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I wanted to ask the features that tango devices have and normal android device
(SAMSUNG GT-19505) don't have.
I am confused with the camera that tango have and normal android device like (SAMSUNG GT-19505) have.If i use SAMSUNG GT-19505 with tango API which capabilities of library will i be able to leverage.

seva titov
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KlwntSingh
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  • After searching a lot i think difference between them is only in hardware i.e tango device has fish eye camera ,powerfull infared receiver and for rendering the surrounding world in 3D and i think there will be no api for normal android mobile because it will be useless without the hardware. – KlwntSingh Apr 19 '15 at 17:24

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Google Project Tango has two special cameras and two emitters on the back face:

  1. A fish-eye RGB camera for wide-angle video.
  2. A Class-1 IR-laser emitter for highlighting surface points.
  3. An IR camera for detecting said points (and thereby determining spatial position.)
  4. A flash for low-light conditions. (Might perhaps also be useful for assisting mapping efforts in low-light situations.)

Like most modern phones, the Samsung GT-19505 has an RGB camera, and a flash, but lacks the emitter/receiver pair for 3D depth-sensing and area-mapping, rendering the Project Tango SDKs incompatible.

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