Say hello to Project Tango!

[@mondobytes]

C-Mon Apple, you are falling way behind...

Apple want to sell beautiful hardware with the highest profit! not to invest in moonshot project. too bad

[@MarcoBraz]

Not really, I saw alot of Macs on this video. ;) If you're talking about iPhone I agree. iPhone is falling way behind.

[@CubamusPrime]

*****but yet everyone esle is falling with low storage phones. Apple gives you options. Up to 128gb.

[@ErikHuizinga]

Apple falling behind.... As if they were ahead of Google at any point in time. Ok, maybe when Google didn't exist yet and Apple was already a billion dollar business. But that's about it. Think about it. What do they actually do? They are more "improvers" than "innovators". They stay with decent hardware and software designs way too long (e.g. the iPhone design). How on earth are they still making profit? I'm happy Android has a market share of 78% and growing at the moment. Orion Pax what about SD cards?

[@RichardTan]

The difference between Google and Apple is that Google does thing in the open and Apple doesn't... we just have to wait and speculate on Apple.

[@Aetrion]

The future would be awesome if having a device that 3d maps your home wouldn't be utterly compromising to your privacy in this day and age.

[@MattUebel]

This why Google is cooler than Apple. What amazing potential.

[@RenaudJanson]

Just as -God- err... Google intended !

[@MattUebel]

Thy Googlely will be done.

[@siimens]

Makes iBeacons look just about as high-tech as a horse-drawn carriage and quill pens.

[@AlbinThorning]

Isn't Johnny Chung Lee the guy who virally hacked a Wiimote a few years ago? Wii Wiimote Head Tracking

[@dead_p1xl964]

Holy shit! I'm pretty sure Johnny Chung Lee is the OG who made all the awesome demos using WiiMotes for 3D tracking a while back. That guy saved me SO much time by coming up with that code and releasing it for free.

[@JayXan]

sounds like the first step to mapping out the world in a 3d scale by tapping into peoples phones.

[@plamp]

+Jay Xan I figure they've been at it already, this will just streamline and optimize the process... now they will know what's in your home, as they say the possibilities are really endless.

[@robertnicholls9917]

+Jay Xan ... tape, use it. I cover my regular camera.

[@darkdancerman]

smart ideas

[@WhynayEmnayRS]

Now we can track you in real 3-dimensional space too!

[@vladpiranha]

So strap a device like this onto a drone bought on Amazon and you suddenly have those mapping drone things from Prometheus?

[@Tertion]

+Vlad Piranha Holy shit... never looked at it that way !

[@AkshatAgarwalpro]

+Vlad Piranha so now u will say that attach this kind of phone to a polar satellite and the whole world will be tangified? No, you can't use this small imaging hardware to map up to infinity

[@edukee]

+Vlad Piranha this was done already: watch?v=44vppay5UDc?t=103

[@FullMetalNapkin]

NSA thanks you for providing real time blue print of your house

[@riseanonymous1315]

The thing about Google and its products is that they are seriously perfected. Yes everything has its flaws, but Google makes everything SO CLEAN. I will always support you guys this looks amazing.

[@pauly8951]

I am the designer of the wide angle lens in this video.I resigned from my company(Sunny) three months ago,and now watching the video I am so happy that i had joined in this project.Of course,i will buy one when it would be sold.

[@MikeTrieu]

Congratulations! This is a truly awesome time to be in the field of technology.

[@archangelqueen]

Ladies and gentlemen we need these phones for Pokemon Go.

[@Riccorbypro]

Funny you should mention that, since at 2:14 the guy talking is wearing a shirt with an adaptation of the Ingress logo (Enlightened alignment).

[@eji]

While I find this tech really interesting and cool, I'm unfortunately concerned about how this will inevitably be used against us, most likely without our knowledge or consent.

[@twdarkflame]

sticker over the camera when your not using it. The NSA hasn't been able to crack that yet ;)

[@thesillyzebra]

***** could probably be used to see where you spend most of your time in your house, how you get from place place, etc. aka were fucked

[@Kenckaplus]

But this technology is also inevitable.

