Video: Bill Gates Mobile Navigator
ZDNet extracted this video from the keynote Bill Gates gave at CES Sunday night, showing the mobile navigator Gates demoed. Take a look:
Getting a better look at it now, you can see what they did. The device in Gates’ hand was most likely a camera connected by cable to a computer, or it was the full system in a box just outputting video of its final result. Gates really did shoot the video live, and the navigator software did process it in real-time, then Microsoft placed the video inside an image of a cell phone, which is why when the video is shaky in Gates hand, the background doesn’t shake behind it.
The main thing is that, in all appearances, Microsoft did have a technology that worked successfully in real-time. Now they just have to reduce the size of the device and expand the number of objects it can recognize, and it’ll be an amazing addition to Windows Mobile devices and maybe even regular PCs.
(via the Virtual Earth blog)
