Archive for the ‘Vision’ Category

VR on an RC Airplane

Friday, December 22nd, 2006
VRflyer

In keeping with this week’s theme of flying toys and vision we thought we should post up VRflyer’s videos that have been all over the web this year. VRflyer took the whole remote presence game to a new level when he used a goggle set that tracked his head movements and moved the plane camera in synch. This little evolution in interactivity actually has an immense impact on user experience. The ability to move your head around as if you were 4 inches tall sitting in the plane cockpit makes all the difference in the world. Watch the video below, it tells the whole story.

Link to VRflyer’s youtube page

Link to thread discussion with VRflyer

Stereoscopic Vision by Bob Mottram

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Rodney39
BobRodney

If Robotic vision is your thing then a name you need to know is Bob Mottram. Bob has been pioneering stereoscopic vision software for a long time now and is very generous with posting information about his work.

Sentience is a stereoscopic vision and mapping system for mobile robots. It was developed initially as part of the Rodney humanoid robot project, and has been refined over several years. The system uses cheap low resolution webcam technology to acquire images and calculate a depth map from them.

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HeadTilt

Here are Bob’s websites:
Sentience Stereo Vision System

Rodney Project

Bob’s Main Homepage

The Streeb-Greebling Diaries

(Shameless Plug) For those who are interested in stereoscopic vision we suggest taking a look at the Stereo Vision Web cam Pan & Tilt unit we sell.

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