After releasing a 3D-aware prototype smartphone in February, is getting ready to release a similarly equipped Android tablet.
oduced under ‘s “oject Tango,” the prototype tablet will have a 7-inch screen, two cameras, infrared depth sensors. The tablet’s software will be able to use all that hardware to capture 3D images of the immediate surroundings, according to The ll Street urnal.
ssible applications for the tablet, the smartphone before it, include navigation assistance for the visually impaired, augmented reality gaming, 3D floor plans of your living room. You could use a 3D floor plan, for example, to shop for a new couch see how it’d look at home right on your mobile display.
intends to produce about 4,000 oject Tango prototype tablets in early ne to distribute to developers, according to the urnal. The devices could be ready for introduction close to I/O. The search giant’s developer conference is scheduled for ne 25 26; however, it’s not clear if oject Tango will be a featured part of the I/O keynote. (https://cityoflightpublishing.com/)
If accurate, ‘s reported 4,000 tablets is a significant boost from the 200 oject Tango smartphones planned to distribute to developers earlier this year.
says its goal with oject Tango is to “give mobile devices a human-scale understing of space motion.” Similar to ‘s other creative projects, the company is hoping that developers will come up with newer more interesting uses for oject Tango than has itself.
In h, NASA said two oject Tango smartphones would be sent to the International Space Station. The hsets are attached to spherical robotic devices about the size of a volleyball called SERES (Synchronized sition Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites) that can float move inside the ISS.
The idea is to see if oject Tango can help the device learn maneuver around its environment. The Tango-ized SERES are set to launch on the Orbital 2 resupply mission on ne 10, according to NASA.
3D appears to the next great frontier that major technology companies are working on. ile has its oject Tango, Facebook, Microsoft, Sony are working on virtual reality headsets focused on gaming.
