Intel Releases Open-Source Stereoscopic Software

Eslyjah writes "Intel has released a software library that allows computers to "see" in 3D. The library is available for Windows and Linux, under a BSDish license. Possible early applications include lipreading input. Check out the CNN Story, Intel Press Release, and project home page."

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But so far the only application has been

[plover]

an open source terrorist face recognition project.

John

This is why I will always support Intel

[Starship Trooper]

Throughout the years, Intel has proven itself as being almost as strong a backer of open-source software and Linux in particular as IBM. They have secured my business and my company's business through releasing their excellent P4-optimised compilers for Linux, as well as porting the operating system to their next-generation Itanium architecture.

While AMD processors may be slightly cheaper and run legacy x86 programs more quickly, SSE-optimised code compiled with Intel's compiler completely creams even the new Athlon XP "1900". Intel doesn't need to make up marketing numbers in order to make their processors look faster than they actually are. Our web server used to run on a 1.4GHz Thunderbird, which was cheap but notoriously unstable. And when the fan blew out a month ago, the whole computer was taken with it! Meanwhile, the Itanium system we used to replace it has been humming along without a hitch since it arrived. I do keep an Athlon box around for the occasional Quake 3 match, but for serious business, I support Intel and their strong open-source backing.