Zdenek Kalal, a PhD student at the University of Surrey in the UK that has developed a camera tracking application that he calls “Predator.” The application, once instructed to follow an object, will recignoise and track it, and track it whether it fades into the distance, hides amongst other similar objects or, when tracking faces, turns sideways…and, as can be seen from the video below, when Kalal hides from the camera, and holds a contact sheet of photos “predator” instantly picks out his face.
It’s inventor has come up with a numerous practical uses such as tracking individual animals for research, and chasing cars and people across multiple security cameras for better monitoring. For augmented reality, items that are quickly and easily recognized can become icons in an interface to quickly offer more information about their properties as you walk through an area.
We think the application may be used in a few ways on smart phones (with some refining on the code), for example, it could be used as an Augmented Reality Navigation system, using a hybrid of a phones GPS system, and a video representation of the route, alerts of traffic, and monitoring speed limits.
Kalal’s demonstration video is below, and you can try it out yourself here.
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