Point Grey Insights - July 2011 - Machine Vision Newsletter

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In This Issue	July 2011

New Videos

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Ladybug App for iPad

Ladybug App for iPad Featuring New 360° Videos

Point Grey added new 360° videos for the Ladybug Spherical Viewer for iOS devices - a free download available on the App Store on iTunes. The HD videos cover nearly 90% of the spherical field of view, and are ideal for use with multi-touch and accelerometer-based displays for pan, tilt, and zoom, such as the iPad and iPhone. Read more...

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Product Updates

Flea3 - 1080p60 over USB 3.0

Flea3 – 1080p60 over USB 3.0 and Ladybug3 Live at SIGGRAPH

The ultra-compact Flea3 camera featuring a CMOS sensor and running at 1080p60 over USB 3.0 will be one of our product highlights at this year's SIGGRAPH in Vancouver, a three day event for computer graphics and interactive techniques. In addition, Point Grey will showcase the Ladybug3 running live with new features such as dynamic stitching, independent exposure and HDR imaging, directional filter color processing, anti-aliasing, environment mapping and more. Read more...

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Download the latest version of
FlyCapture SDK

FlyCapture 2.2 Beta 6 SDK released!

The much anticipated release of the FlyCapture® 2.2 SDK Beta is now available for download and includes the following new features:

-API support for upcoming USB 3.0 cameras
-Allows side-by-side 32-bit and 64-bit installations on 64-bit OSs
-Record video and image sequences in FlyCap2 demo GUI
-Updated DriverControlGUI tool for associating a camera or
interface with supported drivers

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Event Updates

The Flea3 USB 3.0 on display at
AMD's A-Series APU official launch event

Point Grey and AMD Demo HD Video Streaming over USB 3.0

Point Grey and AMD, a global semiconductor innovator, jointly demonstrated uncompressed streaming HD video across USB 3.0 during AMD's A-Series APU official launch event, held on June 14th in Seattle. The AMD A-Series APU-based platforms are the first to utilize the A75 and A70M FCH chipsets in desktop and mobile, respectively. The A75 and A70M FCH are the first certified chipsets to integrate SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) into their core logic.

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