[@godfreyhowatchin]

Kencka fk it's actually not inevitable. it's only inevitable because of current thinking, the thinking directed by the richest and most powerful human beings who we all let control the direction of our lives for some reason. if the global populace could actually have an avenue to express that they don't want this (because i'm sure they don't, but everyone's voice is repressed more than ever, because everyone is told they have a voice and every platform for everyone's voice is a faceless echo chamber with no one listening) they would

[@twdarkflame]

Jim Thorpe Actually the long term implications of AR are a danger to a lot of buisness's. Hypothetical "perfect" AR specs would elimate the need for a lot of other physical products. Whoever makes the glass's would make a killing, but a lot of other buisness's would hate it. thesillyzebra And how would that work exactly with a sticker over the camera? If you use it even once, sure, they could get the layout of your house....but they could get that from the building plans too.

[@alphapiano95]

A dream come true for the NSA

[@IzyHamblinz]

You dropped your tin foil hat.

[@moahammad1mohammad]

@@IzyHamblinz Yeah! What kinda schmuck believes that your smartphone would be tracking your location, your pictures, your movement, what you search, your calls, what you type, what you say, what videos you watch, what apps you use, what your face looks like, what your relationships are... oh wait, they're already doing that. Ask Zuckerberg.

[@Termsofseve]

funny how everyone was laughing at apple for not innovating in these areas and now apple is practically the only one working in these areas cough ARKit

[@joshualessard6440]

As both a professor and practicing architectural + exhibit designer, I can imagine so many potential design applications for this technology!!! I can't wait to see this fully realized!

[@MarcusCyganiak]

This is incredible, especially when I have just recently become interested in animation development!

[@JonPackard]

I just realized... This could have some amazing potential for assisting blind people. Best Google "moonshot" yet! This will have some very neat capabilities for other users too. I would love to have a 3D scanner so I could recreate objects in a virtual environment or even replicate them with a 3D printer.

[@alehodr]

this is awesome, more things for the NSA to play with

[@GerardAtTube]

Cannot wait to have one in hands... advances in robotics using this will be monstruous!!! Keep up the good work!!!!

[@Evos_87]

I remember this guy ! He was the one who came up with the VR head tracking thing using the wii remote. Glad to see him able to express more creativity in this group

[@EvilKimau]

*Amazing CV Project* I remember when one of my professors Joe Faith turned me onto CV and I've been fascinated by it ever since. Loved working on Kinect demos and more recently Sony Wonderbook projects (Book of Spells & Book of Potions) both of which I wanted to do more ambitious things with but old eye toy camera was very limited. Though we had some amazing stuff which never saw light of day :( due to reliability issues. Some really cool stuff was done. The new PS4 camera and Kinect 2 are great, the idea of using this tech on mobile and interacting with space is even better. Forward VR & CV

[@BlairMacIntyre]

Looks great! This would finally let us do some of the games we've wanted to do for years!

[@twdarkflame]

Wont be long till we live in a half-virtual world.

[@BTechTalk]

I'm only worried about the battery life, it'll get even worse if the battery technology stays the same.

[@customocean]

that's it but battery's are advancing as well. If you look into graphene, they are going to start making prototype battery's out of that, cause it acts like a super conductor , with out the chemicals.

[@MWcrazyhorse]

Additionaly the first batteries that work on biological processes, rather than chemicals are in works. Think of it in that just as our body generates huge amounts of energy. It would take enormous amounts of lithium or alkaline battery power to keep us running. Biological processes are many times more efficient.

[@thejackers7]

Why are there always haters. How could one possibly thumbs down this video with the serious thought of disliking the idea of this phone?

[@nachoijp]

I guess there might be some privacy concerns or just they don't see the usefulness of a phone with this feature, I for one think it's kind of useless, cool, but useless

[@ClarkTaylor]

Mind. Blown. Can't even imagine all the possibilities with this or the possible ways it could be abused.

[@BenjaminConibear94]

Incredible! Not even Sci Fi could see this coming!:P

[@RichardReadey]

Shit is that the same guy who did the wii remote hack like 5 years ago?

[@bazukah]

I thought the exact same! For some reason the name "Johnny Lee" has burned somewhere deep in my brain... :D

[@farslashenjoyer]

Ha, I thought exactly the same thing. What a fantastic mind this fella has! Glad google got the word about him.

[@RichardReadey]

Richard Toppler He's a genius! Google are going to own their own planet one day

[@VictorEstrada]

The NSA must be really excited as well...

[@semphony100]

This is without dought a paradigm shift and a game changer I can't even begin to comprehend the magnitude of such a breakthrough impact on mobile phones and wearables. This is beyond dought a revolution in a lot of things. If people have been wowed by microsoft hololens what are they going to do when they find out they can have the same tech in their hand held mobile phone. When we were first introduced to "structure" sensor that works in conjunction with ipad , it was unbelievably stunning. Now these guys are putting the same capabilities natively on a mobile phone. Which I though the guys who invented structure sensor would be the ones to do it. Now imagine the samsung oculus I wear with a samsung phone that has this tech......... the sky is the limit for applications ideas. This just huge !!!! Thanks Jony Lee , I was sure you will revolutionize this field after what you did with the wii mote and then kinect with microsoft.

