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Tango

Logo: Google ATAP, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Mobile computer vision platform for Android developed by Google

Tango (named Project Tango while in testing) was an augmented reality computing platform, developed and authored by the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP), a skunkworks division of Google. It used computer vision to enable mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to detect their position relative to the world around them without using GPS or other external signals.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 5, 2014Founded1

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Project Tango (24181866660)
Photo: Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Tango (named Project Tango while in testing) was an augmented reality computing platform, developed and authored by the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP), a skunkworks division of Google. It used computer vision to enable mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to detect their position relative to the world around them without using GPS or other external signals.2

The story

Founded by Google on Jun 5, 2014.1

Timeline

  1. Jun 5, 2014Founded Founded1

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