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Techniques for optical acquisition of physical objects and their surroundings lie at the heart of virtual reality (VR) systems and material design applications, but the digitization process becomes ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In a pair of papers published on the preprint server Arxiv.org this week, ...

FLORENCE, Ky., July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Their background evaluation mode makes them an ideal choice for detecting highly reflective or shiny parts. And their intelligent ambient light ...

(Nanowerk News) A little over a year ago, Caltech's Lihong Wang developed the world's fastest camera, a device capable of taking 10 trillion pictures per second. It is so fast that it can even capture ...

A see-through screen, digital 3D objects manipulated by hand, perspective adjustments according to the user's viewing angle - these are the core features of a prototype computer desktop user interface ...

World’s first to deliver 100μm resolution at 10cm range, even with tiny, reflective or semi-transparent objects; ideal for highly accurate measurement towards flexible automation. A unique ...

An animated sequence that illustrates a range of different light sources. The Sun, fire, electric lights and torches are all shown. Darkness is presented as the absence of light and shadows as ...

The automatic recognition of 3D objects with "uncooperative" surfaces is a difficult and slow process. The Fraunhofer IOF has a solution. The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision ...

Can we reveal objects that are hidden in environments completely opaque to the human eye? With conventional imaging ...