[@onepiecetvt5448]

+Hossam Zayed Nah...Nothing new...But useless trash that every phone company though of but is too useless to be integrated into a phone.

[@JOELwindows7]

Amazing! This what the programmer needed to remake a whole earth! If can through view, can be very detailed!

[@JamesScottGuitar]

No more tracking....The shackles get smaller and smaller, yet more pervasive. Every human becoming just a data point that can be sold, tracked, and advertised to.

[@TiesOfAffection]

You can just turn it off, or not buy it. Your tinfoilhat is showing.

[@not1336]

Yua ToA OWNED

[@liathe6875]

Everybody else is just dismissing you, but I agree. Agencies such as the NSA (just as an example) have hacked into people's phones to track their signal, and now this is just giving them more data to use. Someone said that you can just "turn it off", but governmental security sectors have turned on a phone's microphone without booting up the start menu of the phone itself; who says that they can't with this? The whole concept is good, but it is *only* good in concept.

[@SirLotzz]

ParanoidPanda you people are always so worried about government tracking your movements. Why should we limit great technology just because it can be used in a malicious way. Technology first, politics later.

[@BaneRain]

SirLotzz yeah because that's worked out great so far...

[@HanHonso]

Isn't he the one who hacked the Wii controller many years ago?

[@twdarkflame]

I still dont get why all consoles dont have headtracking as standard. I tried Lee's download and it worked fantastic....parallax 3d would really increase the sense of immersion in any first person game.

[@ChrisDruif]

_"The future is awesome."_ I totally agree kind Sir.

[@JolynBowler]

I am not a developer so will not sign up for a DevKit. However, I am a GLASS Explorer and would be fascinated how Tango and GLASS will work together. What plans are involved for that pairing? Is Tango also based on Android OS?

[@sleepnclass]

Agree. Would be interesting to see it in action.

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

the possibilities of abuse are also amazing, I can literally see various three-letter organizations and marketing companies salivate at this

[@coleguadenine8079]

This is really neat technology and extremely impressive, but I really don't want such a large, politically one-sided, untrustworthy company that consistently datamines people to have 3D scans of my house and all of the cool places I know about that nobody else does. The worst part is that if this took off and was a huge success I couldn't stop them from getting scans because other people would be using it.

[@Moshugaani]

Wow, what are the chances that two people write the exact same comment on the same video. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) _(Check Timic83tc's comment)_

[@coleguadenine8079]

Moshugaani If somebody else wrote what I wrote, they copy/pasted it from me.

[@ghostdein1]

now the NSA can know what the inside of your house looks like!

[@anbraxas]

Looks like a great way for data collection on interiors of buildings

[@LawrenceNoiLartey]

This is progress for all mankind. The work you're doing today will show rhe way for the wo to follow. More grease to your elbow.

[@johnnyaingel5753]

amazing technology and that is a lot of people involved in the project I can hardly wait to see where and how far it will go

[@nikkoXmercado]

Today: *Occlusion and depth awareness with one camera using only AI.*

[@plasmaarmelund]

What's the title of the beautiful piano piece at the beginning?

[@MrJoshSteel]

+plasmaarmelund I really want to know, It's so soothing

[@MrQwerty2524]

Welcome to google maps indoors!

[@pokewarrior4711]

ok... combine this with occulus rift and you can get tours of places you never been to in the comfort of your home. that and good for map making based a real place, connecting video games to airsoft, making things in minecraft, architectural measuring, and more. I approve of this project.

[@Shabasky1]

GOOGLE YOU DO MORE FOR THE WORLD THAN ANY CORPORATION WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS AMAZING YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME NEVER GIVE UP

[@CharlesLijt]

Awesome indeed. But now Google will know exactly where you are and what you are doing

[@BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Forget Google Glass, just strap a smartphone to your eyes like a visor.

[@RubSomefastOnIt]

no... just put a mount for your phone on the front of the oculus rift.

[@DanielJames]

This is...ridiculously awesome. It's taking Google Street View to the next level (or maybe several levels!).

[@EdClem]

Hm. It's interesting but I fail to see the practical application.

