It’s a long holiday weekend, and I’m doing something a little different. I’m queuing up the movies that called it: the ones that predicted the digital world we’re all living in. AI assistants, video ...

Abstract: Kinect sensor, high-resolution depth and visual (RGB) sensing has become available for widespread use as an off-the-shelf technology. This special issue is specifically dedicated to new ...

The OpenCV is usually installed in /usr/local/Cellar/opencv/. To use the Python bindings, you must create symlinks in the directory where Python is installed, usually ...

You might not have heard of the Nex Playground, but it's a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can track ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Honestly, I'm just happy it gets my kids off the couch. I do my best to limit screen time with them, but as someone who has fond memories ...

Top members of the team behind Apple Inc.’s Face ID are launching a startup to develop technology to help robots see better and move more safely in the world around them. The company, Lyte, emerged ...

Microsoft Research conducts fundamental science and technology research across a spectrum of research areas. With labs around the globe we pursue breakthroughs across the computing and AI stack to ...

In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming device. Swing an imaginary lightsaber and that would be translated onscreen. Throw a football and it ...

Rather than spending hundreds or even thousands of pounds on a 3D scanner, you might be interested to know that it is possible to use an Xbox Kinect to create an affordable alternative. This guide by ...

You don’t need to strap on a heavy headset or deal with hand tracking to get a taste of the potential of spatial computing. The Spacetop G1, a computer created by a startup called Sightful that ...