Do you believe in wearing a monitor?

Tencent Digital News (Compiled: Orchid) Earlier, Google has to show the world Project Tango 3D scan tablet, but it seems to the average consumer is not too much practical significance. And when you put it on your face, it seems like everything makes sense, just like the Oculus Rift head-mounted display.

Earlier this year, Google announced the Project Tango project, which includes somatosensory cameras, 3D depth sensors and normal visual cameras (basically more sophisticated Kinect) in phones or tablets and uses the processor for real-time processing. As for the practical application, it is used for scanning 3D data in space and converting it into usable data, which is suitable for a series of special fields such as game development and architectural design. Currently, Google is working with LG to develop Project Tango's official business models.

Well, our question is: What can ordinary people use Project Tango equipment to do? Obviously this is Google has been exploring the issue, at the Google I / O 2014 Developer Conference, some software, accessories developers are given specific answers.

As a head-mounted display

Durovis, the developer, is known for introducing head-mounted display accessories, and previous Durovis Drive turned mainstream mobile phones such as the iPhone into virtual reality devices. Using this concept, Durovis demonstrated how to use the Project Tango tablet as a virtual display with a head-mounted accessory. The demonstration project is a virtual aquarium, a bit silly, but to some extent illustrates the potential of Project Tango.

Augmented reality game

Games are also one of the main directions for Project Tango, and we saw several games in the demo, such as hunting zombies on the mobile tablet, which is very interesting. In addition, you can also scan the actual scene as a game content, but also a good concept.

Scan scenes and cartography

Some vendors also show simple but useful applications, including drawing, or scanning real-world scenarios for interior design, such as whether a piece of furniture matches the style of your room's decoration.

to sum up

Obviously, Project Tango is a promising new technology, but Google is the key to the professional concept of the consumer market. Relatively speaking, Google has always given the impression of "Geek" and its marketing capability is less than that of Apple. Therefore, we hope to see more Project Tango's ability in the consumer field. This is also the direction that Google needs to work hard in the future.