Google Plans to Map the Interior World in 3-D
- Tango to give phones new sense of their immediate surroundings
- Project is crucial part of Google's virtual reality efforts
A Google Maps display of Washington D.C.
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Google already maps the world, but the internet giant has bigger plans for its next location-based technology.
The Alphabet Inc. unit wants to digitally map the interiors of buildings in 3-D down to a resolution of a few inches, and make money in virtual reality along the way, through a project named Tango.