Intel’s new RealSense camera gives 3D localization for AR headsets and drones

Intel has revealed its latest smart mapping camera, the Intel RealSense Tracking Camera T265, targeting smartphones and AR headsets along with autonomous drones and robots. Equipped with twin fish-eye cameras, the T265 can precisely locate itself in 3D space without resorting to GPS or other external data, making it particularly useful indoors.

At the heart of the standalone camera is Intel’s Movidius Myriad 2 vision processing unit, or VPU. That’s what allows the T265 to use data from the twin cameras for simultaneous localization and mapping (V-SLAM), without requiring cloud connectivity.

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