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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Project Tango Point Cloud Translations and Rotations

I want to use the Tango Device to capture Point Cloud images and save them to a file. From there I can stich the individual Point Clouds together to form a complete 3D image of a building interior. I have modified the PointCloudJava app from (google…
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Rendering issue on Project Tango using OpenCV image processing

I came across one problem to render the camera image after some process on its YUV buffer. I am using the example video-overlay-jni-example and in the method OnFrameAvailable I am creating a new frame buffer using the cv::Mat... Here is how I…
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Unity plugin using OpenGL for Project Tango

I am developing an AR app using Unity for Project Tango. One of the things I am trying to accomplish is getting the frame image from the device while using the AR example they provided with the SDK -…
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Object loaded through LoaderOBJ parser does not position relative to the real world

I have altered the code from the Google samples' AugmentedRealitySample like this: Boolean useBasicObjectInsteadOf3DModel = false; if (useBasicObjectInsteadOf3DModel) { // This is the original code provided by the Google…
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Maximum range (depth sensor) | Project Tango

I was wondering what the maximum range of the depth sensor on the Project Tango Tablet was. I can't seem to find it on any of googles pages. Are there any other limitations to the sensors? I was wondering, if it was suitable for outdoor use.
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Using OpenGL ES 3.1 on Google Tango

I'm trying to get a camera image from the tango api by calling "TangoService_connectTextureId". The problem is, there is no "GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES" defined, so I'm not able to create an external texture object. All the samples use ES 2 only but…
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Tango Camera Preview for RGBIR

I am using Tango's demo for videoOverlaySample. Instead of color, I would like to see the IR data (alone or with color). So, I replaced TANGO_CAMERA_COLOR with TANGO_CAMERA_RGBIR in both places where it appears. But screen is black. Here is the…
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the imu /location algorithm used by tango?

my use case is only concerned with locationing, in fact only 2-d locationing. so a lot of the cool capabilities in tango are probably not useful to me. so I'm trying to see if i could implement the location algorithm myself. from teardown reports it…
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Using PointCloud Prefab on Unity 3D

I tryed to implement the "Measure It" app on Unity 3D. I started with the PointCloud example scene downloaded on tango's website. My problem is, when i look in 1st Person view, the point cloud don't fiel the screen, and when i look in 3rd Person I…
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Any advice/idea/howto on implementing multiplayer with Unity3D and Tango?

I was wondering how to implement "sharing" tango's spatial information with other tango to create a multiplayer game. I just can't figure how to start. I found this demo by Johnny C. Lee, and without the VR stuff, is just what I need to…
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Google Tango : Aligning the ADF frame to the Color Frame

I am trying to create a Unity Augmented Reality Application that works of the pose determined by the ADF localization. I add the camera feed to the "Persistent State" demo, but my ADF localized frame does not align with the camera feed. The ground…
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How to import TangoUX correctly into eclipse

I'm getting the following error when I attempt to add the TangoUXLayout tag to my activity's xml file and attempt to run the project. java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.atap.tango.uxsupportlibrary.R$layout" on path:…
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Unity app crashes on Google Tango device

I created a new Unity Project which just has a simple Main camera and a Directional Light. I added the scene and chose Android as my build environment. When I "Build and Run" my Unity app always crashes and does not start the game. I tried building…
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Live streaming google tango's data

I am working with Google Tango to extract data from the tablet and use it at the same time in another device. I am trying to record the data and use it with another laptop via live streaming. I've looked at various topics about it and I found the…
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Reset Tango Tablet to factory settings

Received new Tango tablet, recharged the device. At first Power Up the device is locked. Attempted power up with long press power button and also with power and volume up and/or down. What is the factory settings sequence ?
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