【Martial arts Archives】

A crustacean with scores of tiny eyes could Martial arts Archivesbe your newest houseguest — in augmented reality, at least.

Google Arts & Culture released new AR offerings in its free app (for both iPhone and Android) Tuesday that allow users to visualize "ancient creatures" wherever you look through your smart phone. One such visitor is the Cambropachycope, a ten-limbed, lobster-like creature with one large eye made up of many other tiny eyes that scientists were able to visually reconstruct thanks to fossils. It looks like a cousin of the blast-ended skrewt come to life, and it's pretty delightful to envision certain furry housemates interacting with these cute old monsters.

Who the heck is this guy?! Credit: rachel kraus / mashable Ok fine, I guess he can stay. Credit: rachel kraus / mashable

Google Arts & Culture is Google's online portal dedicated to showcasing artifacts and experiences from the worlds of art and science. It serves as an enormous repository for online, digitized art collections. Some of its previous app experiences have allowed users to explore archaeological ruins or museums in VR, or even find a painting that best matches your selfie (a feature that was unfortunately a bit racially insensitive).

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

---

You May Also Like

---

---

The new explorations come thanks to partnerships with Moscow’s State Darwin Museum and London’s Natural History Museum. These AR overlays also include two other creepy-cool ancient marine animals, and the skeleton of a blue whale, which usually occupies London's Natural History Museum. Since a lot of the world can't visit museums these days, AR offers one way you can check out these artifacts from the safety of your home.

Finally, some shade! Credit: rachel kraus / mashable

Some other AR visualizations in the app include sculptures from ages past, or, more recently, the Apollo 11 command module.

AR may not be able to replicate the awe of seeing centuries-old fossils and sculptures in person, but being able to visualize these objects and creatures in your own home is fun and worthwhile on its own. You might just learn something, and have fun pestering your dog or cat in the process.

Topics Augmented Reality Virtual Reality

• Science
• Social Good
• Life
• Entertainment
• Deals
• Games
• Shopping
• Digital Culture

• The Baffler’s May Day Round Up
• Puppy swallows a garden windmill and the X
• Newt Gingrich to Megyn Kelly on Fox News: 'You are fascinated with sex'
• A high schooler in 1993 predicted the Cubs 2016 World Series appearance
• Whale Vomit Episode 5: Startup Monarchy
• 25 lessons on leadership your business can’t live without
• Microsoft announces a super sleek and powerful all
• Complaints of racism against 'white males' in ad rejected
• Best Apple deal: Save $19 on AirTag 4
• A teenager is suing websites for making fun of his mullet with memes

• America's new citizens get to live in alternate reality where Obama is still president
• 'The Sims 4' now lets players visit Disney's Star Wars park in
• Very good dog jumps into water and rescues baby deer from drowning
• How much screen time is too much? What's the best educational app?
• An internet prankster is trolling Donald Trump with literal Russian ties
• Starbucks makes 'strawless' lids standard in North America
• I'm Ed Sheeran and you can all go to hell
• Portland bans facial recognition tech, despite Amazon's lobbying
• Colossal Western fires look ever more menacing, viewed from space
• Pornhub wants to teach old people how to have safe sex

• Whale Vomit Episode 5: Startup Monarchy
• These DIY Halloween costumes bring your sci
• Hillary Clinton is holding her election party under a literal glass ceiling
• 3D emoji are coming to Microsoft's new Paint 3D
• New MIT report reveals energy costs of AI tools like ChatGPT
• MoMA acquires latest masterpieces: The world's first emoji
• Microsoft introduces Arena, a custom tournament creator for Xbox One and PC
• Apple bets on Reliance Jio as iPhone sales in India increase 50%
• The Best Gaming Concept Art of 2016
• It's 2016 but a Singaporean TV show put an actor in blackface

• The 10 Most Anticipated PC Games of 2016
• New photos reveal widespread devastation of Great Barrier Reef
• Apple bets on Reliance Jio as iPhone sales in India increase 50%
• Facebook's experimental app uses AI to turn live video into fine art
• Is it 'Thunderbolts*' or *The New Avengers'?
• It's 2016 but a Singaporean TV show put an actor in blackface
• Twitch should be worried about Game Broadcasting for Windows 10
• A high schooler in 1993 predicted the Cubs 2016 World Series appearance
• NYT mini crossword answers for May 12, 2025
• Samsung Pay gets in