Name: 【TED】Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality (Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality)
Uploaded: 2013-04-20T11:01:13.000Z
Duration: 8 min 5 s
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Modal verbs - A2

could see the world in the same way that we do,

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and then have it actually recognize images and objects

like the human brain, and then be able to pull in information

from an almost infinite library of knowledge

Well, traditionally that was seen as science fiction,

So the best way of explaining it is to just show it.

who is holding my phone that's now plugged in.

but if we now switch inputs over to the phone,

effectively what Tamara's seeing on the screen,

Voice: Now simmer blinks on flowery braes ...

Matt Mills: Now, what's great about this is,

And what's great about this is the technology's

actually allowing the phone to start to see and understand

Not only that, but as I move the object around,

it's going to track it and overlay that content seamlessly.

Again, the thing that's incredible about this is

this is how advanced these devices have become.

All the processing to do that was actually done

whether in things like art in museums, like you just saw,

or in the world of, say, advertising, or print journalism.

So a newspaper becomes out of date as soon as it's printed.

and we have some Wimbledon news, which is great.

Now what we can do is point at the front of the newspaper

Voice: ... To the grass, and it's very important that you adapt

and you, you have to be flexible, you have to be willing

and she does all that. She's won this title.

MM: And that linking of the digital content

to something that's physical is what we call an aura, and

I'll be using that term a little bit as we go through the talk.

So, what's great about this is it isn't just a faster,

more convenient way to get information in the real world,

but there are times when actually using this medium

allows you to be able to display information in a way

So what I have here is a wireless router.

My American colleagues have told me I've got to call it a router,

so that everyone here understands — (Laughter) —

So now what I can do is, rather than getting the instructions

for the device online, I can simply point at it,

Voice: Begin by plugging in the grey ADSL cable.

Then connect the power. Finally, the yellow ethernet cable.

Congratulations. You have now completed setup.

The incredible work that made that possible was done

here in the U.K. by scientists at Cambridge,

and I've got a lovely picture of them here.

They couldn't all be on stage, but we're going to

bring their aura to the stage, so here they are.

This was the fourth take, I'm told. (Laughter)

Okay. So, as we're talking about Cambridge,

let's now move on to technical advancements,

because since we started putting this technology

on mobile phones less than 12 months ago,

the speed and the processing in these devices

and that means that I can now take cinema-quality

3D models and place them in the world around me,

So then, after the fun, comes the more emotional side

of what we do, because effectively, this technology

allows you to see the world through someone's eyes,

and for that person to be able to take a moment in time

and effectively store it and tag it to something physical