3.7M views · Feb 20, 2014 · 2:58 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2014–2017
Google ATAP's short 2014 introduction to Project Tango, a mobile device effort to give phones and tablets a human-scale understanding of space and motion. It pitches ideas like indoor navigation and games that interact with your physical space.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN references it as a demo of Project Tango's computer vision, including its use of monocular structure from motion.
“19 second mark shows they are using monocular structure from motion.”HN comment, 2014
“19 second mark shows they are using monocular structure from motion.”
Demo showing monocular structure from motion at the 19 second mark
this video 19 second mark shows they are using monocular structure from motion. Some Japanese Uni has a working solution(HDL inside FPGA) doing same thing too link you can try it yourself, code is on github link link
“This project has been on my radar for a long time.”
I'd love to know if anyone here knows more about this. When it's going to be available for purchase, etc. This project has been on my radar for a long time. this video
Project Tango as a ready-made device for 3D scanning
Another way of doing this is something like Google's project tango, right? [0][1] So you can build and code this up (which sounds like a fun project) or if you're lazy or lack the time you can buy a $512 portable device that probably has an app or two to do 3D scanning out of the box. Both approaches have their pros/cons but both are pretty neat and it's exciting that it should only be cheaper and easier for hobbyists to play with in the years to come. [0] this video [1] link
