Next-Level Interior Mapping with Computer Vision

A New Computer Vision System Creates 3-D Maps of Building Interiors
Stanford

When working in construction, the quality of the end project is entirely dependable on the quality of information available. Stanford researchers have developed a breakthrough system, using computer vision, to accurately gather building measurements. Read more

Weather Channel Turns to Augmented Reality For 2016 Hurricane Season Coverage
Mashable

This hurricane season, the Weather Channel intends to virtually flood its studio in order to encourage people in harms' way to evacuate from an approaching hurricane….The result, Weather Channel meteorologists hope, is a new weather communication tool that could save lives by encouraging people to heed evacuation orders, particularly when it comes to the threat of a hurricane-related storm surge. Read More

Artificial Intelligence Creeps Into Everyday Life: The Basics On Intelligent Personal Assistants​
Forbes

Artificial intelligence is creeping into everyday life in the form of intelligent personal assistants (IPA). Question-answering applications aim for human-like responses, but it’s tough to live up to that standard. Read More

Rolls-Royce’s Vision Of The Future: A Fleet Of Drone Ships Controlled By Augmented Reality​
Huffington Post

When you think of the word drone it’s probably a fair assumption that two images will pop into your head. The first will inevitably be the quadcopters we’ve seen so expertly crashed on YouTube or the UAVs so controversially used by the military. It’s unlikely then that you’ll think of a drone as a 600-feet tanker, slowly crawling over thousands of miles of ocean. Well Rolls-Royce thinks of them as just that, and so much more. Read more