Been itching to get your hands into gesture-based computing? A key piece of the equation is now available. Intel recently announced public availability of its new The Creative* Interactive Gesture Camera Developer Kit. The $149 camera is a small, light-weight, USB-powered device optimized for close-range interactivity. Designed for ease of setup and portability, it includes an HD webcam, depth sensor and built-in dual-array microphones for capturing and recognizing voice, gestures and images. Paired with the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK Beta 2013 unveiled last October, the camera lets developers create the next generation of natural, immersive, innovative software applications that incorporate close-range hand tracking, speech recognition, face analysis and 2D/3D object tracking on Intel Core ™ processor-powered Ultrabook™ devices, laptops and PCs. Check it out and buy here.
To see demos of perceptual computing:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/vcsource/tools/perceptual-computing-sdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=catt5ZHCnl4
RELATED VIDEO: Perceptual Computing: Human Interaction as the Next-Generation User Interface
Very cool stuff! Check out the related video demo here: http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/perceptual-computing-human-interaction-next-generation-user-interface/
That is a very interesting use. You've inspired me to show to my brother, who has an autistic son. Thanks BDD.
@jmaglitta It's a suggestion... in a broader sense these things can be useful in communication psychology as a whole I believe.
Does this camera immediately remind anyone of Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit" http://www.jeffbots.com/johnny5.html
http://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/article/325946/creativelabs-camera-productbrief-final.pdf
This will be a good help for the autistic as extra-verbose communication aid.
I LIKE THIS CAMERA
Interesting. Is it like MS Kinect? If so, there will be are a lot of Kinect-like games for, let's say, OUYA :)
@IvanKirichenko
Good question. From the product brief, it seems more short-range that Kinect.
http://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/article/325946/creativelabs-camera-productbrief-final.pdf
It's developed for Intel by Creative, so there could well be a wider range of related or follow on products.
Soy de Venezuela, que tiendas de los EEUU tienen este producto en venta?
@frankdavilave Creo que sólo está disponible en línea a través del enlace de arriba ...