Google’s Project Tango was first declared two
years ago and has been in the exploratory stage since. But on 7th January at
CES, Lenovo announced that it will release the first consumer smartphone with
Google’s Project Tango hardware and software inside it, by June-July 2016 in
this year.
Project Tango lets you map the 3D space
around you by using a combination of cameras such as a regular camera, an
integrated depth sensing camera and a motion tracking camera. The 3D space
mapping is done in real time and can help out with navigating within shopping
malls and other internal locations.
The
Smartphone which will be released by Lenovo will be a consumer facing device
and will come under $500 approx Price is Rs 33,400. The device is expected to
come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and will have a display size under
6.5-inches. Lenovo will be using a fish eye lens on its Project Tango phone –
which will be arranged in a vertical module.
Before the declaration Project Tango lead
Johnny Lee showed some demos of what can be done with this project. He used the
camera module on the prototype Project Tango tablet to measure the area of a
room. He additionally demoed real time 3D mapping of not just fixed objects but
the crowds as well. After having 3D mapped the stage, he showed how you can
virtually fit furniture into the space.
The earlier smart phone announced by Google
back in 2014, was an Android-based prototype 5 inch phone and developer kit
with advanced 3D sensors. With the sensors, the phone is capable of tracking
motion, and can build a visual map of rooms utilizing 3D scanning.
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