TANGO

Hey guys, i am back. You must be wondering why i am talking about a form of dance here. well i am talking about Project TANGO here which is born out of GOOGLE ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects group) team which has produced many other fantastic ideas such as GOOGLE Project ARA.

What is TANGO?

Project Tango is a Google technology platform that uses computer vision to allow mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to detect their position relative to the world around them without using GPS or any other external signals.

ADVANTAGES

• Experience: This allows application developers to create a user experiences that include indoor navigation, 3D mapping, recognition of known environments, and windows into virtual 3D worlds.
• Motion-tracking: Using visual features of the environment, in combination with accelerometer and gyroscope data, to track the device's movements.
• Area learning: Storing data of surroundings in a map that can be re-used later and shared with other Project Tango devices.
• Depth perception: Detecting distances, sizes, and surfaces in the environment.

NOW, You must be wondering can i get hold of this technology Lenovo just announced the Phab 2 Pro, which is the first consumer phone to feature Project Tango.

OVERVIEW

As a geek, I really like moments like this when a technology gracefully change what people do in everyday life and how they do it, yet general public remain ignorant to these changes.

Please pen down your opinion in comment section.