Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Computer Science: Computer Vision

Today, we're going to talk about how computers see. We've long known that our digital cameras and smartphones can take incredibly detailed images, but taking pictures is not quite the same thing. For the past half-century, computer scientists have been working to help our computing devices understand the imagery they capture, leading to advancements everywhere, from tracking hands and whole bodies to biometrics to unlock our phones. [10:49]