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Google said to be working on a tablet with Project Tango 3D vision

41 points by testrun 12y ago

tbdr 12y ago
based on my participation at a Tango hackathon (details on the hackathon and the projects http://palcu.blogspot.ro/2014/04/google-project-tango-hackathon-in.html http://palcu.blogspot.ro/2014/04/google-project-tango-hackat... and source code https://github.com/sketchdown/sketchdown https://github.com/sketchdown/sketchdown) I think they need more space and power for the hardware
ismavis 12y ago
Another application of Project Tango, Quadcopter + Project Tango phone for autonomous flight accurate to 1cm http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/autonomous-quadrotor-flight-based-on-google-project-tango http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/au...
- mantrax5 12y ago
  That's the first good use for this tech I've seen, and yet a hilarious demonstration why said tech shouldn't be stuffed in a phone.
nighthawk24 12y ago
This was announced earlier when they opened public requests to test the device https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/ https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/
- rch 12y ago
  > 7-inch screen Sounds like it might be similar to the Nexus 7 form factor, and slightly larger than the device you've linked to.
  - ok_craig 12y ago
    Also a larger production number. I didn't see it on the page but I think the phone version was limited to 200 or less or something.
frik 12y ago
How does Google's Project Tango work anyway? It's not LIDAR, nor Stereo-camera or Kinect 1 tech (infrared laser combined with a monochrome CMOS). Does it use time-of-flight camera (like Kinect 2) or structure-from-motion (like MS Photosynth, ETH Zurich app)? Tango uses this special processor (so structure-from-motion could be possible, as well as time-of-flight): It produces over 1 teraflop of processing power on only a few hundred milliwatts of power -- http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/inside-the-revolutionary-3d-vision-chip-at-the-heart-of-googles-project-tango-phone/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/inside-the-revolutionary-3d... The Wikipedia article is still a stub: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tango http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tango
- Qworg 12y ago
  From the iFixit teardown: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Teardown/23835 http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Teardown/23835 Tango has a Primesense structured light system, a structure-from-motion coprocessor (or two) and a special depth sensing rear camera (IIRC).
  - frik 12y ago
    Thanks! That makes sense. So Google is using ETH's structure from motion technology (see comment below).
  - rasz_pl 12y ago
    Hehe, google threw everything and a kitchen sink in there to cover all the bases. Even Primesense ") Looks like Movidius started out as a mobile GPU in 2005/2008 :o ... and ended up being general purpose vector coprocessor / DSP http://www.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc23/HC23.19.8-Video/HC23.19.811-1TOPS-Media-Moloney-Movidius.pdf http://www.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc23/... 50Gflops/W in 65nm. Adapteva Epiphany http://www.parallella.org http://www.parallella.org did 25 at 65nm, does 70Gflops/W in 28nm. Movidius projected 450Gflops/W at 28nm :o
    - hershel 12y ago

41 points by testrun 12y ago

tbdr 12y ago

based on my participation at a Tango hackathon (details on the hackathon and the projects http://palcu.blogspot.ro/2014/04/google-project-tango-hackathon-in.html http://palcu.blogspot.ro/2014/04/google-project-tango-hackat... and source code https://github.com/sketchdown/sketchdown https://github.com/sketchdown/sketchdown) I think they need more space and power for the hardware

ismavis 12y ago

Another application of Project Tango, Quadcopter + Project Tango phone for autonomous flight accurate to 1cm http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/autonomous-quadrotor-flight-based-on-google-project-tango http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/au...

mantrax5 12y ago
That's the first good use for this tech I've seen, and yet a hilarious demonstration why said tech shouldn't be stuffed in a phone.

nighthawk24 12y ago

This was announced earlier when they opened public requests to test the device https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/ https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/

rch 12y ago
> 7-inch screen Sounds like it might be similar to the Nexus 7 form factor, and slightly larger than the device you've linked to.
- ok_craig 12y ago
  Also a larger production number. I didn't see it on the page but I think the phone version was limited to 200 or less or something.

frik 12y ago

How does Google's Project Tango work anyway? It's not LIDAR, nor Stereo-camera or Kinect 1 tech (infrared laser combined with a monochrome CMOS). Does it use time-of-flight camera (like Kinect 2) or structure-from-motion (like MS Photosynth, ETH Zurich app)? Tango uses this special processor (so structure-from-motion could be possible, as well as time-of-flight): It produces over 1 teraflop of processing power on only a few hundred milliwatts of power -- http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/inside-the-revolutionary-3d-vision-chip-at-the-heart-of-googles-project-tango-phone/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/inside-the-revolutionary-3d... The Wikipedia article is still a stub: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tango http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tango

Qworg 12y ago
From the iFixit teardown: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Teardown/23835 http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Project+Tango+Teardown/23835 Tango has a Primesense structured light system, a structure-from-motion coprocessor (or two) and a special depth sensing rear camera (IIRC).
- frik 12y ago
  Thanks! That makes sense. So Google is using ETH's structure from motion technology (see comment below).
- rasz_pl 12y ago
  Hehe, google threw everything and a kitchen sink in there to cover all the bases. Even Primesense ") Looks like Movidius started out as a mobile GPU in 2005/2008 :o ... and ended up being general purpose vector coprocessor / DSP http://www.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc23/HC23.19.8-Video/HC23.19.811-1TOPS-Media-Moloney-Movidius.pdf http://www.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc23/... 50Gflops/W in 65nm. Adapteva Epiphany http://www.parallella.org http://www.parallella.org did 25 at 65nm, does 70Gflops/W in 28nm. Movidius projected 450Gflops/W at 28nm :o
  - hershel 12y ago