Intel goes big at 2 Weeks of Gitex
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Intel goes big at 2 Weeks of Gitex

Intel RealSense made its debut in the GCC market with its first hands on experience at the Gitex Shopper 2015. Intel RealSense, formerly known as Intel Perceptual Computing, is a platform for implementing gesture-based Human-Computer Interaction techniques. It consists of series of consumer grade 3D cameras together with an easy to use machine perception library that simplifies supporting the cameras for third-party software developers.

Features of it :

  • Facial analysis
    • Tracking multiple faces.
    • Identification of facial features like eyes, mouth and nose
  • Hand and finger tracking
    • Tracking up to 10 simultaneous fingers, 8 gestures, and access to raw depth data
  • Sound processing
    • Speech recognition
    • Background noise subtraction
  • Augmented reality
    • Object tracking
    • Drawing CG images on real world scenarios

Intel has a issued a list of devices that support the RealSense technology as of now. Asus HP Dell Acer Lenovo are 5 companies that are having Intel RealSense built into their laptops for the consumers to experience. Intel on their website have also provisioned SDKs for devs who would like to have the real sense code and the functions of the cameras  to help build one of many possible applications that might soon come into the market.

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The third and final thing was the Intel Compute stick which was not an official Gitex launch but was also part of the Intel family in Gitex. A small USB which itself is a processor and turns your tv into a smart tv.