FastCV offers a mobile-optimized computer vision (CV) library which includes the most frequently used vision processing functions for use across a wide array of mobile devices, even mass-market handsets.

Middleware developers can use FastCV to build the frameworks needed by developers of computer vision apps; Qualcomm's Augmented Reality (AR) SDK is a good example. Developers of advanced CV application can also use FastCV functions directly in their application.

FastCV will enable you to add new user experiences into your camera-based apps like:

• gesture recognition
• face detection, tracking and recognition
• text recognition and tracking
• augmented reality

Great job from Microsoft Research. Well done. And more great, papers which describe how it done available now.

KinectFusion: Real-Time Dense Surface Mapping and Tracking

KinectFusion: Real-time 3D Reconstruction and Interaction Using a Moving Depth Camera

VAO Moscow is available at the AppStore. Soon it will be available for Android.

VAO Moscow data app is free and easy to use:

*Nearby POIs – when you arrive, tap to locate yourself by GPS in real time and find the nearest POIs within the distance you set (100m–20km);
*Tons to See and to Do – POIs of attractions like monuments, parks, theatres, galleries, churches, cathedrals, manors, concert halls. All accompanied by a detailed historical information;
*Supports list view and map view, with contact information and location on the map;
*The app does Augmented Reality – overlay information onto the world around you;
*Images – help you to grab a quick virtual understanding of the city;
*Rich background information – city introduction, etymology, history, geography, culture;
*2 languages – English and Russian.

Just did small changes to AR Copter demo. Now it controlled via iPad. More interactions added.

Dmitry release small Augmented Reality Snow Scene for iPhone. Kinda fast and pretty. Christmas theme. Below some promocodes for it. Post in comments which one you get.

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FAAST is middleware to facilitate integration of full-body control with games and VR applications using OpenNI-compliant depth sensors (currently the PrimeSensor and the Microsoft Kinect). The toolkit incorporates a custom VRPN server to stream the user's skeleton over a network, allowing VR applications to read the skeletal joints as trackers using any VRPN client. FAAST can also emulate keyboard input triggered by body posture and specific gestures. This allows the user add custom body-based control mechanisms to existing off-the-shelf games that do not provide official support for depth sensors.

download it now and show what you can do with it!

Eugene Zatepyakin post very nice video of nft tracker in pure as3. Very fast with very good results! Imaging what can be dome with this AR engine plus next version of Flash with its incredibly fast 3D.

Total Immersion (www.t-immersion.com), the global leader in augmented reality (AR), announces a strategic alliance with Adobe that is designed to accelerate market penetration of augmented reality applications. Representatives from Adobe address the collaborative relationship. End users will experience seamless and immersive AR content that runs in Flash Player and Adobe® AIR®.

We had access to Panasonic D-Imager for few days and created few demos. So sad there was only XP Drivers and no any SDK, so we implement D-Fusion support in CCV to make it work like multitouch device, and small socket server for sending raw D-Imager data to flash.

Short video from ISMAR 2010.