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Cheap 3D Computer Vision?

Posted by michael on from the no-glasses-required dept.

InspectorPraline writes "According to this article at the New York Times [free reg req'd], a tech firm known as Tyzx is developing optics technology that will have three-dimensional capability -- using two cameras attached by a high-bandwidth connection to a custom processing card inside a PC. The article makes one believe that the system would have a top speed of as much as 132 stereo frames per second, which could be very useful in security systems. Of course, the real question is who's behind the cameras, but we can all drool over the other possibilities, right?"

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  1. Yay! by echucker · · Score: 4, Funny

    No more taping the red and blue filters from my Mag-Lite to my eyelids any more! :-)

  2. Re:2.5d? by cyberon22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you need three eyes?

  3. Re:Security? Nah.... by MadKeithV · · Score: 2, Funny

    Soon we'll finally be able to properly verify if Britney's boobs are indeed unnaturally big... without getting into a sexual harassment lawsuit.

  4. real life 3d simulator? by dajjer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now nerds like me will finally have chance to simulate reality even better without actually having to face it.

    "In event of an emergency in 'real life sim 3000' press [enter] to pause and scroll up the history window to see what went wrong"

    I wonder if cheat codes are applicable ...

    --
    my dvd discs won't fit in a:
  5. other possibilities by mpweasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    but we can all drool over the other possibilities, right?

    You mean 3d pr0n?

    Riiiight, and those X10 cameras are for surveillance too.