Comments on: Robot gaze: what are the aesthetics of computer vision systems? http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html#comment-1339549 rrh Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142389#comment-1339549 I think it's eye-tracking someone reading the flyer. I think it’s eye-tracking someone reading the flyer.

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html#comment-1339440 Mark Dow Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142389#comment-1339440 It might be a probability map, based on  image metrics. It might be a probability map, based on  image metrics.

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html#comment-1339149 nosehat Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142389#comment-1339149 Wow, that's downright beautiful!  It captures what so much serious art tries to capture, that sense of striving after something perfect, but grasping it only imperfectly.  Watching this has been my favorite aesthetic moment of 2012 so far, no kidding! BTW, I think the footage from about 3:50 to 4:04 is showing a heat map, not computer vision per se. Wow, that’s downright beautiful!  It captures what so much serious art tries to capture, that sense of striving after something perfect, but grasping it only imperfectly.  Watching this has been my favorite aesthetic moment of 2012 so far, no kidding!

BTW, I think the footage from about 3:50 to 4:04 is showing a heat map, not computer vision per se.

]]> By: Joshua Albers http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html#comment-1339059 Joshua Albers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142389#comment-1339059 It is interesting that most of the visual elements overlayed on the video that signify what the computer "sees" are not visual stimuli perceived by the computer systems, but rather artificial markers--derived from, but ultimately separate from, the computer's internal interpretation of the of the visual information--added only for the benefit of humans. So the "aesthetics" of the robot gaze are not actually intrinsic to artificial vision, but are instead completely defined by human understanding of artificial vision. It is interesting that most of the visual elements overlayed on the video that signify what the computer “sees” are not visual stimuli perceived by the computer systems, but rather artificial markers–derived from, but ultimately separate from, the computer’s internal interpretation of the of the visual information–added only for the benefit of humans. So the “aesthetics” of the robot gaze are not actually intrinsic to artificial vision, but are instead completely defined by human understanding of artificial vision.

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html#comment-1338751 Mark Dow Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142389#comment-1338751 I hope a new gesture evolves, one easily parsed by any vision system, that will be an indicator that one is aware of the vision system and you want to initiate a transaction. It would serve as a "Hello" and handshake, that would allow a conversation (maybe only with gestures). J.Kirk used a voice command ("computer"), but it seems rude and less private to start talking while in line to use the ATM. I hope a new gesture evolves, one easily parsed by any vision system, that will be an indicator that one is aware of the vision system and you want to initiate a transaction. It would serve as a “Hello” and handshake, that would allow a conversation (maybe only with gestures). J.Kirk used a voice command (“computer”), but it seems rude and less private to start talking while in line to use the ATM.

]]> By: chris arkenberg http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/robot-gaze-what-are-the-aesth.html#comment-1338658 chris arkenberg Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142389#comment-1338658 See also http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/ See also http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/

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