Google reportedly manufacturing tablets that can map your surroundings in 3D
Google reportedly manufacturing tablets that can map your surroundings in 3D
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is building
4,000 prototype tablets equipped with cameras and sensors that can map
the world around them. The prototype is said to be a part of Google's Project Tango efforts.
Details of Project Tango were first unveiled in February
when Google announced a prototype 5-inch smartphone that can create a
three-dimensional map of its user's surroundings through a bevy of
cameras and infrared sensors. The device featured a 4-megapixel camera,
an image tracking camera and a combined RGB and infrared sensor, through
which it could create an accurate 3D rendering of real-world space and
objects.
Google sent out 200 of these prototype units to developers so that
they can build tailored apps for the device. The search giant is said
to take a similar approach with the prototype 7-inch tablet, which will
reportedly be distributed to devs ahead of the annual I/O conference in June.
The tablet will feature similar hardware as the prototype smartphone
and will include infrared depth sensors, two back-mounted cameras, and
"advanced software that can capture precise three-dimensional images of
objects," according to sources familiar with the matter. Between Project
Tango, Google Glass and the self-driving cars initiative, Google is actively looking to new technologies to solve real-world problems.
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