OpenCV Technologies

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real-time computer vision. Originally developed by Intel, it was later supported by Willow Garage and is now maintained by Itseez.

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is released under a BSD license and hence it’s free for both academic and commercial use. It has C++, C, Python and Java interfaces and supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iOS and Android. OpenCV was designed for computational efficiency and with a strong focus on real-time applications. Written in optimized C/C++, the library can take advantage of multi-core processing. Enabled with OpenCL, it can take advantage of the hardware acceleration of the underlying heterogeneous compute platform.

Adopted all around the world, OpenCV has more than 47 thousand people of user community and estimated number of downloads exceeding 14 million. Usage ranges from interactive art, to mines inspection, stitching maps on the web or through advanced robotics.

Kymberlee Hill made a presentation in front of the whole team regarding OpenCV. She presented on the history of hair and why this tool needs to be prototyped and built. She bridged the platform between makeup and hair products because both are not only billion-dollar industries, but also serve a purpose to be solved through customization and personalization. Just like skin, every woman's hair type is different. She was responsible for was downloading openCV and getting familiar with the library by doing openCV tutorials. She also summed her conclusions in a typed paragraph that discussed the higher level idea of using advance technologies to push the realms of the beauty industry.