INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Apple focus on the image isn&t just about marketing; it about unleashing whole new ways of interacting with devices as the company quietly
moves to twin machine intelligence with computer vision in a host of new ways.What has Apple done
WWDC 2018 saw numerous OS improvements
These enhancements extend across most of its platforms
Think about:Core ML: Apple new machine learning framework that lets developers build computer vision machine learning features inside apps
Supported features include face tracking, face detection, landmarks, text detection, rectangle detection, barcode detection, object
tracking, and image registration.
ARKit 2: The capacity to create shared AR experiences, and to allow others to also witness events taking
place in AR space, opens up other opportunities to twin the virtual and real worlds.
USDZ: Apple newly revealed Universal Scene Description
(USDZ) file format allows AR objects to be shared
You can embed USDZ items in a web page or share them by mail
You&ll see this evolve for use across retail and elsewhere.
Memoji:More than what they seem, Memoji capacity to respond to your facial
movements reflects Apple gradual move to explore emotion sensing
Will your personal avatar one day represent you in Group FaceTime VR chat
Photos:Apple has boosted the app with the capacity not just to
identify all kinds of objects in your images, but also by developing a talent to recommend ways to improve an image and/or suggesting new
image collections based on what Siri learns you like
CoreML and improved Siri mean Google Lens must be in Apple sights.
Measure:Apple new ARKit measurement app is useful, but it also means that
AR objects can begin to offer a much more sophisticated ability to scale, and it provides the camera sensor (and thus the AI) with more
accurate information pertaining to distance and size.
Other features — such as Continuity Camera (which lets you use your iPhone to scan
an item for use by your Mac) and Siri new Shortcuts feature — make it easier for third-party developers to contribute to this attempt.
