{"id":303,"date":"2014-01-11T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2014-05-28T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T10:23:52","slug":"iring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/?page_id=303","title":{"rendered":"Image Processing behind iRing, IK Multimedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am very proud of being<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> the inventor and the developer of &#8220;Fast Marker Detection&#8221;, the algorithm<\/span> behind the <a title=\"iRing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ikmultimedia.com\/products\/iring\/\" target=\"_blank\">iRing<\/a> (<a title=\"IK Multimedia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ikmultimedia.com\" target=\"_blank\">IK Multimedia<\/a>), presented @ CES2014! There is much talk about it these days, for example<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engadget: &#8220;<em>iRing adds gesture-control capability to iOS music apps<\/em>&#8221; (details <a title=\"Engadged: iRing (with Fast Marker Detection by Giovanni Gualdi)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/01\/08\/ik-multimedia-iring-gesture-control-ios-music-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>CNet: &#8220;<em>iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch owners who use music apps can control them now through a ring on their finger<\/em>&#8221; (details <a title=\"CNet: iRing (with Fast Marker Detection by Giovanni Gualdi)\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13579_3-57616852-37\/iring-controls-iphone-ipad-music-apps-via-hand-gestures\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Gizmodo: &#8220;<em>allowing for complex and precise X\/Y\/Z positional and proximity tracking too<\/em>&#8221; (details\u00a0<a title=\"Gizmodo: iRing (with Fast Markere Detection by Giovanni Gualdi)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmodo.co.uk\/2014\/01\/the-iring-is-an-ios-midi-motion-controller-for-your-fingers\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mac Rumors: &#8220;<em>IK Multimedia Debuts iRing, Gesture Controller for Apps<\/em>&#8221; (details <a title=\"Mac Rumors: iRing (with Fast Marker Detection by Giovanni Gualdi)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2014\/01\/08\/ik-multimedia-iring\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hexus: &#8220;<em>users\u00a0control effects and other parameters of their iOS music apps by simply moving their hand<\/em>&#8221; (details <a title=\"Hexus: iRing (with Fast Marker Detection by Giovanni Gualdi)\" href=\"http:\/\/hexus.net\/mobile\/news\/accessories\/64777-ik-multimedia-announces-iring-affordable-ios-motion-controller\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Corriere della Sera: &#8220;<em>Five objects that left us openmouthed<\/em>&#8221; (details <a title=\"Corriere della Sera: iRing (with Fast Marker Detection by Giovanni Gualdi)\" href=\"http:\/\/malditech.corriere.it\/2014\/01\/09\/italiani-al-ces-2014-buoni-ma-pochi-5-oggetti-che-ci-hanno-lasciato-a-bocca-aperta\/#more-1582\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and on Corriere della Sera, January 9th, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>WIRED.it: &#8220;iRing, a ring to have them dancing with gestures&#8221; (details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.it\/gadget\/accessori\/2014\/05\/12\/iring-ik-multimedia-anello\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>iRing is the IK Multimedia plastic ring that exploits my <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Fast Marker Detection<\/span>\u00a0algorithm (details\u00a0<a title=\"Fast marker detection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/?page_id=288\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>): this is just a vertical exploitation;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">what about games and entertainment? human-machine interface? augmented reality? <\/span>If you are interested in licensing and integrating this technology in your own application, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">just drop me an email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"iRing trailer from IK Multimedia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ikmultimedia.com\/teaser_20140107_iring.php\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0to open the\u00a0cool trailer from IK Multimedia, and down here is a video clip recorded @ CES14:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" style=\"width: 480; height: 360;\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hgSOaE5DFiI&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hgSOaE5DFiI&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very proud of being the inventor and the developer of &#8220;Fast Marker Detection&#8221;, the algorithm behind the iRing (IK Multimedia), presented @ CES2014! There is much talk about it these days, for example Engadget: &#8220;iRing adds gesture-control capability &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/?page_id=303\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":226,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions\/319"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}