Road to VR

‘Evangelion’ VR Game Will Primarily Use Hand-tracking, Increasing Ease-of-use at Cost of Interaction Fidelity

At the Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th Anniversary event in Tokyo this weekend, Pixelity showed off its upcoming XR ...
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IntelliMotion: Real-Time Hand Gesture and Pose Tracking Using OpenCV and MediaPipe

Abstract: Computer vision applications have been revolutionized by profound learning, which makes it conceivable to track human movement absolutely. An interesting hand signal and posture following ...
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Enhanced Underwater Object Detection by Tracking in Sonar Images Using Deep Learning and Vehicle Motion Data

Abstract: This paper presents a real-time object detection and tracking algorithm for forward-looking sonar image sequences to enhance navigation and obstacle avoidance algorithms for autonomous ...

MIT alum builds AI skating tracker in 18 months for Winter Olympics

An MIT alum developed a smartphone app that tracks Olympic figure skaters and snowboarders without sensors, to help coaches ...

A more accurate measure of calories burned: Model interprets leg motion as expended energy

Though it might feel great to finish a workout and see "calories burned" pop up on your smartwatch, that number is often surprisingly inaccurate, with estimated error rates of 30%–80%. The watch's ...