Lucid Is Bringing AI-Enhanced 3D and Depth to Dual Camera Mobile and Smart Devices

Device manufacturers can now leverage simple dual cameras with Lucid’s core software solution to deliver highly accurate human-like 3D and depth perception

SHANGHAI, CHINA / ACCESSWIRE / June 26, 2018 / Lucid, the maker of the first VR180 3D camera, LucidCam, announces it is scaling its core 3D software technology into more mobile and smart devices featuring dual or multi-cameras. Lucid’s proprietary real-time 3D Fusion technology, which mimics how the brain processes and learns from what humans see with two eyes, will enable device manufacturers to leverage dual and multi cameras to capture 3D and depth.

This expansion comes when Lucid has become profitable and is in strong growth mode, with revenues up 10x from a year ago. “We see this as a unique opportunity where our technology syncs with the acceleration of the industry as dual cameras move into many more devices,” said Han Jin, CEO, Lucid. As an example, just in mobile, 300 million units of phones were shipped with dual cameras in 2017, and analysts predict a 400 percent growth year over year in the phone market, reaching 50 percent penetration by 2020.

Lucid’s pure software solution provides the many devices featuring dual cameras, such as mobile phones, robots, drones, VR/AR and security cameras, human-like depth perception eliminating the need for expensive and space-consuming hardware solutions such as depth sensors other systems. “The way we as humans accurately perceive three dimensions and distances is not solely based on our two eyes but rather a combination of experience, learning and inference. As chips and servers begin to approach the processing power of our brains, we can mimic this intelligence in software only, using AI and data on top of dual cameras,” said Jin.

Lucid is already incorporating its software into devices from several mobile phone, camera and robot makers as well as working with laptop, drone and chip makers to enhance their next generation products. With the LucidCam the company started its research of replicating human vision capabilities, at a time when dual camera devices were a small minority of the market. “The depth information that is captured through the addition of the second camera is what separates a device from recommending you similar clothes to knowing much more, such as the precise size, shape, style, fit, and texture. This leads to a much bigger benefit for consumers, and thus belongs in many more products than just the LucidCam,” said Jin.

When Lucid was founded Jin and his team began by creating robot eyes and instead of building out the whole robot decided to focus on the eyes as a camera. Today the company is using the previously embedded software technology to enhance any dual camera device by inserting a unique “vision profile” during the manufacturing process. This vision profile is similar to a personalized prescription anyone receives from an optometrist following an eye exam. “Like a baseball player who can train to improve his vision, the vision profile in dual cameras will also continue to get better through continuous learning. In this way devices attain exceptional visual perception without sophisticated hardware,” said Jin.

Lucid’s 3D Fusion technology uses AI and machine learning coupled with historic data in the cloud to provide added vision intelligence to ultimately deliver the most accurate 3D/depth perception. This solution is ideal for any real-time 3D/depth enabled applications and supports even live feeds into holographic displays. The technology has been refined over the past three years and has been integrated seamlessly into several devices which are already commercially available and selling in the millions of units globally. By offering a software only solution to serve the growing demand for 3D and depth in the industry, Lucid is helping manufacturers significantly reduce their hardware costs and development efforts.

For more information about Lucid’s technology and applications for dual camera devices, visit www.Lucidinside.com.

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ABOUT LUCID

Lucid, the maker of the world’s first VR180 3D camera, is a computer vision company developing the real-time 3D fusion technology. Its software solution empowers any device with dual cameras to easily capture and stream immersive 3D, VR and AR content while giving it 3D depth-sensing capabilities. Lucid’s technology is currently available in its flagship stereo consumer camera, the LucidCam, which shipped and sold thousands of units through Amazon, Best Buy and online in 2017. For more information, visit www.Lucidcam.com.

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