Amazing Things That Are Now in Your Phone and Mobile Devices

The last article we published about indoor navigation got me researching more about Google’s Project Tango. During the 2017 Google I/O, Google further demonstrated how Tango-enabled smartphones can now guide you to a particular shop or location indoors, using the combination of real-time 3D sensing and more comprehensive maps.It is amazing to think that in a year’s time, we will have more Tango-enabled phones helping us enjoy a more immersive smartphone experience in many ways. In fact, smartphones have gotten so advanced that there are a number of amazing things that can now be done using nothing but your phone.

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Advanced Mobile Gaming

Mobile gaming has never really been my thing. While there are several interesting mobile games that will keep players entertained while waiting in line or having a nice cup of coffee at a local coffee shop, Android and iOS don’t really have that many ‘serious’ mobile game franchises or titles. The release of Pokémon Go, however, changed the landscape completely.

Augmented Reality and the multiplayer gaming experience are the future of mobile gaming. The smartphones we have today are more than capable of handling heavier, 3D-intensive games while offering better connectivity options to allow for seamless multiplayer. Imagine playing titles such as Watch Dogs while actually walking around and interacting with other players in real life; how incredible would that be?

An Entire Business in Your Pocket

Smartphones are also there to help with productivity. I know a lot of startup founders and business owners who use nothing but their phone or tablet to manage the day-to-day operations of their companies. As smartphones become more capable of crunching data and running heavier apps, more business solutions are made available as well.

We have top names such as SAP bringing their comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to smartphones and tablets. SAP even has Mobile SAP with Fiori, which also integrates seamlessly with wearables. This means you can stay connected and monitor every part of your company’s operations through notifications on your smartwatch.

Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality or AR is only a part of what today’s smartphones offer. Virtual Reality or VR is the other half of that equation. Thanks to better processing power of SoCs such as the new Snapdragon 835, smartphones can now be used as standalone VR devices. You only need a VR kit that works well with your phone.

There is more VR content to access too. Do you want to know how thrilling skydiving really is? Simply load up the VR content and you will be 12,000 feet above ground in an instant. Want to explore a haunted mansion and experience horror in first-person? This is possible too.

All of these features are just the beginning. Smartphones and the technologies surrounding themare advancing at an incredible rate. If the Google I/O told us anything, it is that we are looking at a very bright future, where the AI-based assistants in our smartphones can do so much more and the sensors and connectivity modules of tomorrow will provide a more immersive, seamless smartphone user experience.