PROJECT TANGO

Project Tango is an exploration into giving mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. Track the 3D motion of the device, and creates a 3D model of the environment around it.

    We use visual cues to navigate and understand the world around us. We observe the size and shape of objects and rooms, and we learn their position and layout almost effortlessly over time. This awareness of space and motion is fundamental to the way we interact with our environment and each other. We are physical beings that live in a 3D world. Yet, our mobile devices assume that physical world ends at the boundaries of the screen.


    Project Tango is an exploration into giving mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. Track the 3D motion of the device, and creates a 3D model of the environment around it.

 USES

•   Capture the dimensions of your home simply by walking around with your phone before you went furniture shopping.

•   You could search for a product and see where the exact shelf is located in a super-store.

•   And more...

Project Tango Tablet Development Kit

• Their new 7" tablet contains specialized cameras for tracking the full 3D motion of the device and integrated depth sensing for capturing geometry of the environment. It is powered by the new NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with as much RAM and storage as a laptop.
  
  
• The new NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor packed with 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, motion tracking camera, integrated depth sensing, WiFi, BTLE, and 4G LTE (availability will depend on region and carrier).
• These development kits are designed for professional developers interested in exploring the future of mobile 3D sensing. Developers will receive updates as the software algorithms and APIs evolve. These development kits are not a consumer device and will be available in limited quantities.

Tango, in Zero-G

• Besides mapping spaces here on the ground, They are sending Project Tango devices into orbit 230 miles above the surface of the earth to map the International Space Station.

• Take a peek at their work with NASA Ames as they test Project Tango for flight in zero gravity.
  
  
  
  

  Project Tango Prepping for Launch Into Space

  
  
  

  • Since the summer of 2013, the Project Tango team has been working closely with a team at the
    NASA Ames Research Center.

  
  
  

  The goal:

  • To integrate a Project Tango  prototype onto a robotic platform, called SPHERES, that flies inside the International Space Station. The SPHERES program aims to develop zero-gravity autonomous platforms that could act as robotic assistants  for astronauts or perform maintenance activities independently on station.
     
  • The 3D-tracking and mapping capabilities of Project Tango would allow SPHERES to reconstruct a 3D-map of the space station and, for the first time in history, enable autonomous navigation of a floating robotic platform 230 miles above the surface of the earth.
     

  • Project Tango and SPHERES are scheduled to be launched into orbit this summer.

  
  ATAP-Project Tango Team

• They are seeking professional developers hoping to create more than a touch screen app.

• Project Tango provides unique sensing capabilities that allow developers to explore new user experiences not possible on other mobile
  devices.
  
  
  
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