Facebook Introduces Integrated Eye & Face Model for 3D Immersion in Remote Communication
The proposed method generalizes well across various degrees of eye openness, different identities, and combinations of eye and lower facial expressions.
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AI & New Retail: Recent Developments and Future Trends
The traditional retail industry is facing challenges as the rapid development and continuous improvement of AI tools and techniques ushers in the era of New Retail.
Google BlazeFace Performs Submillisecond Neural Face Detection on Mobile GPUs
Google researchers have introduced a new face detection framework called BlazeFace, adapted from the Single Shot Multibox Detector (SSD) framework and optimized for inference on mobile GPUs.
3D Sensor Unicorn Orbbec Closes Over $200 Million Series D
AI startup Orbbec (奥比中光) today closed an over US$200 million Series D funding round led by Ant Finance. Other investors include Saif Partners, Green Pine Capital, Telstra Ventures, and Renzhi Capital.
Wearables: Translate Ideas into Products
Notable wearables today include Fitbit wristbands, the Apple watch, Google Glass, and Playstation VR — all of which have gained great market shares. As the data-collecting portal to the IoT, wearables hold many future possibilities.
A $30 AR Headset?
Amber Garage’s HoloKit is quickly positioning itself as a market stimulator. Just as Google Cardboard increased access and interest in virtual reality, so might HoloKit for augmented reality.
A Brief Introduction to Humanistic Intelligence: The Symbiotic Future of Machine and Human
“Why did I go to such extremes? Because I realized that the future of computing was as much about communications between people wearing computers as it was about preforming colossal calculations.” — Steve Mann