Kinect is a line of motion sensors first released by Microsoft in June 2010, initially developed as an add-on for Xbox 360 gaming console and Windows PC. It enabled users to control and interact with their console/computer using gestures and spoken commands. In Nov. 2014, the second-generation Kinect was released to replace the old Kinect…
It is reported that India will build one of the largest face recognition systems in the world to strengthen its public security network. Indian Prime Minister Modi says the government will invite tenders in October to build a system that will focus on face data captured by surveillance cameras in India. The system will be…
9 days after Apple released the iPhone 11 series, Huawei followed to unveil its latest flagship phones Mate30 and Mate30 Pro in Munich on Sept. 19. Huawei Mate30 is powered by the company’s Kirin 990 5G chipset, and a 16-core supersized GPU. The phone features notch design and thin bezels, and has a 6.62-inch full…
Chinese gaming company Netease can use AI to turn your selfie or a sketch into a video game character, revealed in Face-to-Parameter Translation for Game Character Auto-Creation, a paper it published on arXiv. According to Netease, the technology has been used for more than 1 million times by Chinese gamers. It streamlines the time-consuming character…
It is reported that Apple will upgrade its iPad products next year. ToF 3D sensor rear camera will be applied. The new iPad Pro to be launched in March, 2020, may adopt ToF technology to its camera. ToF is a technology that measures the traveling time between the emission of a pulsed light and its…
On August 31st, an app called ZAO unexpectedly rocketed to the top of the download chart of China’s iOS app store. Last weekend, on WeChat, China’s most popular social network, people were amazed to see their friend’s faces in movies, TV shows, and memes and couldn’t help having a try themselves. ZAO is a face-swapping…
3D technology has been marching towards new industries in recent years and it surprisingly entered the apparel industry this year. Fashion technology pioneer Julia Daviy has launched the world’s first zero-waste customizable 3D printed skirt. After several years of exploration, 3D technology finally found its place in clothing industry. After the concept of…
Samsung officially released the Galaxy Note 10 series in New York, USA on the morning of August 21, 2019, including Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus. It is worth mentioning that in terms of camera configuration, Galaxy Note 10 Plus has four cameras, including a 12-million-pixel wide-angle camera, a 16-million-pixel 123- degree super wide-angle…
The American footwear company, Nike, has developed an app called Nike Fit that uses 3D scanning to recommend ideal shoe size for consumers. The digital foot measuring software is designed to resolve the problem of choosing wrong shoe sizes, as it is said by Nike that 3 out of 5 people are wearing the wrong…
A compact and easy-to-use scanner offers unprecedented scanning experience and more. Revopoint 3D, an emerging high-tech company focusing on 3D cameras and artificial intelligence, released Tanso S1, the first 3D scanner tablet in the world. Tanso S1 is a 7.0-inch tablet able to scan objects and output hyper-accurate 3D models. At only 1.15 pounds (520g)…
