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Next Generation Webcam Looks You In The Eye
from the two-eyes-are-better-than-one dept
Just in case you might have been put off by webcams that showed people staring off at a strange angles, you can now be totally weirded out by a webcam system that compensates so that the foreground person is always looking you in the eye. A setup of two webcams transforms the video images to a 3D image map that re-creates an accurate angle-manipulated video. Microsoft's research lab has been developing the technology for a while under the name i2i, so it could be released for video chat sessions in the not too distant future. And if you're worried about what your background looks like (eg. your messy room/office), a suitably-chosen image can replace your actual surroundings. Perhaps the Jetsons should be cited as prior art for some of the features.
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i2i not company but name of the technology
In techdirt: "Microsoft's research lab and i2i have been developing the technology..."
In article: "i2i, in development at Microsoft Research labs, Cambridge UK, is a two-camera system which follows a person's movement."
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Re: i2i not company but name of the technology
Thanks... fixed...
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What about non-Western cultures?
In many non-Western cultures, eye contact is considered a sign of defiance or agression. Will they need to make versions that will look at people's chins instead?
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Also in the USA
New army or marine recruits are told not to look at the drill sergeant in the eye, so we do see some of this in our own culture as well.
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