need to do is open up your camera click to the area that you want to measure Okay click so you're basically measuring it yeah click so you can easily measure up stuff and I feel this is great for designers or interior designers and here they gave me an demo of this low app this what's sort of interesting in my op so let's see I want to replace this with like wood wood yeah wooden thing here wood flooring okay I want to do the flooring first let's just so they just measure up again and just place the flooring over there and then on top of this you can start putting I'm not I'm done with the floor I want to see what furniture looks like Okay so let's put this this chair in here this chair the chair shows up here oh cool and this is like a life siiz chair proper it's at scale it's not like just putting a sticker on your okay and so you can actually move around the stair okay got it to see how the stair looks like you can get closer sure to see the texture move back and take a picture of it before you actually so before buying it you know exactly how it looks you do not have buyers remor so basically that was a very interesting demo of Project Tango and the possibilities that are available with the same I don't think so this phone is ideal for just generic normal use but people like Architects interior designers can really take advantage and the possibilities with Tango again it's a very huge phone it sports that 6.4 in screen size hence it's actually really big so that's it for now for this first look at this uh Lenovo Fab 2 Pro which is the first Tango phone it'll be sold for US $500 thanks for for watching this is ranit and I hope to see you in my next videoat the Lenovo Tech World 2016 which was in San Francisco uh Lenovo also announced this Fab 2 Pro which they say is the world's first Tango enabled smartphone and this is sort of a special smartphone I would say this is not an ordinary smartphone moving to the specs it has that massive 6.4in screen it is powered by the Snapdragon 652 chipset it has 4 GB of RAM 64 GB of internal storage and as you can see it runs on Android but this is a special phone I feel this is not an ordinary phone and this might be ideal for people who are Architects interior designers and stuff and the Lenovo guys actually gave me a demo so let me actually playback that demo to give you an idea about this Smartphone so basically this is a Tango enabled device right here what it means is that it comes along with u two additional cameras on your phone and these cameras allow you to sense 3D space depth sensing and St it lets you understand the geometry of the space and also helps you understand how the device is moving in space so when you combine these two things together you can start overlaying virtual objects on top of the real world okay and once you over virtual objects in the real world you can get an augmented reality experience yeah so as as a very simple example uh if you were in the market to buy a a carpet for yourself or for your house and you need need to know how much carpet area do I need to need to cover so today it involves a measuring tape going around corners taking measurements a piece of paper but with the Tang device all you need to do is open up your camera click to the area that you want to measure Okay click so you're basically measuring it yeah click so you can easily measure up stuff and I feel this is great for designers or interior designers and here they gave me an demo of this low app this what's sort of interesting in my op so let's see I want to replace this with like wood wood yeah wooden thing here wood flooring okay I want to do the flooring first let's just so they just measure up again and just place the flooring over there and then on top of this you can start putting I'm not I'm done with the floor I want to see what furniture looks like Okay so let's put this this chair in here this chair the chair shows up here oh cool and this is like a life siiz chair proper it's at scale it's not like just putting a sticker on your okay and so you can actually move around the stair okay got it to see how the stair looks like you can get closer sure to see the texture move back and take a picture of it before you actually so before buying it you know exactly how it looks you do not have buyers remor so basically that was a very interesting demo of Project Tango and the possibilities that are available with the same I don't think so this phone is ideal for just generic normal use but people like Architects interior designers can really take advantage and the possibilities with Tango again it's a very huge phone it sports that 6.4 in screen size hence it's actually really big so that's it for now for this first look at this uh Lenovo Fab 2 Pro which is the first Tango phone it'll be sold for US $500 thanks for for watching this is ranit and I hope to see you in my next video\n"