January 2010
At Carnegie Mellon, they created a dual camera system that ties together facial recognition and eye tracking technologies.
The head worn device is currently attached to a pair of glasses. The forward looking camera is input to facial recognition software, while the rearward looking camera tracks eye movement to identify what the wearer is looking at.
Their concept was to create a system that would help the elderly, or the memory impaired by looking up the names of the people they encounter and to feeding that information back the wearer.
I like this project.
The application combines some rapidly evolving and accessible technologies into a good solution. This includes small, cheap, hi-resolution cameras that make both facial recognition and eye tracking possible. It also includes sufficient computing and graphics processing at cell phone sizes to make such a system feasible.
Certainly helping the elderly and memory impaired can be achieved with a phone-size self contained package. But, add high-bandwidth connectivity to and from massive databases and my mind immediately leaps to other applications.
Scenario: Homeland Security -
It is the Super Bowl. Intel has warned of a bomb threat. A crew of field screeners is deployed into the crowd wearing these devices. Their instincts and personal powers of observation rapidly guide their facial recognition selections. It is well established that human instinct is an unmatched algorithm for spotting anomalies. Meanwhile, a layer of Super-visors monitor and focus on the selections of the field screeners. They monitor, integrate and ultimately provide a selection of responses for likely hits. These range from additional monitoring to direct intervention. Of course, there are also very sinister implications of such a technology!
Scenario: Consumer products -
My new Nexus Nine Oakley face shield has the whole rig integrated. It is somewhat reminiscent of the "Phantom of the Opera" mask, and is fully tapped into the global human database on Google Profile. Most people I meet are "pushing" profiles, but I prefer to use the latest Profiler filter App. It quickly assembles the complete portfolio on a person from the entire webosphere and filters their profile based on the attributes that I care about. Who would have ever guessed that burqas and masks would become fashion statements as "mystique" takes over as the primary sex symbol.
Stand by. We will all be downloading and applying our first augmented reality apps very soon now!
Applying Technology - It's Theo
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