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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Tango won't update to Nash

I am currently using Project Tango in UK. I tried to use system update to upgrade to Nash release, but it shows "your system is up to date". I am sure the device is currently in Libnitz. Is Google blocking OTA out of USA?
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USB OTG on Project Tango

Does anyone know if the Project Tango tablet supports USB OTG? Or alternatively if the USB 3.0 port on the dock can act as an OTG hub? Online it only states that these ports are for charging so I am unsure if OTG functionality is also included. It…
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ijParcelFileDescriptor is always null in java APIs

Inside onXyzIjAvailable(TangoXyzIjData xyzIj), I am able to access xyz but not ij data. Why is it always null ? or is it just matter of time before the same is exposed to java layer ? if (xyzIj.ijParcelFileDescriptor != null) { try…
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Apparent Mismatch Between Tango Core and OTA Version

It appears that a large fraction of Tango users are experiencing issues since Leibniz was pushed out. I found this post in another thread and thought it might be why I am seeing so much instability in my app after the update: This is from:…
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TangoService_connectOnFrameAvailable() gets stuck or crashes using Google Tango Leibniz Release 1.10

There seems to be an issue concering the reception of color frames in the Leibniz Release 1.10 as well: when having registered a callback using TangoService_connectOnFrameAvailable(TANGO_CAMERA_COLOR,NULL,onFrameAvailable) the callback…
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Can Project Tango help users navigate through a physical space for which no ADF has been created?

I would like to explore using Project Tango to help guide blind or low vision users through a physical space. One of my main questions, is whether an Project Tango must have an existing Area Definition File first in order to reasonably accurately…
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Where is ADF file on Tango Device?

I have a Tango tablet device. So i made a ADF file using Tango Explorer. I want to export the ADF file to PC from device. But i cannot find the ADF file. Please let me know where is the ADF file. Thanks.
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Area learning in Unity

I asked this question on the Project Tango Google+ page and it was suggested that I post it here. Something that I'm very confused on is area learning. Apparently, how it works is that you scan a room, save the ADF file, then later you can visit…
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Project Tango: Converting between coordinate systems and merging point clouds

I am trying to convert point clouds sampled and stored in XYZij data (which, according to the document, stores data in camera space) into a world coordinate system so that they can be merged. The frame pair I use for the Tango listener has…
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Timing issues with Tango image frames

It appears that Tango is dropping image frames when I try to get depth data, image data, and pose data at the same time. I am trying to capture depth and image frames and synchronize them with pose data. Using the C point-cloud-jni-example I added…
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Google Tango: Aligning Depth and Color Frames

I would like to align a (synchronous) depth/color frame pair, using the Google Tango tablet, such that, assuming that both frames have the same resolution, each pixel in the depth frame corresponds to the same pixel in the color frame, i.e., I would…
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Project Tango Camera Specifications

I've been developing a virtual camera app for depth cameras and I'm extremely interested in the Tango project. I have several questions regarding the cameras on board. I can't seem to find these specs anywhere in the developer section or forums, so…
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AR Overlay Accuracy in Google Project Tango

I am experimenting with overlaying augmented reality objects over a pass-through image from the rear camera in Unity. Has anyone experimented with overlaying objects with accurate tracking? I've tweaked the movement scale to get somewhat decent…
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"iwlist scan" returns "Interface doesn't support scanning"

I have used a Git project that builds iwlist and couple of other wireless program on Android. When I try to run iwlist scan on Yellowstone, it returns rmnetctl Interface doesn't support scanning. wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning. sit0…
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Can we use Dalvik with Tango

So I ran into the dreaded 'unfortunately....has stopped working' issue where art loads 2 classes and the debugger promptly tanks out - see this So, in utter desperation, I switched from ART to Dalvik, half dreading a long session with ADB if the…
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