In the coming years sensors will pop up in more and more household objects tracking things like air quality, movement, vital signs and other stats.

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Using motion-detection algorithms, the BriefCam software separates the background (static or non-moving objects) from the moving objects, tracking and analysing any motion within the frame.

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The camera's subject tracking of moving objects in three dimensions, with full time servo AF (AF-F), ensures focus of moving objects throughout filming.

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With FaceTools, end users can automatically identify individuals, capture fast moving objects, use enhanced user interfaces via real-time tracking of pupils, and take flawless pictures even under sub-optimum light or color balance conditions.

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That lets the Meta 1 track your gestures, individual fingers and walls or other physical surfaces, all of which are processed in the PC with motion tracking tech to give the illusion of virtual objects anchored to the real world.

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