[@aush5348]

wearing google glass brings your sanity into question

[@syednabeel5828]

Ed Clem It can help the visually impaired

[@DanielJames]

Ed Clem According to The Verge's article about it: _While the basic goal is to create detailed indoor maps, Google's distribution of developer devices speaks to the other possibilities it sees coming out of this type of data: it suggests that Tango could be used to create more realistic augmented reality games or to assist the visually impaired when they're navigating an unfamiliar area._ www.theverge.com/2014/2/20/5430784/project-tango-google-prototype-smartphone-announced

[@DanMeeks]

Reminds me of matterport. www.matterport.com

[@exessgee]

Dude! You're that guy who did the Wii virtual 3D stuff and then went to Microsoft to work on the Kinect and then ... on to Google?!!? That's awesome! Bring us the good stuff!

[@Grubite]

Wow. This could fundamentally change Video Game Level Design forever!

[@RichBradshaw]

Johnny Chung Lee - Pioneered some really cool stuff: Wiimote Head Tracking (google it, it's awesome!) and worked on the Xbox Kinect (also awesome!). Now this - and yes, it fits the pattern - also awesome!

[@NicholasLoomans]

Good to see Johnny is still working on creative awesome stuff. I loved the head tracking video when it came out.

[@RichBradshaw]

Yeah, I was really glad to see him here - I hadn’t realised he’d been involved with the Kinect as well. Some people eh!

[@ImTomlol]

Why would I ever want a phone to know where I am at every moment of the day? Seems a bit shifty with googles historic past of keeping information from out searches that we didn't know of being saved.

[@sidnas92]

Selling tin foil hats, 20% off! All shapes and sizes!

[@rustsurvivor]

Veltoss You can't realistically say that after the NSA scandal.

[@jimhilker4614]

This is amazing! Unfortunately our biggest job is not in the technology development, but in the integration to all those people that just use their mobile devices for posting pictures of their cats and drunk friends on Facebook! Or is it their friends and drunk cats....?

[@MidnightOpal]

I want this to be combined with Project Ara and Project Fi. That would be an incredible sight to see!

[@Tertion]

+Makayla Scull Hell yeah, make it an Ara module !

[@maxpfi9137]

This is awesome. I'm especially excited by the possibilities for robotics. Hopefully this device will be available for the average developers too, some time in the future ;) Great job Google!

[@Amo088]

Yea I have one of these....its called my EYEBALL. I have 2 actually...

[@TheArnav474]

Actually you've brain for that...our eyes just catches the light..& send that information to our brain..which process that info & tells us what heck we're seeing

[@hitmeintheheadwithahammer]

Arnav Goswami You must be fun at parties.

[@firecatflameking]

Now imagine PokemonGo with this :D

[@SohcSTi]

This IS Pokemon Go. This is literally what they came up with to map the rest of the world that they didn't have already. Have a blind spot on the map? Put a Pokemon there! More than likely using a complicated algorithm to drop pokemon in spots with little known information like a roomba on your phone sucking information from the surroundings of every single GO "player".

[@UltimmaWarrior]

YES!!!! more information to feed the NSA...

[@ds37]

Can't wait for them to announce that they are working on T-800 models.

[@GlenHubbard]

Fantastic! The future is so exciting, and so unreal!

[@Djungelurban]

I mean, this is a really cool idea and I do believe it's gonna be very helpful in alot of areas, like game development for example... But I don't quite understand why this is relevant to me as a person, I mean, why would you 3D map your home in a computer?

[@lyndongaming]

I for one would like to map my home layout just for the fun of it. Maybe they can develop a game that can take place dynamically in places I want, like in my house? Maybe I'm an architect/designer I can now map every single house I've been to so I can take them as inspirations/examples? Maybe we can share the layouts of our houses to our friends and let us "Virtually" visit each others homes or maybe even a prelude to a hologram technology? Maybe I can download a 3D file for a place, landmark, school, whatever it is, so I don't get lost while visiting? there are many possibilities and it has many more uses aside from mapping your home, of course they will show "mapping your house in 3d" as an example/demonstration because that would the simplest way for them to explain the technology to normal people. Everyone has a house, while not everyone is a game developer, or 3D artist Also, While not entirely helpful, it will be super useful for robbers and thieves lol, or even the military

[@Phi1eap]

the possibilities for NSA are really endless

[@DinoRodriguez]

Here's yet one more of MANY other reasons why Apple doesn't stand a single chance against Google. Google's Project Tango.

