*** Apologies for Cross-posting *** Andrew Davison, Imperial College "Live Localisation and Mapping with a Single Camera"
30th April 2010, 2-3pm (BST) Room 1.10, Kilburn Building, The University of Manchester Recent advances in probabilistic Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms, together with modern computer power, have made it possible to create practical systems able to perform real-time estimation of the motion of a camera in 3D purely from the image stream it acquires. This is of interest in many application fields, including robotics, wearable computing and augmented reality. I will explain the main aspects of the algorithms behind visual SLAM techniques, and present recent work which is now turning towards not just estimating camera motion but also recovering dense scene models in real-time. ----- Part of http://manchester.siggraph.org/ ----- Anyone wishing to view via Access Grid should note the following. Please check the Jabber room shortly before the start of the seminar to find if ScreenStreamer is to be used. Virtual Venue: University of Manchester Room1:10 Jabber Room: university-of-manchester-(1.10) (sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk)@conference.mcs.anl.gov ScreenStreamer: Preferably use ScreenStreamer software - go to http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer/ScreenStreamer.php and select room "University of Manchester (1.10)" from the AGSC section. Grab the screen feed (by clicking on it) from the screenstreamer window and resize it - more info can be found on http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer. Alternatively, the screenshot can be accessed at http://192.150.184.66:7890 (this IP might change for some sessions - please check Jabber). -----
