Google cloud anchors are the special type of anchors where one can keep on with the AR experience.
What is AR?
Augmented Reality(AR) is an communal environment which brings to the user the real-time experience of the objects surrounding him/her.
In AR core the objects seem to move away from the position that a user is actually viewing..
Anchor creates a illusion to the user where the object at a place can be seen at the same position without any disturbance like in reality we see.
Why use cloud anchors?
By using cloud anchors a user can create layers of information and anchor the location which will not only provide information to user at a time but will give access to multiple users across different devices at a single time.
The cloud anchors are available in both android and IOS which will make it more easy to connect to the digital content from any compatible device.
Now let us see how this cloud anchor works?
Let us see how do anchors work:
An anchor as defined above is an illusion created to the user where one can experience the real time world with just a overview of the surrounding with just a Android or IOS camera.
From the above reference that in AR the objects seem to move away from the location but in anchor one can have a glance at a site of the objects without any drifting or moving away..
Let us have a look at some of the real time examples in our day to day life:
For example: You wanted to have a washing machine in your balcony then the elements we need to make out is to have enough space to fit the machine.
So here as we having the trouble of finding an appropriate place we can make use of the anchor where we need to just open the anchor app and scan the environment which will provide us a rough idea to place the machine.
Or say you wanted to locate to a railway station and not finding an accurate map to locate to the station with the help of anchors you can just have a real time scan of the place which gives a best route to the railway station with the real time objects which appear on the phone.