Being Everywhere
Google is looking to add new features as well, including 3-D technologies for mobile phones and tablets. The effort, called Project Tango, will be included in a device from LG Electronics Inc. next year, Johnny Lee, technical project lead for the group at Google, said at the i/o conference today. The technologies can help users easily render 3-D images of a home and also offer new opportunities for games and other applications, he said.
“With Apple already in the TV and car space and rumored to be attacking wearables, Google doesn’t want developers to have any excuse to choose Apple’s ecosystem over Android,” Carl Howe, an analyst with the Yankee Group, wrote in an e-mail. “Therefore, Google wants to ensure that it is in all those places too.”