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Two weeks ago, I told you that Jeff Bier would be participating tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9AM PT (noon ET) in a free webcast sponsored by Vision System Design Magazine (remember, pre-registration is required). Well, as it turns out, Jeff's going to have a busy Tuesday. That same day at 1:45PM PT (4:45PM ET), he'll be […]

Jeff Bier, founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance and co-founder and President of BDTI, will be presenting a webcast (developed in partnership with Vision Systems Design Magazine) on Tuesday, June 5. Here's a short description: What You'll Learn: What market and technology forces are fueling embedded vision’s rapid transition from niche to ubiquity How to

Having recently discussed the embedded vision applicability of latest-generation smartphones based both on Apple's iOS (the iPhone 4S) and Google's Android (the Samsung Galaxy Nexus), it's appropriate to also give Microsoft's Windows Phone (formerly Windows Mobile, all based on Windows CE) O/S a turn in the spotlight. Latest version 7.5, aka "Mango", is now shipping

As the early-September writeup mentioned my previous piece suggests, camera-inclusive smartphones are (by virtue of both their prevalence and their performance capabilities) an increasingly popular focus for embedded vision developers. Judging from a recent review in Wired Magazine of the new HTC MyTouch Slide 4G, the platform's imaging capabilities show no sign of plateauing. And

I still remember my first SIGGRAPH, in 1999. At it, I auditioned my first motion capture system, and at first I admittedly wasn't very impressed. After all, the model employed in the demo was clad in a somewhat silly looking skin-tight outfit, complete with what looked like dozens of cotton balls attached at various points