Singulos Research unveils Perceptus AI for AR that understands the real world
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Singulos is taking the wraps off Perceptus, a spatial technology that enables augmented reality experiences with better fidelity in the real world.
Vancouver, Canada-based Singulos believes it can enable a new class of compelling AR applications using its Perceptus Platform, which enables real-time comprehension and tracking of physical objects in arbitrary 3D environments.
I interviewed CEO Brad Quinton, who is an AI professor and researcher at the University of British Columbia, and he showed me a demo where we played a round of chess together.
“Perceptus is really all about giving augmented reality the understanding of objects in the environment,” Quinton said. “There are a lot of augmented reality applications, but they don’t do much of anything. You can put a vase on a table, or pretend that you have a piece of furniture in the corner. But the apps don’t react to the world around you. And that’s why we believe that giving AR the ability to understand these objects allows it to understand your context. And using that context, it can be proactive and help you interact with the world.”
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To show what he meant, he used an iPad to capture a view of his chessboard in the real world. He moved a piece on his real chessboard, and then I looked at my screen and saw the piece move on my screen. I used my mouse to move a pawn, and he could see the move on his computer screen. So the application was smart enough to see his board pieces and integrate them into the digital game that we were playing remotely together.
This sounds pretty simple, but it requires computer vision other technology to create
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