Asus to launch ZenFone AR which brings Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in one device

May 20, 2017, 9:29 a.m. By: Pranjal Kumar

Asus ZenFone AR

Asus is about to launch a new phone this summer that is going to use both augmented reality and virtual reality. This will be world’s first phone that will have both Google Tango and Daydream.

This device will be available on Verizon in United states.

Asus made this massive announcement at Google I/O 2017.

This device will come with Android 7.0 Nougat OS with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

Asus developed this device in close corporation with Google so that it could use both Google Tango and Daydream services.

ZenFone AR will use Tango for three functions that are motion tracking, area learning, and depth tracking. This will enable the device to detect how far it is from any object and where it is moving in 3-D space.

ZenFone device will have WQHD screen of dimension 1440*2560 which will be supported by Super AMOLED technology. This will enhance the 3-D effect of the screen.

Let’s see some of the configurations of ZenFone AR.

  1. It will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor.

  2. The device will have 6 GB of RAM and an Adreno 530 GPU.

  3. The audio system will support DTS virtual sound and Hi-Res Audio.

  4. It will have ASUS PixelMaster 3.0 camera system and world’s highest resolution Sony IMX318 sensor with Tritech Autofocus system.

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