[@turdzilla1675]

Doubtful since all of there techs are using MacBook Pros.

[@derekbond9521]

Joseph Lusk THIS IS THE MOBILE MARKET...

[@turdzilla1675]

At 2:38 I see at least 3 MacBook's, last time I checked 3 is more than one *****

[@DinoRodriguez]

Okay Joseph Lusk, they're using MacBooks, 1 or 2 or 3. The fact remains Google's engineers and research labs in addition to all of Google's existing technologies tower (and puts to shame) anything Apple has to offer right now. Please do a little research before responding with something as mundane as "they're using MacBook Pros".

[@turdzilla1675]

Google and Apple are only direct competitors in the mobile market, there agendas everywhere else are different, so why even compare them? Stop being a twat and just enjoy the tech, everything doesn't have to be some kind of blood feud between fan boys of companies that only care about there bottom lines. Also of course they are using MacBook Pros, they couldn't create such awesomeness using chrome books lol

[@IMCijaye]

Amazing! Looking forward to seeing how this changes the landscape of business / marketing. Guaranteed it will have a big impact.

[@tphilbro]

Holy smokers!

[@JMiliam]

"What happens if you have all these pieces in a phone; how does that change what a phone is?" - Ted Larson, OLogic, absolute genius.

[@saeedatenzi]

The future is awesome. Lets build it together.

[@jerryfowler6058]

This video should be titled- ....."Say hello to Project Tango! A new, immense and creepier way for NSA to SPY ON YOU.......".....they will know everything about us before long *****

[@GrimboBrimbo]

hello

[@user-dh6fx1ve9j]

Rip

[@mikeweis1643]

The impact of this technology imo is almost endless. My friends and I cant stop coming up with ideas of what this technology could be merged with that would have a huge benefit to mankind.

[@Blaze420540]

imagine if they had a minecraft version on this phone that builds your actually house as you walk around it and loads the world as far as you go based on your surrounding that would be sick

[@Timic83tc]

Gee I wonder what recent app Google has ties to that could be 3D mapping the whole fucking world.

[@nickwees]

Oh great now the NSA will be able to monitor every aspect of our lives

[@freesofia]

2:14 min. - on movie! Ingress is.... :)

[@neosapien247]

I saw this guy demo the pseudo 3D display using the Wii remote once on TED and knew immediately that he's gonna end up in a tech giant one day.

[@sevisevisss]

wow, so google is going to know how my house looks from the inside. That is definitly going to make my life a whole lot more comfortable.

[@grigorshah]

So they have cameras on every corner they have detailed psychological pattern of someone by google search they even know what I would like to buy (google ads) and now.. thadaaa.. they know what exactly my bunker looks like :D

[@51l3nt45]

agreed,,,they eat your life hahahaha

[@DaGhost141]

Wow, im amazed how google could spy us in 3D AND REALTIME :O

[@constantiamdotnet1636]

Ghosty141 lol take off your tinfoil hat

[@moahammad1mohammad]

@@constantiamdotnet1636 Hes not wrong. You know how much information is being collected on your phone?

[@constantiamdotnet1636]

lol i know that, it's not spying. they'd be spying you if you didnt know about that data collection. if you dont like it dont use it.

[@prycwrn]

Say goodbye to Project Tango!

[@nulldev3436]

I knew somebody would try to do this someday, and since it's funded by Google, I expect it will succeed. This will definitely improve everything that has to do with 3d (make 3d games more realistic by analysis of real scenes, or make a 3d TV track the location of their viewer to enhance the experiance)

[@krazyykrunal]

This comment aged like a wine😢

[@L3Greed]

Imagine a game inside our world - You put on some sort of glasses or helmet and it brigns you into game that is INSIDE (based on) our world.

[@rex322ify]

COUGHCOUGHOCULUSCOUGHCOUGH

[@WilliamMerzlak]

Until you destroy your car thinking it was a dragon.

[@OrbitalShell]

Soooo it's skynets operating system..got it..Thanks..

[@ssssssssssama]

The skynet joke is not funny anymore.

[@OrbitalShell]

Its not?

[@AzraelAlpha]

Every time we heard about and see videos about this kind of tech it becomes a possibility, that's why it's no longer funny.

[@salakasto]

Google: We tooooootally don't like how the NSA is spying on everyone...that's why we've created this new technology that tracks your every movement and even maps it out for the NS-err, for Google!

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

I didn`t even think about it.Simply scanning each movement of citizens. First it begins with phones and then 3D scanners could be installed everywhere.

