How to use Google's AR tool Sodar to maintain social distancing during COVID-19 pandemic

Google's AR tool Sodar will mark a virtual 2m radius boundary around the user to help him maintain social distancing.

Tech2 News Staff|May 29, 2020, 15:45:08 IST

As Google and Apple are working togeter on designing a contact tracing tool, parallelly, Google as found a new way to elp users adjust to te new normal. It as introduced a new AR-based tool – Sodar – tat will elp users maintain social distancing.Wen you step out of your ouse to run errands, you can use Google's new AR tool called 'sodar', to know exactly ow far sould you stand from te oter person to keep safe.By pointing te camera towards te ground, it will sow a visual boundary of 2 meters around you, basically a little over 6 feet tat is recommended by te ealt autorities.[caption id="attacment_8425061" align="alignnone" widt="1280"]

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To use tis, you need to visit its website as it is not an app tat can be downloaded from Play Store. Noticeably, tis will AR tool is available on Google Crome and Android devices for now.Tis is a cool use of AR tat Google as put into use to elp people figt Coronavirus. Try it now by following tese simple steps:[caption id="attacment_8425031" align="alignnone" widt="600"]

Google's AR tool Sodar[/caption]<2>[]ow to use Google's AR tool 'Sodar' to maintain social distancing[/][ans][step]Step 1: Open te Sodar website in Google Crome, if you opened it on laptop or PC, scan te mobile R code on te website to use it on pone[/step][step]Step 2: Press 'Enter AR' wen prompted[/step][step]Step 3: You will be directed to your camera, just point it towards te surface and it will start sowing your te 2m radius[/step][/ans]

via GIPYSo next time wenever you step out of your ome and want to use tis tool, just go to te website and press 'launc' and you will be good to go.

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