Programmed by: Jonathan Tran
Student Choice: ARCore + Tango
First off, the Google ARCore and Tango can be confused with, but are together in terms of functionality. The ARCore is a Platform, i.e. in terms of what we understand, it's more like a large library for an IDE that allows us to make use of the smart phone's technology such as the Camera, Accelerometer, Geo-Location, Motion-Sensor, etc.
The Google Tango on the other hand, is a series of Hardware built within some of these phones which are Specialized Camera's and hardware that supplements the usage of AR, and making AR applications more stable/accurate.
For example, most images taken by a normal camera is Two-Dimensional, thus a static image. With the Tango system, a person is able to take Layered images, and thus is able to create a more 3d-like image for people to see or applications to use.
Both are Independent: The ARCore however, strives to get the SAME results as the Google Tango, whilst not using the hardware of Tango phones. This is because not every phone uses Tango technology.
The whole goal of ARCore is to provide an experience that competes or over come the Apple's ARKit technology, in which they did not use any Tango technology in the first place. This means that Google is topping off both former tech's.
IDE Support: Currently, ARCore is supported in the following environments from Google's website:
Programmed by: Jonathan Tran