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October 14, 2005
The Power Of The Cell Processor
At the "CEATEC JAPAN 2005" event held from October 4, 2005, Toshiba Corp. demonstrated image recognition technology dubbed "Digital Kagami (mirror) F-type" using the "Cell" next-generation microprocessor. The technology recognizes a human face in real time, and imposes various virtual makeup styles and hairstyles over the image and then displays it on the screen. With real time motion tracking, it looked like a virtual mirror.
The demonstration consisted of two key applications. They were the "3D makeup simulation" technology that varies virtual makeup styles and the "3D hairstyle simulation" technology that changes virtual hairstyles. Both applications detect key features of a user's face and estimate a 3D map of the face using the same processing manner. First, the applications capture a user's face with a camera and detect the position of key features of the face, including the eyes, nose and mouth, using image recognition technology. By matching the 2D positions of these key features to a computer graphic image using a 3D face model, the applications estimate what direction the user is facing and the 3D positions of the face's 500 features. The camera at the front bottom of the display takes pictures of a face through a half mirror located in front of the display. This results displayed images looking more like they are reflected in a mirror, because the camera's viewpoint meets the user's visual line.
The simulations look so realistic, I could see interactivity taken to the next level, especially since the Sony Playstation 3 utilizes the Cell processor.
Make sure you check out this video to see it in action
via tech on
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