press release
Qualcomm releases mobile AR development kit
submitted by Sek Chai
Wireless chipset maker Qualcomm has released a software development kit for augmented reality in mobile devices. According to a press release, toy maker Mattel Inc will be using it in its Rock 'Em Sock 'Em game which combines computer-generated content with a live camera view of the real world.
Omniperception and MaxVision announce partnership
According to a press release, OmniPerception Ltd will be partnering with MaxVision LLC to deliver facial biometric software in rugged handheld devices. OmniPerception specializes in facial biometrics and advanced image processing software. MaxVision builds portable electronics and computers with built in biometrics.
VisLab autonomous vehicle to drive 13,000 km from Italy to China
Submitted by Massimo Bertozzi
VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge
The World Expo 2010 that will be held in Shanghai, China, is the third most relevant worldwide event after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, 70 millions of visitors from all over the world are expected to visit the Expo. This year’s theme is “better cities, better life”; issues related to sustainable mobility are indeed central to the Expo, which will be a display of new ideas developed worldwide in this field.
VisLab is going to participate to the Expo with a project, partially funded by ERC - European Research Council- that will show that it is possible, although in a prototype version, to move goods between two continents with non-polluting vehicles powered by green energy and with virtually no human intervention. Some goods will be packed in Rome, some collected throughout the trip, and finally taken to Shanghai on vehicles with no driver for the first time in history.
