Google Sodar is an AR tool to help you keep the required social distance due to the coronavirus pandemic.
People who are waiting and want to maintain the social safety distance of two meters, due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic can easily see if they keep these distances with the help of Google and Sodar.
Google has a new augmented reality (AR) tool that can help you follow toyw social distance rules when you need to get out of your home. This is an experimental project called Sodar that creates a two-meter radius ring around you through your phone screen. The purpose of the tool is to give you a way to visualize how far the two meters should be and to adapt to the new environment as the quarantine has already ended.
Sodar is not a standalone application and does not need to be installed to work. To use it, you just have to visit his website. However, it will only work with Chrome on Android devices, and some Android devices may not be compatible.
Sodar - use WebXR to help visualize social distancing guidelines in your environment. Using Sodar on supported mobile devices, create an augmented reality two meter radius ring around you. #hacktohelp https://t.co/Bu78QrEN9f pic.twitter.com/kufatNFDQk
— Google Labs (@GoogleLabs) May 28, 2020
If you have worked with any of the Google AR projects on your device, then your phone is likely to display the Sodar Virtual Social Distance Index.
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