I have been thinking about event-based management of multimodal information. It is clear that information is rapidly becoming multimodal — current text-centered information systems will not be adequate for rapidly transforming multimodal information systems. In these days of digial cameras,…
Riya — computer vision in search
A video interview and demo of riya.com from Demo2006 shows how computer vision technology is being applied in search and management of your pictures. I know that many of my computer vision people will find it inspiring that a company…
Static and Dynamic Cyberspaces
[ This post reflects my current thinking about my research directions — both in my academic research as well as in my entrepreneurial efforts in Seraja. ] It is widely recognized in most areas of established sciences that static situations…
Movies by and for phones
Yes a professional movie can be made only using phonecams. And the moviemaker is right in believing: “I thought cinema in South Africa wasn’t the appropriate medium to represent who we are…it’s a mostly white phenomenon. Then it struck me…
Cameras
NYT has David Pogue’s excellent ‘update’ on digital camera market. Cameras are slowly becoming ‘Pen’ of the past. They will be used to make your experiences persistent. And this has really very interesting implications for our society. I already see…