Shadowing Practice: Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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So wouldn't it be amazing if our phones could see the world in the same way that we do?
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As we're walking around, being able to point the phone at anything and then have it actually recognize images and objects, like the human brain,
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and then be able to pull in information from an almost infinite library of knowledge and experience and ideas.
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Well, traditionally, that was seen as science fiction, but now we've moved to a world where actually this has become possible.
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So the best way of explaining it is to just show it.
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What you can see over here is Tamara, who's holding my phone, that's now plugged in.
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So let me start with this.
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What we have here is a painting of the great poet Robbie Burns, and it's just a normal image.
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But if we now switch inputs over to the phone, running our technology, you can see effectively what Tamara is seeing on the screen.
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And when she points at this image, something magical happens.
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Now what's great about this is there's no trickery here.
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There's nothing done to this image.
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And what's great about this is the technology is actually allowing the phone to start to see and understand, much like how the human brain does.
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Not only that, but as I move the object around, it's going to track it and overlay that content seamlessly.
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Again, the thing that's incredible about this is this is how advanced these devices have become.
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All the processing to do that was actually done on the device itself.
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Now, this has applications everywhere, whether in things like art in museums, like you just saw, or in the world of, say, advertising or print journalism.
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So a newspaper becomes out of date as soon as it's printed.
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Here is this morning's newspaper and we have some Wimbledon news which is great.
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Now what we can do is point at the front of the newspaper and immediately get the bulletin.
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And it's very important that you adapt and you have to be flexible, you have to be willing to change direction at a split second.
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And she does all that.
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She's won this title.
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And that linking of the digital content to something that's physical is what we call an aura, and I'll be using that term a little bit as we go through the talk.
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So what's great about this is it isn't just a faster and more convenient way to get information in the real world, but there are times
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when actually using this medium allows you to be able to display information in a way that was never before possible.
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So what I have here is a wireless router.
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My American colleagues have told me I've got to call it a router so that everyone here understands.
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But nonetheless, here is the device.
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So now what I can do is, rather than getting the instructions for the device online, I can simply point at it.
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The device is recognized. And then...
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Begin by plugging in the great AVSL cable.
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Then connect the power.
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Finally, the yellow Ethernet cable.
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Congratulations.
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You have now completed setup.
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Awesome.
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Thank you.
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The incredible work that made that possible was done here in the UK by scientists at Cambridge.
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They work in our offices, and I've got a lovely picture of them here.
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They couldn't all be on stage, but we're going to bring their aura to the stage, so here they are.
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They're not very animated.
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This was the fourth take, I'm told.
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Okay.
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So as we're talking about Cambridge, let's now move on to technical advancements.
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Because since we started putting this technology on mobile phones less than 12 months ago,
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the speed and the processor in these devices has grown at a really phenomenal rate.
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And that means that I can now take cinema-quality 3D models and place them in the world around me.
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So, I have one over here.
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Tamara, would you like to jump in?
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Actually, you can.
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So then, after the fun comes the more emotional side of what we do, because effectively this technology allows you to see the world through someone's eyes, and for that person to be able to take a moment in time
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and effectively store it and tag it to something physical that exists in the real world.
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What's great about this is the tools to do this are free, They're open, they're available to everyone within our application.
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And educators have really got on board with the classrooms.
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So we have teachers who've tagged up textbooks, teachers who've tagged up school classrooms, and a great example of this is a school in the UK.
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I have a picture here from a video, and we're now going to play it.
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See what happens.
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Keep going.
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TV!
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Oh my god!
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Now move it either side, see what happens.
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Move away from it and come back to it.
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Oh, that is so cool!
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And then, have you got it again?
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Oh my god!
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That's a lot!
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How did you do that?
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So it's not magic, it's available for everyone to do, and actually I'm going to show you how easy it is to do by doing one right now.
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So I'm told it's called a stadium wave.
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So we're going to start from this side of the room, on the count of three, and go over to here.
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Tamara, are you recording?
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So, you're all ready.
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One, two, three, go!
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Fellows are really good, huh?
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Now we're going to switch back into the Erasmus application.
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And what Tamara is going to do is tag that video that we just took
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onto my badge so that I can remember it forever.
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Now, we have lots of people who are doing this already, and we've talked a little bit about the educational side.
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On the emotional side, we have people who've done things like sent postcards
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and Christmas cards back to their family with little messages on.
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We have people who have, for example, taken the inside of the engine bay of an old car
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and tagged up different components within an engine so that if you're stuck and you want to find out more, you can point and discover the information.
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We're all very, very familiar with the Internet.
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In the last 20 years, it's really changed the way that we live and work and the way that we see the world.
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And what's great is we sort of think this is the next paradigm shift
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because now we can literally take the content that we share, we discover and that we enjoy and make it a part of the world around us.
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It's completely free to download this application if you have a good Wi-Fi connection or 3G.
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This process is very, very quick.
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Oh, there we are, we can save it now.
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It's just going to do a tiny bit of processing to convert
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that image that we just took into a sort of digital fingerprint.
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And the great thing is, if you're a professional user, so a newspaper, the tools are pretty much identical to what we've just used to create this demonstration.
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The only difference is that you've got the ability to add in links and slightly more content.
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Are you now ready?
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We're ready to go.
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Okay, so I'm told we're ready, which means we can now point at the image, and there you all are.
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One, two, three, go.
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Well done.
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We've been a brazma.
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Thank you.
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In this lesson, you will delve into the fascinating world of augmented reality and image recognition as discussed by Matt Mills in the video. By focusing on the technology that allows devices to recognize images and overlay information, you'll practice shadow speech techniques to improve your English pronunciation and comprehension skills. This engaging topic provides a great context for conversation, enabling you to learn and use relevant vocabulary while honing your speaking abilities.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Image recognition: The ability of a system or device to identify objects, images, or text in a visual input.
- Augmented reality: A technology that superimposes computer-generated images on a user's view of the real world.
- Seamlessly: In a way that is smooth and without interruptions or difficulties.
- Flexible: Able to easily adapt to changes; versatile.
- Aura: In this context, the digital information linked to a physical object that can be accessed through image recognition.
- Processing: The act of performing a series of operations to obtain the desired result, often done by computers or devices.
- Bulletin: An official statement or announcement, often used in news contexts.
- Cinema-quality: Referring to the high standard of graphic or visual quality used in films and movies.
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