What can you do with the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro and Tango AR at launch?

Alongside the launch of the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro yesterday, Google officially launched its Tango AR platform with 35 apps and games, which should grow in number in the coming weeks. The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is the world’s first Tango-enabled smartphone, capable of mapping your surroundings in 3D through Google’s new augmented reality platform via a plethora of sensors, cameras, and other impressive tech. But what can you do with Lenovo’s 6.4-inch phablet if you got it right now? Stay tuned to find out.

The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is currently the only Tango-enabled device on the market, meaning that if you want to experience Google’s futuristic vision of mixed reality home redecorating and playing with dinosaurs, you have to own Lenovo’s new phablet. Still, even if you don’t, it should be interesting to take a more detailed look at what the ambitious new platform has to offer at launch. With that said, here are some of the more interesting Tango AR experiences available right now:

Solar Simulator

Want to turn your living room into a scaled-down version of our Solar System? Well, then Solar Simulator should be just right up your alley! Once booted, the app asks you to “place” the Sun at one end of the room — yes, this is done by actually walking to where you want to the Sun to be and tapping the screen — and then “place” Neptune in the farthest end of the room, as it is the planet farthest from the Sun. The application then automatically scales the Solar System to fit inside the room by using magic Phab 2 Pro’s depth perception and motion-tracking sensors to convincingly superimpose the virtual space over the real one. Then you can freely walk around a scaled-down version of our Solar System, and yes, you can choose not to have a “space” background, leaving the planets hanging against the backdrop of your room. How cool is that?