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Mixed Reality Technology from Canon

February 8th, 2010 Comments off

Canon’s MR technology uses a head-mounted display (HMD) and shows CAD (computer-aided design) data in a real space.

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There’s also an interesting article about the system at

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20100204/179912/)

Face Tracking

February 8th, 2010 Comments off

faceAPI is a toolkit for developers that provides head-tracking for all three axes.

No special hardware is required – you simply use a standard webcam.

In addition you can also use the toolkit to detect changes in facial expressions

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The software can automatically find the face in the current scene, and reacquire it if the subject leaves the frame.

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It’s also able to work in pretty much any visible or IR light situation, so it’s not overly sensitive to changes in lighting.

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Find out more from the SeeingMachines web-site at

http://www.seeingmachines.com/

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