Google Kills Measure, its AR-based Measurement-Taking App

The latest thing to be shuttered by Google is an app. AndroidPolice blog writes: Google's AR plans have changed over the years, from the standalone Project Tango to modern web-based efforts. But it's the AR-based Measure app that's the subject of today's eulogy. The app leveraged your camera on ARCore-supported devices to (as the name suggests) measure the dimensions of stuff, and now it's being retired. Google has suspended both support and updates for Measure.

This ia as expected..

[luvirini]

As google kills almost all of its projects fast. They are well known for that.

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[Ostracus]

Android store should already have plenty of competition.

Re:This ia as expected..

[Krishnoid]

In all fairness, they were probably getting pressure from big, uh, laser rangefinder and big tape measure. You don't want to mess with those guys.

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[Anubis IV]

Seems like an odd one to kill though. iOS has a similar app with an equally bland name that I can't remember (it might even be called Measure as well), and I've found it invaluable. While it is very accurate, I likely wouldn't use it for fine measurements, but I was able to use it a few months back to measure out a flower bed's dimensions in a few seconds so I could get a decent estimate for how much fill we needed.

Of course, as we stood in the store with a cart nearly full after just 25 bags of fill materi

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[retchdog]

it is called measure on iOS. my experiences with it have been less than stellar. maybe it works better on the newer iphones with 283468156 cameras on the back.

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[Deathlizard]

And this is why Google can't startup anything anymore. Unless it's wildly successful, Google immediatly kills it and everybody knows it's what they do.

This is the #1 reason why Stadia is dead. No game developer or hardware manufacturer is going to waste time on a platform Google is going to kill off in less than three years, and no consumer is going to pay $100 for a controller that will be a brick once Google kills it off in less than three years. Everybody saw what Google did with the Daydream platform an

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[leptons]

I had no idea (as likely most people didn't) that this "measure" app even existed. I would have been using it constantly if I knew about it. Google has a problem of killing off cool things that no one uses, because nobody knows about them.

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[Halo5]

Seems like we should have a template for this that would go something like:

Google kills $x, $desc

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[bill_mcgonigle]

Most of the comments could be prepopulated too.

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[Mattcelt]

Most of the comments could be prepopulated too.

I knew you were going to say that.

Not that it's a big deal, but...

[King_TJ]

Apple still has this capability with a "Measure" app they include as part of iOS. So seems odd to me that Google would drop it, just telling people to go with third party alternatives.

Most likely it's self-preservation of sanity

[Randseed]

Most likely Google was using it to spy on people and their employees got sick of people measuring their dicks.

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[jm007]

came here with my own dick measuring joke but can't follow that one, well done

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[guacamole]

Most likely to be replaced with Lebesgue measure soon.

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[crunchygranola]

Most likely to be replaced with Lebesgue measure soon.

No difference unless said dick existed in four or higher dimensions.

I admit "your a fifth dimensional dick" has a nice ring to it as an insult.

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[retchdog]

there are one-dimensional functions that are lebesgue-integrable but not riemann-integrable, such as f(x) = 1 if x is rational, or 0 if not.

Google used the incorrect measurement

[burningcpu]

The correct calculation for (adjusted) penis length is the formula [(length x diameter) + (Weight / Girth)] / Angle of Tip 2. Don't let Big Tech oppress us! Shut them down!

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[Synonymous Cowered]

Angle of Tip 2

Why the fuck didn't somebody tell me I was supposed to have 2 tips on my penis?

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[burningcpu]

Haha. It's like the fourth hole. It exists but you've gotta believe to be able to find it.

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[crunchygranola]

But remember, the angle must be in radians.

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[Petersko]

I would use the app for that once, in the hope that they measured in CM without displaying the unit, and I could use the result as IN without context.

"Hey, I didn't lie. Let me get my dual-system tape measure!"

Google doesn't make money on phones

[insurgioFather]

Largely their income comes from data collection and ads.
They don't charge 30% for being on their store, they allow side loading and other stores.

I didn't even know they had their own AR measure app.
I use another that I am satisfied with.
I don't think this a big deal as there are options.
Losing Google groups was much bigger.

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[Actually, I do RTFA]

They don't charge 30% for being on their store,

Really? They charge me 30% of sales through their store. (Well, okay, now less because they just dropped their percentage, but the point holds even if the percentage is different.)

Google doing what it's best at

[OneHundredAndTen]

Google: the poster child for ADHD.

Obligatory link to Killed by Google

[Pierre Pants]

Another one to add to their massive collection of killed projects. https://killedbygoogle.com/ [killedbygoogle.com]

Automatic Rifle based measurement taking app?

[John.Banister]

In what reality did they think it might succeed? I suppose if the projectile made a sound whose frequency provided the speed, and also made a very distinctive sound on impact, a smartphone could listen and provide an estimate. I'd think the object being measured would suffer impact damage, though. The whole concept comes across like a lawsuit waiting to happen, so attorneys might sponsor it.

probably a smart idea.

[retchdog]

you can't get reliable and precise measurements out of shit-tier hardware with an aberrant plastic lens that calls itself "ARCore"-compatible. google probably got tired of trying to correct for quirks and support it across hundreds of poorly-documented variant models.