michaelvw

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   by michaelvw 17y ago

   This is a minor point, but rumors of IBM's demise are greatly exaggerated. Last I checked it had a market cap of more than $160B. One could argue that IBM's PC business is what died, but I'd say Dell did more to kill that than Microsoft (m
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   by michaelvw 17y ago

   3DV, the company whose 3D camera technology MS bought a few months ago, has published some papers on their technology. I haven't read them, so I cannot vouch for their depth (no pun intended). http://www.3dvsystems.com/technology/tech.html
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   by michaelvw 17y ago

   I assume that the tech inside the camera is same as the 3DV ZCam, who MS purchased a few months ago. One camera captures RGB images, the other captures depth information from infrared pulses. The depth cam isn't very high res (I think 320
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   by michaelvw 18y ago

   I am less concerned by the implication of reduced productivity. Though reading Hacker News may negatively impact present productivity, it may improve future productivity by exposing readers to new concepts, approaches, etc. It reminds me o