Human computer interaction is critical to the acceptance and advancement of computing as history has shown numerous times. In the early days with main frames, computer time was considered more valuable than human and non-interactive, but the PC set this straight. The mobility of the computer is now the most recent revolution and a huge stride forward, so what is the next? It would seem to me that it is computer vision to augment human reality, but perhaps more importantly, to capture it in the box so it can be re-rendered to provide the next big jump forward. Vision is at least as important to human evolution as language, tools and mobility. Can a computer see like a human, can the CV Turing test be passed, and where does this rank in overall importance to computing?
I would say what you are talking about is "Artificial Vision", which is of-course an extremely important part of CV, perhaps even its original motivation? The fact that we now have a set of tools available: graphics, AR, VR. ML and CV...; means that maybe we can try again to implement such a "whole" vision system, which is very exciting. And I do believe many people all over the world are working towards such systems right now as I type this!!
CV (AV) is extremely important in AR systems. I agree with Paul that many people all over the world are working towards such systems. However there are many unsolved CV problems especially in AR systems. In my opinion e.g. shape recognition and correct masking of virtual objects by real objects and vice versa is generally big problem in AR systems (not solved satisfactorily yet). If anyone effectively solve this problem I will be very interested in this. So, you're right Sam, vision is at least as important to human evolution as language, tools and mobility.
Thanks for noting Artificial Vision - I must admit I was not familiar with this as an R&D area proper. I come from a machine vision, instrumentation, embedded systems and automation background to CV. I agree many are working on this and I'm familiar of course with projects like EPFL, KAIST, and numerous others working on similar projects to my group ... I understand too that there are huge hurdles still, but it would seem worthy of recognition as a grand challenge or some such designation perhaps to focus efforts in this direction - at least equal to recent robotics initiatives (e.g. NRI by NSF in the US). One of the closest initiatives I can think of is the DARPA artificial retina project.
The artificial retina may be a huge step forward, especially in the field of AR systems. However, we can ask a question about bioethical issues.
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