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February 21, 2014 12:03 am GMT
At the core of Google’s freshly announcedexperimental Project Tango smartphone platform is a vision processor called the Myriad 1, manufactured by chip startup Movidius and its CEO Remi El-Ouazzane. The chip is being used by Google’s Advanced Technology And Projects Group, retained in the Motorola split, to enable developers to access computer vision processing never before seen on a phone. I’ve been talking to El-Ouazzane about the possibilities of the Myriad 1 and computer vision on mobile devices for some time. The way that low-powered computer vision systems like this will change the phones that we all use cannot be overstated. The revolutionary part of the Myriad 1 vision processor? Power, pure and simple. Most 3D-sensing platforms — like the PrimeSense chip inside Microsoft’s original Kinect — have a comparatively enormous power draw, usually over 1 watt. That’s orders of magnitude higher than what’s needed in order to make it a viable option for use in mobile devices, where power is always at a premium. The iPhone’s battery hovers around 1,500 mAh, which is many, many times smaller than is needed to power such a chip for any length of time. The Myriad 1 operates in the range of a couple hundredmilliwats — making putting this kind of chip on a phone possible. Putting 3D sensing on a phone has been impossible up until this point purely because of this power issue. Now, it’s a reality. Perceptual Computing And Vision Processing, Sitting In A Tree When I took a deep dive into Apple’s acquisition of PrimeSense, everyone I spoke to about 3D sensing on mobile devices put it years away — because the power costs were too high. Movidius has leapfrogged ahead in the 3D-sensing market by manufacturing a ready-to-wear chip that has enormously lower power consumption. It produces over 1 teraflop of processing power on only a few hundred milliwatts of power. This kind of low-power technology is integral to getting 3D sensing onto phones, and spatial and topographic contextual awareness is table stakes for the next generation of phones. Apple’s working on it, Google’s working on it and even Amazon is toying with it. Perceptual computing encompasses the whole field of analyzing data captured with sensors and visualization systems like cameras and infrared light. Computer vision is one component of the field, which allows devices to ‘see’ the areas around it more like a human does — or
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Inside The Revolutionary 3D Vision Chip At The Heart Of Googles Project Tango Phone
At the core of Google’s freshly announcedexperimental Project Tango smartphone platform is a vision processor called the Myriad 1, manufactured by chip startup Movidius and its CEO Remi El-Ouazzane. The chip is being used by Google’s Advanced Technology And Projects Group, retained in the Motorola split, to enable developers to access computer vision processing never before seen on a phone. I’ve been talking to El-Ouazzane about the possibilities of the Myriad 1 and computer vision on mobile devices for some time. The way that low-powered computer vision systems like this will change the phones that we all use cannot be overstated. The revolutionary part of the Myriad 1 vision processor? Power, pure and simple. Most 3D-sensing platforms — like the PrimeSense chip inside Microsoft’s original Kinect — have a comparatively enormous power draw, usually over 1 watt. That’s orders of magnitude higher than what’s needed in order to make it a viable option for use in mobile devices, where power is always at a premium. The iPhone’s battery hovers around 1,500 mAh, which is many, many times smaller than is needed to power such a chip for any length of time. The Myriad 1 operates in the range of a couple hundredmilliwats — making putting this kind of chip on a phone possible. Putting 3D sensing on a phone has been impossible up until this point purely because of this power issue. Now, it’s a reality. Perceptual Computing And Vision Processing, Sitting In A Tree When I took a deep dive into Apple’s acquisition of PrimeSense, everyone I spoke to about 3D sensing on mobile devices put it years away — because the power costs were too high. Movidius has leapfrogged ahead in the 3D-sensing market by manufacturing a ready-to-wear chip that has enormously lower power consumption. It produces over 1 teraflop of processing power on only a few hundred milliwatts of power. This kind of low-power technology is integral to getting 3D sensing onto phones, and spatial and topographic contextual awareness is table stakes for the next generation of phones. Apple’s working on it, Google’s working on it and even Amazon is toying with it. Perceptual computing encompasses the whole field of analyzing data captured with sensors and visualization systems like cameras and infrared light. Computer vision is one component of the field, which allows devices to ‘see’ the areas around it more like a human does — orOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/7fUQ6jfnY74/
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