Last Thursday, I shared a concept video from Microsoft that showcased a number of under-development and beyond-gaming implementations of the company's Kinect stereo vision peripheral. Today, I'll pass along a bigger-picture visionary clip from Microsoft, which you can find above. Unlike John Gruber, I don't particularly think that vision videos are a waste of corporate […]
In a "treat, not trick" move appropriate for the day (Halloween) in which it occurred, Microsoft officially announced on October 31 that (as had already been suspected) it is planning to release a commercial version of the Kinect SDK early next year. As I mentioned in earlier coverage, the current "beta" tag translates into a
NVIDIA definitively unveiled its Tegra 3 ARM Cortex-A9-based SoC yesterday, following up on the initial disclosure at February's Mobile World Congress show (when it was known by its "Kal-El" project code name) and a subsequent release (PDF) of two architectural white papers (PDF) in late September. Those of you who have already read my technical
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Thanks to both Steve Leibson's EDA360 Insider blog and Digital Photography Review for alerting me to today's primary post topic. Yale University recently posted a one-hour talk by CMOS image sensor inventor (and Photobit co-founder, with his wife) Eric Fossum, which I commend to your attention. It's the second annual Victor M. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship
Embedded vision, as I've discussed many times before, will only attain high-volume success when it achieves widespread consumer awareness. A company called Bodymetrics, as recently reported in Gizmodo, is doing its part to actualize that aspiration. First, you slip into the company's scanning booth (which is reminiscent of a clothing try-on room), currently installed at
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Jeff Bier, Founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance, interviews Bruce Flinchbaugh, Texas Instruments Fellow and Manager of Vision R&D. Bruce, a pioneer in embedded vision whose career in vision technology spans 40 years, talks about the origins of Texas Instruments now-established businesses in automotive vision and video surveillance applications. Jeff and Bruce also discuss the
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When it rains, it pours. That's the thought I keep having of late, as announcement after announcement validates the burgeoning trend of using cameraphones' image sensors for gesture interface purposes. One week ago, for example, I mentioned the Windows Phone-based version of Kinectimals. Later that same day, I pointed out some patents (both applied for
As I mentioned in my October 16 post-mortem article covering the successful mid-September Embedded Vision Alliance Summit, the next Summit will be on December 6 in Dallas, TX, generously sponsored by Texas Instruments. Alliance members, please submit your RSVPs soon! Earlier this morning, Jeff Bier and I held an introductory meeting with the person who'll
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I've often heard it claimed that Microsoft's Research Labs is the only remaining substantial-sized industry R&D arm, subsequent to the demise of Bell Labs and the downsizing of folks like Xerox PARC. While I don't have any particular interest in confirming or refuting the claim, what I will say with confidence is that the multi-site,
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Jeff Bier, Founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance, interviews Goksel Dedeoglu, Texas Instruments Member of the Technical Staff in Vision R&D. Goksel, who began his career in vision technology as a university researcher (including earning a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University), explains some of the key trade-offs faced by TI in creating its "VLIB" vision
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