Orbbec unveils product line collaboration with Microsoft

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Orbbec, a developer of 3D imaginative and prescient methods, introduced a collection of merchandise developed in collaboration with Microsoft based mostly on its oblique time-of-flight (iToF) depth-sensing expertise that was dropped at market with HoloLens 2.

This suite of cameras combines Microsoft’s iToF expertise with Orbbec’s high-precision depth digicam design and in-house manufacturing capabilities and can broaden the appliance and accessibility of high-performance 3D imaginative and prescient in logistics, robotics, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and health industries.

“Orbbec units constructed with Microsoft’s iToF expertise use the identical depth digicam module as Azure Kinect Developer Package and supply equivalent working modes and efficiency,” Amit Banerjee, Head of Platform and Partnerships at Orbbec, stated. “Builders can effortlessly migrate their present purposes to Orbbec’s cameras through the use of the API bridge offered as a part of their SDK.”

Builders constructing enterprise options can now develop their purposes with any of the units however use the best-matched system for the deployment situations, e.g. purposes developed and certified utilizing the Femto Mega could be deployed in harsh industrial purposes utilizing the Femto Mega I. Equally, purposes requiring an hooked up exterior pc can use the Femto Bolt. All cameras assist a classy exact set off sync system for integration right into a multi-sensor, multi-camera community.

The units have one mega-pixel depth digicam with a large 120° discipline of view (FOV) and a broad vary from 0.25m to 5.5m. It’s mixed with a high-performance 4K decision RGB digicam with 90° FOV. A 6DOF IMU module supplies orientation.

• Femto Bolt: Clients keen on an answer like Azure Kinect Developer Package will discover Orbbec’s Femto Bolt a perfect match for his or her business deployments. Past depth digicam and architectural compatibility, it additionally has a extra compact kind issue excellent for business installations. The RGB digicam has been enhanced with HDR functionality. That is at present sampling and can be obtainable for quantity orders in October.
• Femto Mega: Introduced in January 2023 and at present in manufacturing, Femto Mega remains to be the business’s highest-resolution sensible digicam. This system makes use of a built-in NVIDIA Jetson Nano to run the superior depth imaginative and prescient algorithms to transform uncooked information to express depth photos and thus, eliminates the necessity for an exterior PC or compute system. It additionally provides a Energy over Ethernet (PoE) connection for each information and energy that’s ideally fitted to deployment the place the digicam should be positioned away from the compute models or in multi-camera options. The developer mode SDK permits the execution of AI fashions on the system.
• Femto Mega I: At present transport, Femto Mega I is the business’s highest-performance ruggedized clever digicam with an IP65 ranking for warehouses, manufacturing and different harsh environments.

The common set off management hub permits straightforward connection utilizing customary ethernet cables for multi-camera and multi-sensor networks. The SDK permits straightforward setup and registration, and a wealthy set of APIs permits integration with numerous purposes.

“Since 2021, we’ve collaborated with Orbbec to convey extra digicam choices utilizing Microsoft’s iToF depth expertise into the market to cater to a broad vary of utilization situations,” Swati Mehta, Senior Director of Engineering at Microsoft, stated. “The supply of Orbbec’s merchandise supplies prospects with a broad set of selections that make 3D sensing expertise accessible globally for a wider vary of purposes.”

“Orbbec’s mission is to supply superior, accessible, and easy-to-integrate RGB-D expertise,” David Chen, Co-Founder and Head of Merchandise at Orbbec 3D, stated. “Past our customary merchandise, we might help prospects with customized design and ODM providers backed by our specialised design expertise and manufacturing expertise in high-performance cameras.”