MIT has designed an augmented reality headset that essentially gives people 'X-ray vision' to see through walls and inside boxes. Kurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson explains.
Scanning a QR code doesn't take third-party app. CyberGuy shows you how to scan using your iPhone.that would give you X-ray vision. However, the headset is raising major privacy concerns as it may allow you to see through walls, which could enable you to spy on people's private spaces.The headset built by MIT researchers has a system that combines computer vision and wireless perception to locate a hidden item.
CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTERThe headset can tell you where to go to find the item, and you can use an app that matches the headset, which will show the hidden object as a transparent sphere. Once you find the object and pick it up, the headset will verify that you have picked up the correct object.
MIT headset as part of a system that combines computer vision and wireless perception to locate a hidden item.In a news release from MIT, associate professor Fadel Adib stated,"Our whole goal with this project was to build an augmented reality system that allows you to see things that are invisible — things that are in boxes or around corners — and in doing so, it can guide you toward them and truly allow you to see the physical world in ways that were not possible before.
Although this is a fascinating invention that could help people, especially when they are having trouble locating an item they need, it
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