Qualcomm Tech to Power Next-Gen Project Tango Smartphone

Qualcomm announced that its Snapdragon 810 CPU and Adreno 430 GPU will power Google’s next generation Project Tango smartphone, coming out in the third quarter of 2015. The new phone promises to offer the same capabilities of the Nvidia-powered Project Tango tablet, but in a smaller form factor. “We’re excited to work together with Google and Android developers to help deliver new, innovative visual experiences using depth-sensing technology on mobile devices,” said Raj Talluri, SVP of product management, Qualcomm.

Project_Tango_LogoThe announcement was made during last week’s Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.

Google’s Project Tango R&D project “combines software and hardware that can map out a 3D environment around a device and get a much better idea of where it is and where it’s pointing than a normal smartphone would (it works along the same lines as Microsoft’s HoloLens, but in a mobile device rather than a headset),” reports Digital Trends.

According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 810 processor is designed to deliver advanced connected mobile computing across video, imaging and graphics, while the Adreno 430 GPU helps deliver fast graphics and performance with reduced power consumption.

“Project Tango devices combine the camera, gyroscope, and accelerometer to estimate six degrees of freedom motion tracking, providing developers the ability to track 3D motion of a device while simultaneously creating a map of the environment,” explains the press release. “This capability is especially useful for applications such as real-world 3D gaming, indoor navigation, and virtual and augmented reality experiences.”

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