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Active Depth Cameras w/ Jeff Powers (Cofounder Occipital, Arcturus Industries) - 101

Active Depth Cameras w/ Jeff Powers (Cofounder Occipital, Arcturus Industries) - 101

FromResearch VR Podcast - The Science & Design of Virtual Reality


Active Depth Cameras w/ Jeff Powers (Cofounder Occipital, Arcturus Industries) - 101

FromResearch VR Podcast - The Science & Design of Virtual Reality

ratings:
Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jeff Powers, Cofounder of Occipital and Arcturus Industries joins Azad to discuss active depth cameras, Apple's LiDAR, and his vision of the future of consumer volumetric reconstructions.

Topics discussed:
- The market for depth cameras in 2014 for consumers, developers.
- Why they focused on mobile-first with the Structure sensor.
- Google's Tango project not being adopted.
- Building a developer friendly ecosystem for 3rd party companies.
- A general Perceptual layer in software that can take any input.
- The economies of scale with new and niche hardware.
- Did Tesla pick the right choice with cameras vs LIDAR?
- Building the Room View 3D with Valve
- Interesting applications of the Index's dual cameras.
- VR eating up AR's use cases in the short term.
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (73)

The Podcast behind the Science and Design of Virtual Reality and Spatial Computing. By combining our background in Cognitive Science and VR Research, we break down important Neuroscience to extract Design principles. Each week, we feature the companies, founders, and researchers that are shapers of this Immersive Tech Industry. Join our Discord community for Episode discussions, guest suggestions, and listener-only meetups!: https://discord.gg/rrgnxEk