Key Summary
- Google I/O 2015
- Project Tango
- Mobile 3D tracking and Perception
- Presented by Johnny Lee
- Developing hardware and software technologies to help everything and everyone understand where they are.
- Understand space. Indoor navigation. Tracking and spatial reasoning to transform parts of home into game environment. Robotics. Augmented Reality. Virtual Reality.
- Developer kit released about a year ago. Includes at least NVidia Tegra© K1 Mobile Processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 120º Front Camera, 2µm 4MP RGB-IR Camera, Motion Tracking camera, Integrated Depth Sensor, and associated software development stack. Understand physical movement of device and its surroundings.
- Score of 1798 based on GFX Benchmark – Manhattan 3.0.
- 3000 developer kits shipped.
- Two prototype developer kits provided to NASA for use on their International Space Station (ISS).
- Core technologies: X-Y-Z Motion tracking, Area learning, and Depth perception.
- Sub-categories of capabilities: Real-time Building-Scale 6-DOF Motion Tracking, City-Scale Mapping, Roller-coaster Experiment, Registration to Existing Surfaces, Tracking in difficult environments, Real-time 3D room capture, Real-time Meshing in Unity w/Physics, Precise Indoor Positioning, AR-Overlay Indoor Navigation
- Partnership with Durovis Dive Virtual Reality headset.
- Partnership with Hasbro (e.g., NERF guns).
- Enablements: New digital playground, Never feel lost, Find your way, Walk through stories, See beyond walls, and Much less crashing (drones).
- Available for purchase online.
- Kick off first app development contest. More information online
- Partnership with Qualcomm: Modified SnapDragon MDP to incorporate Project Tango’s sensors. Features include ToF Depth Camera, RGB Camera, Motion Tracking Camera, Time-stamped Gyro-Accelerometer.
Courtesy of Google.
Courtesy of Google.
Courtesy of Google.