s google initial release june 5 2014 ; 2 years ago 2014 06 05 development status active platform android available in english type mobile computer vision technology platform website tango tango formerly named project tango in testing is a technology platform developed and authored by google that uses computer vision to enable mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to detect their position relative to the world around them without using gps or other external signals . this allows application developers to create user experiences that include indoor navigation 3d mapping physical space measurement environmental recognition augmented reality and windows into a virtual world its related with google daydream . the first product to emerge from atap s skunkworks group 1 tango was developed by a team led by computer scientist johnny lee a core contributor to microsoft s kinect . in an interview in june 2015 lee said we re developing the hardware and software technologies to help everything and everyone understand precisely where they are anywhere . 2 google has produced two devices to demonstrate the tango technology the discontinued peanut phone and the yellowstone 7 inch tablet . more than 3 000 of these devices had been sold as of june 2015 3 chiefly to researchers and software developers interested in building applications for the platform . in the summer of 2015 qualcomm and intel both announced that they are developing tango reference devices as models for device manufacturers who use their mobile chipsets . 4 5 at ces in january 2016 google announced a partnership with lenovo to release a consumer smartphone during the summer of 2016 to feature tango technology marketed at consumers noting a less than 500 price point and a small form factor below 6.5 inches . at the same time both companies also announced an application incubator to get applications developed to be on the device on launch . at lenovo tech world 2016 lenovo launched the world s first consumer phone based on tango as well as releasing it as tango . 6 contents 1 overview 2 applications 3 devices 3.1 the yellowstone tablet 3.2 the peanut phone 3.2.1 testing by nasa 3.2.2 first smartphone with tango 4 collaborators and partners 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit tango is different from other emerging 3d sensing computer vision products in that it s designed to run on a standalone mobile phone or tablet and is chiefly concerned with determining the device s position and orientation within the environment . the software works by integrating three types of functionality motion tracking using visual features of the environment in combination with accelerometer and gyroscope data to closely track the device s movements in space area learning storing environment data in a map that can be re used later shared with other tango devices and enhanced with metadata such as notes instructions or points of interest depth perception detecting distances sizes and surfaces in the environment together these generate data about the device in six degrees of freedom 3 axes of orientation plus 3 axes of motion and detailed three dimensional information about the environment . applications on mobile devices use tango s c and java apis to access this data in real time . in addition an api is also provided for integrating tango with the unity game engine ; this enables the rapid conversion or creation of games that allow the user to interact and navigate in the game space by moving and rotating a tango device in real space . these apis are documented on the google developer website . 7 applications edit tango enables apps to track a device s position and orientation within a detailed 3d environment and to recognize known environments . this makes possible applications such as in store navigation visual measurement and mapping utilities presentation and design tools and a variety of immersive games . at augmented world expo 2015 8 johnny lee demonstrated a construction game that builds a virtual structure in real space an ar showroom app that allows users to view a full size virtual automobile and customize its features a hybrid nerf gun with mounted tango screen for dodging and shooting ar monsters superimposed on reality and a multiplayer vr app that lets multiple players converse in a virtual space where their avatar movements match their real life movements . 9 tango apps are distributed through play . google has encouraged the development of more apps with hackathons an app contest and promotional discounts on the development tablet . 10 some of the tango apps are measureit for measuring objects solar simulator wayfair for testing furniture arrangements in rooms among many others . 11 devices edit as a platform for software developers and a model for device manufacturers google has created two tango devices to date . the yellowstone tablet edit google s project tango tablet 2014 yellowstone is a 7 inch tablet with full tango functionality released in june 2014 and sold as the project tango tablet development kit . 12 it features a 2.3 ghz quad core nvidia tegra k1 processor 128gb flash memory 1920x1200 pixel touchscreen 4mp color camera fisheye lens motion tracking camera an ir projector with rgb ir camera for integrated depth sensing and 4g lte connectivity . 13 14 the device is sold through the official project tango website 15 and the google play store . the peanut phone edit peanut was the first production tango device released in the first quarter of 2014 . it was a small android phone with a qualcomm msm8974 quad core processor and additional special hardware including a fisheye motion camera rgb ir camera for color image and infrared depth detection and movidius vision processing units . a high performance accelerometer and gyroscope were added after testing several competing models in the mars lab at the university of minnesota . several hundred peanut devices were distributed to early access partners including university researchers in computer vision and robotics as well as application developers and technology startups . google stopped supporting the peanut device in september 2015 as by then the tango software stack had evolved beyond the versions of android that run on the device . testing by nasa edit in may 2014 two peanut phones were delivered to the international space station to be part of a nasa project to develop autonomous robots that navigate in a variety of environments including outer space . the soccer ball sized 18 sided polyhedral spheres robots were developed at the nasa ames research center adjacent to the google campus in mountain view california . andres martinez spheres manager at nasa said we are researching how effective tango s vision based navigation abilities are for performing localization and navigation of a mobile free flyer on iss . 16 first smartphone with tango edit lenovo s phab 2 pro is the first smartphone with the tango technology the device was announced at the beginning of the year 2016 . collaborators and partners edit in creating project tango google has collaborated with developers in nine countries including bosch bsquare compalcomm eth zurich flyby media george washington university mmsolutions movidius university of minnesota mars lab 17 jpl computer vision group 18 ologic omnivision open source robotics foundation paracosm sunny optical technology pmd technologies mantis vision prizmiq and sagivtech . partnerships have been announced 19 20 with companies that include apelab autodesk aisle411 bosch defective studios durovis dive infineon jpl left field labs limbic moback nvyve omnivision otherworld interactive pmd technologies sagivtech sidekick speck design stinkdigital and inuitive . see also edit computer vision vision processing unit rgb simultaneous localization and mapping references edit announcement on atap google site 30 january 2015 future phones will understand see the world . 3 june 2015 . retrieved 4 november 2015 . slamdance inside the weird virtual reality of google s project tango . 29 may 2015 . qualcomm powers next generation project tango development platform 2015 05 29 idf 2015 intel teams with google to bring realsense to project tango 2015 08 18 http blog.smartprix.com lenovo phab 2 pro becomes first google tango smartphone https developers.google.com project tango google developer website http augmentedworldexpo.com augmented world expo 2015 awe 2015 mobile 3d tracking and perception google says these are the best apps for project tango 2 november 2015 google s project tango all you need to know i9finite . 2016 07 25 . retrieved 2016 08 25 . product announcement on atap google page 5 june 2014 retrieved 4 november 2015 specs on official site retrieved 4 november 2015 tango tablet development kit user guide tango google developers . google developers . retrieved 2016 09 11 . https www.google.com atap project tango project tango website google s project tango headed to international space station 20 march 2014 http mars.cs.umn.edu university of minnesota mars lab https www robotics.jpl.nasa.gov groups computervision jpl computer vision group awe 2015 mobile 3d tracking and perception list of partners on official site retrieved 4 november 2015 external links edit official website project tango developer site api and documentation . project tango developer community . project tango smartphone development platform page at qualcomm . intel expands developer opportunities as computing expands across all areas of peoples lives . intel developer forum . 20 august 2015 . google and intel bring realsense to phones with project tango dev kit . engadget . 18 august 2015 . google i o 2015 project tango mobile 3d tracking and perception . johnny lee google i o 2015 . youtube . 29 may 2015 . project tango concepts . johnny lee youtube . 21 april 2015 . project tango tablet teardown . ifixit . 15 august 2014 . v t e google overview alphabet inc. history 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