After months spent in limbo and not a unmarried new compatible twist , Google is last shutting its Tango augment reality political platform down for secure , effectual March 1st , 2018 .
While the proclamation is n’t exceedingly surprising , the death of Tango tot up another name to the list of abandonedGoogle ATAP(Advanced Technology and Projects ) endeavour , which once includedProject Ara , Google ’s attempt to create a modular smartphone andProject Vault , which looked to put all over , untroubled computing platforms into an South Dakota card .
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The major problem with Tango is that it required very specific hardware to officiate , include a consecrate depth - sensing IR tv camera and motility - tracking sensor , on top of a gimmick ’s traditional rear - front camera . This meant making Tango compatible machine was unusually expensive , to the point where only two were ever officially sold to the populace : theLenovo Phab 2 Proand theAsus ZenFone AR .
The Phab 2 Pro was especially problematic because it was the first Tango gimmick created , and away from being bulky and suffering from weak performance and barrage fire liveliness , it was sold at hardware stores like Lowe ’s , instead of traditional channels like wireless carriers . So no one bought any . And without a substance abuser base to support further AR app development , impulse for the whole platform flat coat to a arrest .
Even when the Asus ZenFone AR came out back in August , three months after the Phab 2 Pro was released , almost all of Tango ’s AR apps still felt like tech demos . On top of that , many Tango apps still had issues with accuracy and calibration .
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But venerate not , because all that meter spent develop Tango is n’t going to waste . Much of Tango ’s fundamental tech has already been incorporated intoGoogle ’s ARCore , which face to deliver similar AR experience , but without the rigid hardware requirements . ARCore is the tech powering Google ’s recently released AR Stickers , which have you see character from shows and movies like Stranger Things and Star Wars in your phone ’s photographic camera .
RIP Tango .
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