INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Scape Technologies, a London-based computer vision startup, is de-cloaking today to announce that it has raised $8 million in seed fund and
beyond the capabilities of GPS alone.The technology will initially target augmented reality apps, but can also be used to power applications
in mobility, logistics and robotics
More broadly, Scape wants to enable any machine equipped with a camera to understand its surroundings.Backing the round is LocalGlobe,
Mosaic Ventures, Fly Ventures, and company builder Entrepreneur First
The startup has remained pretty stealthy ever since
location with far greater precision than GPS can ever provide
Miller declines to go into much detail on record with regards to how the young company was able to pull off such a large mapping exercise,
photographers, giving him a unique insight into how a company like Google can build maps at scale
He also has a background in interactive imagery, having been involved in VR projects for companies such as ESPN, UEFA and Jaguar
multi-legged robots how to learn to walk
Whereas humans might see a photograph and recognise in it a car or a building, a computer only sees a bunch of ones and zeros
they are and what is around them, using only a camera
The thinking is that with exponential growth in IoT and wearables, the world is becoming increasingly augmented with physical hardware
