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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. Uses for 3D Computer Vision by scotpurl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No more radar guns for police (now you'll need an invisible car)

    Fighter planes that don't need radar (but will need scads of cameras all over it -- both visible, infrared, and tetrawave)

    Computerized athletic officiating (which may finally kill the politics of skating and gymnastics)

    Better identity recognition software (now you don't have to face the camera)

    Custom-tailored clothing (no more scanning mechanisms)

    Automated grocery checkout (the machine identifies the fruits & veggies so that the clerk doesn't have to type in a 4-digit produce code)

    Another reason for George Lucas to go back and re-film all 6 episodes into digital 3-D.