Google unveiled a new phone with a built in 3D scanner that can build a map of any location, offering the user precise indoor navigation.

Titled Project Tango, the phone acts similarly to devices like Microsoft's Kinect scanner for the Xbox. A 5-inch prototype of the phone comes with several positioning scanners that allow Project Tango "to make over a quarter million 3D measurements every second," Google said in its Thursday announcement, according to The Guardian. The phone then creates a map of the user's surroundings.

"What if you could capture the dimensions of your home simply by walking around with your phone before you went furniture shopping?" Google said, the Daily Mail reported. "What if directions to a new location didn't stop at the street address? What if you never again found yourself lost in a new building?"

A team from Motorola's ATAP division, which recently joined Google, spent a year creating Project Tango, the Daily Mail reported.

"Project Tango strives to give mobile devices a human-like understanding of space and motion through advanced sensor fusion and computer vision, enabling new and enhanced types of user experiences," said Johnny Lee, lead technician of the project, the Daily Mail reported.

Google intends to sell the technology to outside developers hoping they will use it to create games and applications, The Guardian reported. Developers can chose one prototype from 200 development kits, The Guardian reported.

"Imagine playing hide-and seek in your house with your favorite game character, or transforming the hallways into a tree-lined path," Google said, the Daily Mail reported. "Imagine competing against a friend for control over territories in your home with your own miniature army, or hiding secret virtual treasures in physical places around the world?"