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what is difference between normal android device and tango device in terms of sensors?

I wanted to ask the features that tango devices have and normal android device
(SAMSUNG GT-19505) don't have.
I am confused with the camera that tango have and normal android device like (SAMSUNG GT-19505) have.If i use SAMSUNG GT-19505 with tango API which capabilities of library will i be able to leverage.

Solution

  • Google Project Tango has two special cameras and two emitters on the back face:

    1. A fish-eye RGB camera for wide-angle video.
    2. A Class-1 IR-laser emitter for highlighting surface points.
    3. An IR camera for detecting said points (and thereby determining spatial position.)
    4. A flash for low-light conditions. (Might perhaps also be useful for assisting mapping efforts in low-light situations.)

    Like most modern phones, the Samsung GT-19505 has an RGB camera, and a flash, but lacks the emitter/receiver pair for 3D depth-sensing and area-mapping, rendering the Project Tango SDKs incompatible.