Questions tagged [google-project-tango]

Google Project Tango is a hardware and software platform which brings 3D environmental sensing to Android devices. This tag should be used only on questions that are about Google's Project Tango features or Project Tango SDK technical issues. The tag [tango] should be used to ask about the library written in the "D" programming language.

Google Project Tango was deprecated on March 1st, 2018. Google is continuing AR development with ARCore (developers.google.com/ar), a new platform designed for building augmented reality apps for a broad range of devices without the requirement for specialized hardware.


Google Project Tango is a hardware and software platform which brings 3D environmental sensing to Android devices. It offers six degree of freedom motion tracking, area learning, and depth perception capabilities.

Project Tango technology gives a mobile device the ability to navigate the physical world similar to how we do as humans. Project Tango brings a new kind of spatial perception to the Android device platform by adding advanced computer vision, image processing, and special vision sensors.

Google renamed the product from "Project Tango" to simply "Tango" as the official product name on June 9, 2016.
Note that this tag should be used only on questions that are about Google's Project Tango features or Project Tango SDK technical issues. The tag should be used to ask about the library written in the "D" programming language.

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Does setting exposure/ISO in Google Tango config work?

I am trying to use the Tango device to capture HDR images, but no matter how I set the Tango config ISO and exposure settings, there is no apparent change in the image. I am disabling the auto-exposure and auto-white balance and setting manual…
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Libgdx project tango

Has any one tried using libgdx on project tango? I have the problem updating the camera based on pose data. I am using the following code: conversionQuaternion = new Quaternion(M_SQRT_2_OVER_2, -M_SQRT_2_OVER_2, 0.0f, 0.0f); // This is used…
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To update or not to update Tango tablet

I am running in a corporate environment without WiFi, so I don't get OTA updates unless I bring my device home. After reading about problems with onFrameAvailable() callbacks in the past month I became skeptical of doing any updating for the time…
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Which features does project tango use

Does project tango extract any visual features per frame (such as ORB or SIFT/SURF)? or the entire point cloud is just 3D points extracted from depth camera. If so, is it possible to know which algorithm are they using? Is it just corners ? I would…
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exactly how do we compute timestamp differentials?

We get timestamps as a double value for pose, picture, and point data - they aren't always aligned - how do I calculate the temporal distance between two time stamps ? Yes, I know how to subtract two doubles, but I'm not at all sure of how the…
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Connecting Tango device to Windows 7

I am having trouble getting my Windows 7 x64 computer to recognize my Tango device. I have Android Studio installed with USB Drivers installed, and manually loaded Google USB Driver. The device loads as "USB Controllers - Unknown Device" with…
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Issue setting up the development environment for ProjectTango developemnt Device

I have a Project Tango development Kit. I am interested in working on the depth data from the sensors. I have ADB setup on my machine. But the Eclipse android emulator doesn't detect the Tango Development tablet. Can anyone suggest me how to set…
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Getting color data in Unity

The release notes mention that it is not yet possible to access color data in Unity, but I believe you can attach a callback to a video overlay listener and receive a YUV12 byte array in Unity and manually convert it into RGB565 to display on…
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Is it possible to get the raw IR image data from the Superframe?

I am using the java API with the Tango Peanut phone, and I wanted to know if there is a way to get the raw IR image from the RGB-IR camera that the depth sensor uses. I know that a quarter of the pixels from the RGB-IR camera is IR data. I also…
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Unity android app crashes at start with java null object reference error

I have a Unity project for an android app using the Google Tango sdk and GVR sdk that worked fine on Unity 2017.2. I had to port it back on Unity 5 and now the app crashes at start on the phone and I have no idea where it comes from, I am not…
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Tango SDK Android API Support Level

In Tango SDK Ikariotikos version, android:targetSdkVersion is 23. If you build with Android Level 24, "Unable to load Tango library. Things may not work." Log is created and Tango Service is not connected. Does the Tango SDK support Android 7.0…
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Not getting progress updates saving Area Description

I'm making a Google Tango app using Unity. When saving an area description with AreaDescription.SaveCurrent() I should be getting progress updates according to the docs: While the save is running, TangoEvent notification callbacks are sent that…
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Modify or extend com.google.unity.GoogleUnityActivity in Google Tango Project

I want to create a plugin that creates android main activity in Unity3d but Tango sdk uses com.google.unity.GoogleUnityActivity as Main activity. Is there a way to modify com.google.unity.GoogleUnityActivity or extend it? I am unable to find its…
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Tango Asus Zenfone AR

I developed an app base on tango using java api. The app is working without problems in the Tango development kit and Lenovo phab 2 pro. Since a couple of days I tried to run on the new Asus Zenfone AR but I am getting this error.…
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Android : [exec] Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]

I want to install an app on a Google Tango tablet, on which I'm root. I tried as well to compile with make -j and ant debug install, I keep having the error [exec] Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT] even if it ends with a BUILD SUCCESSFUL. The app…