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Google introduces real Simone Biles to AR Simone Biles

You can see signature moves like the Olympic gymnast's balance beam routine.

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Simone Biles does a flip on a balance beam.

Watch world-class athletes like Simone Biles in AR through Google search. 

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Google wants to let you use augmented reality for visual learning and has added AR athletes to searches, the company said during the Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday. It's letting you study the moves of people like Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, soccer player Megan Rapinoe or tennis star Naomi Osaka.

It showed Biles scanning the floor of her gym and adding her AR self into the space. She also turns the AR image so it can be studied from any angle, and makes it super small so it can fit in any space.

"This is very accurate," the gymnast says. "I see all the details I need to get back in the gym and work on."

Watch this: Watch Simone Biles interact with AR Simone Biles