Lenovo launches smartphone that senses spaces with 'Terminator vision'

Chinese company builds spacially aware smartphone using Google-derived Project Tango technology along with new super-skinny, modular flagship

Chinese electronics manufacturer Lenovo has become the first to put Google's Project Tango spatial awareness technology into a smartphone.

Its PHAB2 Pro range of phones all have cameras, sensors and software capable of motion tracking, depth perception and area sensing, which means it can learn and produce a 3D map of the inside of a building or space.