Google’s “Project Tango” 3D scanning in a smartphone

Google never ceases to amaze me. 3 days ago I sent an email to my colleagues in architecture directing them to a 3D laser scanning tool. You hold a wand and it waves around on a spring. You wear a backpack where some of the equipment lives. They demonstrated using it in the Tower of Pisa.

Today Google announces something similar that is the size of a cell phone.

Project Tango

Apparently Johnny Lee is working for them now. I first heard of him back in 2008 when he used to do some pretty incredible stuff with Wiimote hacking.

http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/

Damn it Google! Why do you tantalize me with such cool stuff?