Google’s Project Tango is Moving Closer to “Reality”

Has graduated from Google’s experimental lab and its launching is on its way to the real world.

The scanner began as a concept for a smartphone which can scan the world around it in 3D. Sounds Amazing right?  It could then make that into a model that could be used for augmented reality or direct people to important things.

The technology could eventually be also used for mapping out the dimensions of a home before buying furniture, or giving easy directions around a new building, Google told this in one of the discussions on Project Tango. It could also help visually impaired people by providing assistance for walking around.

It could eventually be integrated into games, too, allowing children to play hide and seek with animated characters or changing familiar locations into the sites of other animations.

It has now moved out of Google’s experimental Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division, and into a “all new home within Google”.

In a Google+ post announcing the move, ATAP said, “We’re excited about the continued commitment to developing the technology for our users — we wish our fellow pirates fair winds and following seas.”

The move is likely to indicate that the technology could be on its way into consumer devices. Google is said to be working with LG to make a version of the technology that people can buy ready for release some time this year.

The Project Tango Development Kit also allows other engineers to make apps using the technology. That has been used in projects such as Target’s augmented reality app, which can scan shop shelves and cover them in virtual snow.

That runs on a special tablet that was made for developers to try out the kit just a kind of sample! It has also been released in a device the size of a phone.

The technology tracks people through a combination of “advanced computer vision, image processing and specialized sensors”, according to the project’s official page. It is built into the back of a tablet, which can show the results on the front.

LET’S SAY HELLO TO PROJECT TANGO!