[@ChrisHubbell]

Is this technology coming to Google Glass ?

[@JeffBond]

glass might lack the horsepower under the hood for that, but i could see it being used in conjunction with a phone ... and this definitely belongs in the very darn cool department ;)

[@TysonKemp]

I could see the sensors being put in Glass and then the data being sent to a phone with similar hardware ability as this tango device to compute that data ... Anything is possible.

[@TysonKemp]

***** Do you believe that using Windows and iPhone doesn't subject you to data mining? Because they collect not only location info but other data as well. Obviously project tango is an experiment and if this technology hits the market you can choose to buy it or not, just like you're choice with a computer or phone.

[@TysonKemp]

Why do you have so much contempt? I thought this was really a conversation about exciting technology. I'm so you feel the way you do, and I can't change what you think, but I do know what I enjoy and that's having fun and making the world awesome.

[@TysonKemp]

No, it's not your opinion it's the way your expressing it that seems contemptuous. Believe what you'd like and have a wonderful day.

[@Datoneguywhoiscool]

I look forward to seeing these 3d maps being translated into map creators for various gaming engines. Modern gaming has had some success with creating realistic environments to play in. Problems I see: how does the phone handle people? We are the most mobile environment. We move more than anything else in our environment. Does the phone ignore humans? How so? How about the outdoors? How the phone handle trees and boulders and, more interestingly, water?

[@juaxox]

I bet the NSA is really excited about this.

[@landocal0]

3d mapping on every phone. What could go wrong?

[@iller3]

everyone at the NSA just had an orgasm

[@SupaPhly0]

Say hello to skynet

[@LetsPlayWaters]

This is literally the program BouJou in a phone. Its called motion tracking people, its for taking 3D Computer animated objects and putting them into a piece of film, using programs like Cinema 4D. This is just useless in my opinion, Im sorry

[@fyce]

This is so cool! I can have a COMPLETE MAP of my 20m² appartment! I can know where is my kitchen AT ANY TIME! And I can even send all this data to Google and the NSA! Amazing!

[@munishu]

This is great. I think there is need to think of mobile phone more than a communication and net browsing device. Good effort.

[@darkshad109]

dat battery life tho

[@epiccha]

Hello skynet!

[@hardisk]

Aaaaaaand I would throw my iPhone trough the window.

[@thompsues]

Apple *did* acquire Primesense, so I'd wait to count them out of the game just yet. There will certainly be quite a bit of SLAM tech in devices in coming years.

[@kolecava]

Joe Transue Apple will probably be delayed. Wait for 'iPhone c10 S'

[@alehodr]

im pretty sure u dont have any Hardisk

[@LonesomeTraveler7]

Can't wait to see where this goes. One of the most annoying things is navigating a new environment using a smartphone, and if this project leads to intelligent mapping and navigation, then it will allow people to truly engage their surroundings.

[@RiskyStrats]

imagine this technology combined with VR goggles. You would be able to create a virtual world based on the world around you and walk around it as if you are actually there

[@zurK12]

HERE, TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[@Maxjoker98]

Oh man. This with a rift.

[@MikeTrieu]

Exactly. The Oculus is immersive, but blind in the real world. Project Tango can give it eyes.

[@xuimod]

This is definitely "neat" but most people would probably never use this. I don't see any type of killer app for this tech (creating a mini video game with your living room as the setting is a novelty). Not to mention powering all these sensors would kill the phone's battery life.

[@jeslone]

I agree, I don't see it helping me in everyday life.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

How about doctors to register their patients` condition, geologists and geographers to use it for mapping the ground surface, people from Wikimapia and Google Maps to create virtual inside maps of buildings to show you the road, sculptors to create very precise models of sculptures in sheer seconds, finger and body and other scanners? It`s just out of the top of my head.

[@andersemanuel]

Think of it as a race car. You need the steering to be really sharp. Once you tried a tight chassis and great handling you can never go back ;-) Or yourself as a two year old grabbing a full glass of water then at 15, quick as a weasel not spilling a drop.

[@kalebnation]

***** This is actually brilliant.

[@xuimod]

inyazserg Sergey Larin How would this phone help a doctor register a patient's condition? Project tango is all about mapping the external walls, it doesn't have any medical sensors. That's beyond the scope of Project Tango.

[@andresamaro11]

nice, now the NSA will now how my house will look like from the inside.

[@cabebaby]

Yesss! Lets make real scale maps of the inside of your house, job, etc. for the goverment! Awesome idea!