The camera that models the user's 3D environment in the manner of Kinect, aka Project Tango , no longer part of the experimental technology, and project the ATAP division of Google - Google entity that develops many innovation projects.
As the company 's announced on his Google+ account, the Tango project is ready to move to a new home within Google . "After two years rapid progress in the ATAP division, and numerous technical innovations, the Tango ATAP team moves to a new home within Google " , said the company.
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The Independent think that this means that Google is willing to sell its technology the Tango Project and it will be LG will make a product for consumption and the general public.
Also according to The Independent, this choice may indicate that the technology could be about to make its appearance in consumer devices. Google is said to work with LG to produce a version that people can buy, and that this year.
Many uses
For those unaware, the Tango Project is a scanner / 3D camera. It began as a concept smartphone, in which people could use their smartphone camera to map the world around them, in two three-dimensional as they wish. These cards could then be used either for augmented reality, or to model a 3D space.
The system is able to do more than a quarter of millions of 3D measurements every second, and updates continuously the location and position of a device, because it combines a 3D model of the environment.
The technology has many potential uses: help visually impaired people find their way through a building, be ability to map the house before buying new furniture, or have the ability to create an interior for Google Maps.
Project Tango also has a development kit that allows developers to create applications using this technology. A powerful tablet displayed by Google in June allowed a small group of developers to test their applications related to the Tango project on a device incorporating this technology. Important features of the Tango 7-inch tablet include two cameras inserted at an angle of 13 degrees for 3D mapping, and a depth sensor on the back cover. The device is expected to be launched to consumers in the year.
Positivity from Google to the Tango project suggests that the company is certainly ready to invest more time and money in the project . Of course, we still have no certainty of the viability of the technology in the long term, as evidenced by the Google Glass today, another ambitious project born from one of his secrets Innovation Labs.
As the company 's announced on his Google+ account, the Tango project is ready to move to a new home within Google . "After two years rapid progress in the ATAP division, and numerous technical innovations, the Tango ATAP team moves to a new home within Google " , said the company.
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The Independent think that this means that Google is willing to sell its technology the Tango Project and it will be LG will make a product for consumption and the general public.
Many uses
For those unaware, the Tango Project is a scanner / 3D camera. It began as a concept smartphone, in which people could use their smartphone camera to map the world around them, in two three-dimensional as they wish. These cards could then be used either for augmented reality, or to model a 3D space.
The technology has many potential uses: help visually impaired people find their way through a building, be ability to map the house before buying new furniture, or have the ability to create an interior for Google Maps.
Project Tango also has a development kit that allows developers to create applications using this technology. A powerful tablet displayed by Google in June allowed a small group of developers to test their applications related to the Tango project on a device incorporating this technology. Important features of the Tango 7-inch tablet include two cameras inserted at an angle of 13 degrees for 3D mapping, and a depth sensor on the back cover. The device is expected to be launched to consumers in the year.
Positivity from Google to the Tango project suggests that the company is certainly ready to invest more time and money in the project . Of course, we still have no certainty of the viability of the technology in the long term, as evidenced by the Google Glass today, another ambitious project born from one of his secrets Innovation Labs.