Visual Computing: Redefining the Interactive Experience Imagine
exploring Paris through a digital window in your living room,
using a camera to capture a 3D blueprint of your house to plan
your next remodel, or trying on clothing in a virtual dressing
room that shows how fabrics flow with your every move. These are
a few potential applications of visual computing, a fast-growing
field of technology that combines photorealism, HD video and
audio, interactivity and computational modeling to enable real-
time, lifelike immersive experiences. The demand for visual
computing is accelerating in parallel with increasing
computational power that enables the processing of complex
visual data, the proliferation of mobile devices and the demand
for improved user experiences. In the future, people will use
their computing platforms to interact with the world in richer
ways, letting them enjoy realistic simulated experiences that
blur the line between the physical and virtual worlds. Investing
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