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Recent Apple Patents Suggest Upcoming Facial Recognition, Improved Videoconferencing Systems

Recently-released filings from the United States Patent and Trademark Office reveal that Apple may be planning face-detection components for its Mac and iPhone operating systems, in addition to working on ways to netter the quality of video conferences conducted via iChat. According to MacRumors, a current filing builds upon ways in which users may be […]

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E3: Microsoft Demos Project Natal Video Recognition System for Xbox 360

In addition to Microsoft’s Bing preview, Microsoft also announced Project Natal, a technology project developed by 3DV which uses a camera technology to function as an input. The core ideas behind the project include motion recognition, complex voice recognition and scanning body features. And since a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s what the guys […]