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Google Is Shutting Down Project Tango (androidpolice.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the end-of-the-road dept.

Google announced that it is ending support for Project Tango, the company's first attempt to bring a solid augmented-reality experience to the average user. The project used an array of cameras and sensors to accurately map 3D areas, causing the devices support Tango to be relatively large and expensive. Android Police reports: The first Tango device put into production was the "Peanut" phone, which was given to early access partners in 2014. Then came the "Yellowstone" 7-inch tablet, which was initially sold for $1,024 before a massive price drop to $512. The only other devices with Project Tango were the Lenovo Phab2 Pro, which wasn't a very good phone to start off with, and the ZenFone AR. This move isn't entirely surprising, now that Google is working on a software-only solution called ARCore. Not only is ARCore similar to Tango in functionality, but it doesn't require specialized hardware like Tango does.

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  1. Re:Thanks Obama! by Hal_Porter · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cut the dude some slack. He was a terrible POTUS but to his credit he upped the use of drones and special forces against Islamists to keep the numbers down.

    Not the sort of final solution to the ISIS problem that Trump and Mattis served up, but it was better than Bush's overly sparing use of drones.

    I.e. Trump is better than Obama who was better than Bush when it comes to killing off Islamists. None of them are particularly visionary politicians but each could see a pragmatic way to improve the US's position and smite its opponents with minimal risk of US casualties.

    ISIS have been wiped out in Iraq and is heading that way in Syria

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/whe...

    Both the Syrian and Iraqi governments have declared ISIS dead in their respective countries and have credited Iranian intervention. They differ, however, on the U.S.â(TM)s role, with the former considering the U.S. presence illegal and only recognizing Iranian and Russian support, and the latter having been a U.S. partner since being installed in the wake of the 2003 U.S. invasion and overthrow of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

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