"PEOPLELENS" that supports visual impaired people in Microsoft, AI

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On March 14 (local time), Microsoft announced on March 14 (local time) of the AI technology "PEOPLELENS," for more easily interacting with other people around them (Microsoft is called "learner").。We are currently conducting the first stage test.Learners who make the images recognized by the glasses in real time and convert them to voice, wear AR glasses on their heads, and explain the environment in the environment where the glasses are "viewed".Mainly, identify known individuals and read their names.The name can be heard from the direction where the other person is, so learners can grasp the relative position of the other party.In the future, we plan to install simple games in which learners can play with others.Through these games, the goal is to foster spatial attention necessary for social interactions.The device adopted by the PEOPLELENS prototype (not HoloLens 2) is the smart glass "NREAL LIGHT" released by NREAL in China in 2019.Connect this to a smartphone and operate it in combination with computer vision algorithm.First, take pictures of the people around the learners (family and friends) with a smartphone connected to NREAL LIGHT, convert the data into a numerical vector and register (remove the photo from privacy consideration.)NREAL LIGHT, which the learner is, recognizes the person around him, continuously identifies, identifies, tracks the person's gaze direction, and adjusts the data so that the person can be heard from the direction of the person.Let me know.Microsoft is currently looking for participants in the project.Microsoft announced in 2016 a smart glass for visually impaired people.In 2018, he announced the AI for Accessibility, a five -year project to support people with disabilities with AI.

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