You can understand what kind of future will be possible by looking at a movie that actually uses Google 's "Project Tango" which 3D scans the space in 3D with a smartphone and realizes it in three dimensions

Google aims to 3D model objects and spaces in real time by combining smartphone cameras and infrared sensorsProject Tango"Has become an advanced technology that is expected to be applied to various things, already on YouTube the movies uploaded by those who got the opportunity to experience this technology first have been made public one by one, It is showing off.

ATAP Project Tango - Google
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See how Google's new 'Project Tango' smartphones sense the world | The Verge
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Although Tango can perform real-time 3D modeling using a dedicated Android terminal equipped with a camera and an infrared sensor, the actual machine for developers of Tango exclusive Android terminal is the world's largest mobile phone eventMWC 2014The state that it is lent to some media and actually works is released.

The following movie is very easy to understand what kind of shooting can be taken.

Exclusive: a first look at Google's Project Tango - YouTube


I am receiving information on the operation method to Google engineers.


This is an Android terminal with Tango function.


On the back side are Tango's Kimo's cameras / sensors and so on.


At the top of the terminal is a 4 million pixel camera. General things that can shoot in full color.


It is in the part pointed by the fingerIRsensor. Detect the shape of objects and space using infrared rays and measure distances such as width and depth.


Behind the terminal is a tracking camera that tracks moving objects.


Start Tango exclusive application at once.


Then, like this, you can let the IR sensor recognize the surroundings. The figure of a man who puts his hand on the chin at the left end of the screen is also recognized.


The part where the distance is far is blue, and the part where the distance is close is displayed in red.


Next, when you start the depth (depth) sensor application ... ...


A yellow light appears on the screen and measures the distance of objects in front of you. First I scanned the top of the table.


Then scan along the wall.


Scanning is completed in a matter of seconds.


It is like this when trying an application which performs 3D modeling at the end.


Android terminals equipped with Tango function will be available from March 14 to application developers and others.


Project Tango has entered the stage where actual machines are provided to developers, but Google has developed applications in collaboration with external research organizations and companies. Its representative example has developed camera and software that makes it easy to perform 3D modelingY CombinatorGraduation startup "Matterport"is.

The state of 3D modeling by Matterport can be confirmed in the following movie.

Matterport develops tech to scan the physical world in 3D - YouTube


Such a 3D scanner is used in Matterport.


Shoot the subject and the subject with a 3D scanner ... ...


It is converted to 3D by dedicated software.


Then, the mechanism that 3D modeling is easily completed with such feeling.


The Tango application developed by Matterport and Google with tags is like this.

Google Project Tango: 3D Indoor Map by Matterport (No Sound) - YouTube


Tango dedicated Android terminal will shoot the room.


Unlike Matterport 3D scanner, there is no need to press the shutter. The photographer just aims the camera all over the room like a movie shoot OK.


Then you can create such a 3D model.




You can also enter the 3D model ......


It is also possible to measure the distance. This is where we measure the height of the ceiling.


It is also possible to add location information.


Various services can be realized if Tango's real-time 3D modeling is used. For example ...
· By real size measurement of a human, shopping through the net is OK without trying on it
· Furniture can be arranged in the same way Simple placement simulation
· Since the inside of the room itself can be 3Dized, real estate information and room information of hotels and inns also become more precise only via the net
· Combined with wide-angle head-up display and Google Glass will be more realistic
· As smartphones become 3D scanners, the possibility of combining with 3D printers will expand
· Since the real world 3D copy version is completed, the real world of the real monsters of Google Street View and the Second Life is not completed
In short, Google can create data that builds the ultimate virtual world like the movie 'Matrix'
etc.

Tango realizes low power consumption and it is possible to always keep it running, so users can 3D scan all kinds of objects around the world by omitting the trouble of launching the application each time. Tango's developer kit is installed in Android devices, but naturally, Tango not only has Android-powered smartphones and tablets,Google GlassIt is easy to imagine that it is also mounted on. In other words, Tango + Android + Google Glass shows that the arrival of the day when all objects around the world are 3D scanned is not a far-fetched future.


Not only that, but GoogleIt is possible to connect the net at any place using a balloonOr,Development of automatic driving carOr,Enter the home smart device marketOr,Acquired companies that are engaged in artificial intelligence developmentOr,Quantum computer development, And each point and point that seems to be irrelevant at first glance connect as a line by "Project Tango" this time, and "Google Maps"Street view"Google Earth"Human daily activities are recorded"Google+"A lot of different movies are uploaded in large quantities"YouTube"," Access analysis "Google Analytics", Which supports Google's revenueGoogle AdWords"It is now possible to connect all existing products such as Google, and what kind of thing Google brings with all of these data in hand is becoming increasingly popular That is why.