How to view 3D animal images using Google 3D animals and AR Object in real environment

Google 3D animals and AR Objects are features AR (augmented reality) Google's 3D animals app allows mobile devices to view 3D animals and objects in real life. With just a smartphone and Chrome browser, you will see the animal displayed right in your home. You can also interact with the animal like a pet in the house. This article will guide you how to use Google 3D animals to view 3D images of animals using AR.

How Google 3D animals work

The feature will use the device's camera to scan the surrounding environment, creating the desired animal shape right before your eyes. This is also a way for you to see the real size of species such as: Penguins, Crocodiles, Eagles, etc., which are usually only seen in movies and zoos. A very good thing for adults to let children imagine what the real size of wild animals will look like.

It's easy to find which animals support 3D viewing with Google 3D animals. Google shows search results for 3D animals and other AR objects right at the top of the search results page.

For example: Searching for “tiger” will bring up a Tiger Knowledge Panel. These panels are often displayed for movies, celebrities, and other topics. In the case of a 3D animal through Google, you’ll see an overview of what the animal is, a few images of the animal, and a section with a note that says “Meet a life-sized tiger up close” and a “View in 3D” button.

You need wait 5-10 seconds so that the Camera can scan the surrounding scene, and display the 3D animal on the phone screen.

When the animal is displayed, you can zoom in and out by using your fingers to zoom in on the animal. You can drag the animal to another position to fit the floor. In particular, you can view it in 3D space: height, depth, length and the entire surrounding area of ​​the animal being displayed.

List Keywords animal and object 3D support you see at the end of the article!!!

Google 3D Animals supported devices

Google 3D Animals supports almost all current Smartphones. Unfortunately, AR mode is not supported on desktop or laptop computers because it depends on the Camera and hardware. Instead, you will need a supported smartphone to view these objects.

The good news? Most modern smartphones are support ! To see AR objects in Google Search, you'll need:

• Android smartphone or tablet: Android 7.0 or later with Google Play Store pre-installed and Google Play Services for AR app installed
• iPhone/iPad: iOS 11.0 or later
• Software: Google Chrome latest version

Covers most popular smartphones including Samsung Galaxy S8/S9/S10/S20, Note 8/9/10, any Google Pixel smartphone, and other Android devices from LG, Motorola, and other brands. For Apple devices, iPhone 6S, 7, 8, X, and 11 are supported as well as most iPads.

If you're not sure whether Google 3D Animals and AR objects are supported on your phone, go to Google and search for Chrome and type the name of the object you want to display in 3D. If there is a “View in 3D” button, the phone supports it, otherwise it does not.

List of devices supporting ARCore

Here is the list of devices that support Google 3D Animals updated as of March 29, 2020

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List of animals viewable with Google 3D animals

Are you looking for animals that can be viewed in 3D in real life with Google 3D animals? Unfortunately, Google does not support 100% of the animals on earth. But currently the list of animals that support viewing in 3D space is quite long. Enough for you to introduce your children, siblings, and students to these animals right in your classroom or home.

Type the name of the animal you are looking for below into the Google Chrome browser on your phone:

• Alligator – crocodile
• Angler fish – angler fish
• Ball python – python
• Brown bear – bear
• Cat – cat
• Cheetah – leopard
• Deer – deer
• Dog – dog
  • Bulldog
  • Pomeranian
  • Labrador Retriever
  • Pug
  • Rottweiler
• Duck – duck
• Eagle – eagle
• Emperor penguin – emperor penguin
• Giant panda – giant panda
• Goat
• Hedgehog – hedgehog
• Horse – horse
• Leopard – leopard
• Lion – lion
• Macaw – parrot
• Octopus – octopus
• Racoon – raccoon
• Shark – shark
• Shetland pony – Shetland horse
• Snake – snake
• Tiger – tiger
• Turtle – turtle
• Wolf – wolf

List of AR Objects viewable with Google 3D

AR Objects are augmented reality objects that Google 3D supports viewing on phones. Similar to Google 3D animals, AR Objects help display objects that need to be viewed in real environments. To do this, Google partners with a number of websites and brands to display products, furniture, and even human bodies in 3D.

Type in the keyword you want to find the object to view in 3D mode, for example: Human skeleton. Click on “View in 3D mode”, hold the camera still for about 5-10 seconds for Google to create an AR image.

Wait a moment and you will see the skeleton appear, if not, just rotate the camera in all directions to find it. Then zoom in to the size you want to see.

You can search for AR Objects and view them using Google Chrome to see them appear right in front of your eyes.

• Human skeleton – human bones
• NASA objects – Planets
  • Mercury – Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth – earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Neptune
  • Uranus
  • Pluto

Note that Google Search AR Objects are often not found at the top of search results. You have to scroll down a few search results to find “View in 3D”. Sometimes it doesn’t appear in search at all. Maybe Google doesn’t care much about this issue.

Video tutorial to create 3D animals using Google Chrome