Tango looks a lot like The Structure Sensor by Occipital - http://structure.io/
Project Tango
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#12If you were to build an Android powered robot isn't this exactly what you'd need inside it?
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#13This technology inside Google Glass would be pretty killer.
The first thing I imagined is a wearable with a clicker for the blind. You say navigate me to ___, and the clicker gives you hot and cold signals (lots of feedback vs. less) as well as maybe a buzzing feedback if you're approaching a hazard.
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#14Is it just latent paranoia, or can I just see evil uses for this?
Every new technology, as well as every old technology, can be used for "good" or for "evil." More broadly, many activities to which "goodness" can be assigned will vary in "goodness" based on the context (in many ethical systems).
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#15Every time something new comes out from Google or Microsoft, I just wait to see where is the catch. There is always the catch.
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#16Could this do real-time position, rotation, and gesture tracking if it was embedded in a VR head-mounted display?
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#17I wonder if it uses the machine vision aspect to prevent the typical problem of accelerometer drift. e.g. by orienting itself relative to walls/other stationary things.
Also, imagine making a 3D "scanner" that you can scan objects with into a virtual world, or print out on a 3D printer.
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#18"Unfortunately, due to FCC restrictions, we can only send development units to incorporated entities or institutions at this time."
That's a bummer.
Also, the page's default background-color should be set to black (or something dark). Most of the text is white(ish) and with a slow connection the background images take a while to load, making it impossible to read while you wait. /rant
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#19Makes me think of the arm computers from the Neanderthal Parallax. I'd love to get my hands on one of these
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#20interesting that they built this into a phone. but i guess once you need a mobile computing device with a screen and a camera you end up with a "phone" nowadays.
the reliance on lenses is a hinderance though as it has two and holding it without covering them both requires user effort. you can see it at the end of their video where a finger is partially over the second lens.
still, exciting!