Google Project Tango & Paracosm Indoor 3D Mapping

Check out this demo by Paracosm of the Google ATAP Labs Project Tango phones. Paracosm and Google Labs have been working side by side to create the technology to make collaborative scanning possible. The Tango sensor uses IR structured light as a component of it's depth sensor. Paracosm doesn't manufacture its own 3D sensors, instead they have built the capability to build 3D models of large spaces using a variety of depth sensing devices. Paracosm is hardware agnostic, able to scan interior spaces using Project Tango, Primesense's and Asus's, and other experimental devices.

Paracosm replaces expensive and complex 3D surveying technology (e.g., Trimble Indoor Mapping Solution, see more here). Read more in our Indoor 3D Mapping report here.   

Indoor 3D Mapping & Augmented Reality Market Report

In Feb 2014, Google announced its ground-breaking Project Tango as part of its Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) hardware group. Tango is Google's next-generation 3D mapping tool that will revolutionize the indoor mapping and the indoor location industry. Google envisions the following examples: “What if you never found yourself lost in a new building again? What if directions to a new location didn’t stop at the street address?” We say, imagine wearing Google Glass and be able to visualize indoor navigation in real 3D!

In addition to Google, this 30 page report features 20 companies that are also doing indoor 3D mapping and Augmented Reality. What used to be a government and military niche (NASA, DARPA) is now becoming main stream and commercial thanks to Google and these other companies.

Indoor 3D Mapping & Augmented Reality Report

1    Intro

1.1    Industry Verticals & Applications

1.1.1    Shopping

1.1.2    Indoor Navigation & Wayfinding

1.1.3    Emergency Response

1.1.4    Augmented Reality

1.1.5    Real Estate

1.2    2.5D vs 3D

1.3    Background: NASA, DARPA

1.4    Traditional Indoor Mapping Companies

1.4.1 aisle411

1.4.2 Micello

1.4.3 Point Inside

2    Indoor 3D & AR Companies

2.1    Company 1

...

2.20    Company 20

Price

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Google Tango 3D vs Apple 3D PrimeSense for Indoor Mapping

Mobile devices have become viable capture platforms for 3D mapping far faster than most people following the tech expected it to happen. Well, at least for Google, which is the only company that managed to equip a smartphone with advanced 3D sensors for mapping the surroundings. As far as we know, Apple's PrimeSense technology requires an attachment hardware, however, we can speculate that Apple acquired PrimeSense with the goal of integrating the technology inside iPhones and iPads, or even iWearables. Other companies such as Trimble have been doing indoor 3D mapping for some time now but require specialized hardware. See the details in addition to other 20 solutions from startups in our latest report.

Google Indoor 3D Mapping	Apple PrimeSense Indoor 3D Scanning
CSIRO Zebedee Indoor 3D Maps	Trimble Indoor 3D Mapping