RealityCapture is a software solution which automatically produces high resolution 3D models from photographs or laser-scans. RealityCapture can process thousands of images and scans in few minutes and can produce very detailed 3D models suitable for wide range of applications - cultural heritage, visual effects, computer games, GIS, 3D maps, industry, 3D print content, measurements and analysis
Affectiva senses human emotion from human faces - Fortune
Strides in cloud computing, image recognition, and artificial intelligence are helping startups like Affectiva make software that is "emotionally intelligent."
Google and Lenovo team up to bring Project Tango to consumers | ExtremeTech
Intel is making a big splash with its RealSense depth-enabled camera for Windows, but now Google and Lenovo are bringing something even more powerful to Android consumers through Project Tango.
Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Our research efforts are geared entirely to people’s needs: health, security, communication, energy and the environment.
This year's CES announcements were more exciting to me than ever before. Sure, we've already seen dozens of drones, exoskeletons, robots, rollable displays, virtual- and augmented-reality headsets, as well as personalized artificial intelligence for smart phones, smart homes, driver-assisted and autonomous cars (aka autonomobiles) and more over the years. They're [...]
Nikon made CES 2016 worth paying attention to for camera fans
Canon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony failed to make waves with their latest camera announcements. For the most part, the manufacturers focused on introducing mini...
Intel Has Partnered With Replay Technologies And Sports Fans Should Rejoice - SportTechie
When Intel CEO Brian Krzanich admitted at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that “consumers are choosing experiences over products,” sports fans around the world should have guessed they were in for a treat. And later, when Krzanich announced that Intel would be working with Replay Technologies, every baseball, soccer, basketball, and football lover across the globe was given a special treat.
The Spherical Luna Cam Shoots VR-Ready 2K Video For Under $500 : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times
And it actually looks pretty good. It comes as little surprise that there were so many VR cameras on the CES floor this year, as companies attempt to ride the recent boom in interest around virtual reality technology.
The Good and the Bad of Escaping to Virtual Reality - The Atlantic
Researchers believe new immersive technology could lead to isolation, but maybe when social needs are met online, people won't need in-person interaction as much.
SMI's 'Foveated Rendering' Enables More Realistic VR Experiences
Foveated rendering, a technique that mimics human vision, could help catapult virtual reality to the next level, but it is something that to this point hasn’t been achievable with current technology – until now. SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI), one of the oldest and largest companies focused on technology that tracks the human eye, is planning to show off foveated rendering at CES next week alongside the newest edition of their technology – a 250Hz eye-tracking kit for HMDs. For those of you who aren’t jumping for joy already, foveated rendering is a big deal for virtual reality because it c...
The VR Paradox — Why 360° video is both a problem and necessity for the success Virtual Reality.…
Every time a new technology is introduced two things happen: people try to describe it with existing terminology and they will try to use it for existing things. It’s an important phenomenon, because it helps the general public to understand new technology and lowers the barrier to start using it. The downside is that it …
'vTime' is a "Sociable Network", Now Available on Gear VR
Starship, a Liverpool-based digital entertainment studio, has today released vTime on the Gear VR store, the mobile platform’s latest social VR app. I got a chance to check out vTime’s alpha and sat down with Paul Hollywood, the studios product development director, to find out more. vTime is essentially organized like a social network, allowing you to search other users …