Google (GOOG) Working to Produce '3-D Tablet' for 2015 Release

LG Electronics will produce a version of Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Nexus tablet which is capable of capturing 3-D images.

The WSJ cites Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group on the info. The ATAP is the company's advanced mobile R&D segment.

The effort, called Project Tango, should be consumer-ready by 2015.

LG is currently producing a few thousand versions of the tablet for developers to test out.

What does 3-D imaging do? One user at Google's I/O 2014 conference walked around a building and, using cameras, sensors, and other technology, the tablet produced a 3-D image of the users surroundings. That includes steps in one corner that went up several flights.

One similar demonstration captured the same data inside a home, which also included cupboards and shelves.

ATAP is headed by former DARPA director, Regina Dugan.

Shares of Google are lower in late trading Thursday.

UPDATE - TheNextWeb put up some pretty great photos from today's event [warning: some salty language at the website]. Here's two:

The stairs, as mentioned above:

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