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Intel is acquiring computer vision startup Movidius for an undisclosed sum in order to bolster its RealSense gesture-sensing platform:
Today, [Intel] announced that it is acquiring the computer vision startup behind Google's Project Tango 3D-sensor tech, Movidius.
In a blog post, Movidius CEO Remi El-Ouazzane announced that his startup will continue in its goal of giving "the power of sight to machines" as it works with Intel's RealSense technology. Movidius has seen a great deal of interest in its radically low-powered computer vision chipset, signing deals with major device makers, including Google, Lenovo and DJI.
[...] "We're on the cusp of big breakthroughs in artificial intelligence," wrote El-Ouazzane. "In the years ahead, we'll see new types of autonomous machines with more advanced capabilities as we make progress on one of the most difficult challenges of AI: getting our devices not just to see, but also to think."
The company's Myriad 2 family of Vision Processor Units are being used at Lenovo to build the company's next generation of virtual reality products while Google struck a deal with the company to deploy its neural computation engine on the platform to push the machine learning power of mobile devices.
(Score: 2) by ledow on Thursday September 08 2016, @12:25PM
I shall return to this post in one year's time and we'll see.
"Silicon Valley... startup"
"which they hope"
"This year... will publish details ... will have demos" (P.S. Give me a shout when that happens, only three months left and that article is four months old)
But when the lead-guy has a degree in "Entrepreneurship", it really doesn't fill me with confidence.