The new Google 3D Animals feature will let you experience the Zoo into your home. Amid of coronavirus, Google came up with its 3D animal feature through which you can watch wild animals up close. In this lockdown boredom, the children and the parents are loving this feature. The children can learn about their favorite animals and can watch them closely in their own space by staying indoors.
What are Google 3D animals?
3D animals here stand for a 3-dimensional view. The Google 3D animal feature will allow the device to create the 3D creature into your phone’s screen. Through the AR feature, users can see an animal in real-time for example in the living room. The user can change the size of the animal as well as capture an image or a video also.
How to view 3D animals on Google?
Follow the easy steps to view 3D animals on Google
Step 1: To use the 3D animal feature, you will need to Google an animal, for example, “Tiger”.
Step 2: Google will display the Wikipedia result under which you will be able to see a box written: “Meet a life-sized tiger up close”.
Step 3: Click the “view in 3D” button.
Step 4: This will take you to the page where you can see a 3D tiger 360 degrees under which you will be given an option of “view in your space”.
Step 5: Click the “view in your space” to see the tiger in your surroundings.
For this, you will need to enable the camera permission for Google on your device to access your camera. The camera will insert the lion in your space.
Which animals support the 3D feature?
This feature works with a variety of animals. This feature is getting popular as people are at home in isolation period. One can simply Google and can experience a huge 3D animal in their living room.
List of some animals that support this feature
Giant Panda
Lion
Tiger
Snakes
Eagle
Brown Bear
Angler fish
Wolf
Goat
Emperor penguin
Hedgehog
Duck
Cheetah
Shark
Pug
Octopus
Cat
Turtle
Dog
Alligator
Horse
Shetland pony
Macaw
The list is endless.
How it is beneficial for kids?
The kids are at home because of the 21-day lockdown. The schools are also shut because of lockdown, so they are informing about this feature to the parents. The feature will let children learn about animals and their behavior.
What is AR how and how it works?
AR is augmented reality. AR is different from VR. In VR, the whole artificial environment is created to replace the real one. But, AR appears in real-time of an existing environment and adds sounds, videos, and graphics to it. The AR is the ability to project 3D models onto physical things in real-time. The Google 3D animal feature is the combination of AR and VR.
What do you need to view Google 3D animals?
The interesting thing about this feature is that they are different on almost every device. To access this feature, the device should have the AR capabilities which means the desktop and laptops will not support this feature. To use this feature a smartphone and tablet should have the capability to support AR apps.
Which device will support Google 3D animals?
- Android smartphone or tablet: Android 7.0 or higher w/ pre-installed Google Play Store
- iPhone/iPad: iOS 11.0 or higher
For example- Samsung Galaxy S8/S9/S10/S20, Note 8/9/10, any Google Pixel smartphone, and other Android devices from LG, Motorola, and other brands are all equipped for Google’s AR apps. For Apple devices, iPhone 6S, 7, 8, X, and 11 are all supported as well as most iPads.
The Google 3D animal feature is an innovative concept. Through this feature, the kids will be able to learn about animals interestingly. The user can experience the rare and exotic animals in their house. The feature got popular in this lockdown. The users across the globe are using this feature and are uploading their 3D animal’s pictures or videos on social media. The launch of this feature in lockdown is the new source of entertainment for people around the world. As someone who is obsessed with wildlife and loves animals, but doesn’t have any of their own, will love this feature.
After this feature, the people are looking forward that what’s next the Google will launch or will add to this feature. Google always amaze the world with their innovative ideas.
