KT-Tech Challenges Nancy and MPEG-4 for Wireless Video

Robert Gallagher writes: "Last week, at http://www.kttech.com/comp.html, KT-Tech released a demo of their video codec running at 32 Kbps. According to the web page and discussion on comp.compression, this codec is 'symmetric,' meaning encoding is just as fast as decoding, and that both can be done in software and in real-time. While Nancy is getting good press for its light decoding cost, KT-Tech is apparently trying to get into the two-way wireless communication market. One question to ponder: Would we really want cameras on our cell-phones?"

So much for.....

[Baalam]

answering the cell phone while visiting the restroom...

pr0n

[jargoone]

Would we really want cameras on our cell-phones?

Kinda brings a new meaning to the term phone sex doesn't it?

I want one

[glowingspleen]

I want one, that way when some jerk rips off my phone, I can get a good image for the police without him realizing it.

Neat.

[glowingspleen]

That's cool...we really needed another level of distraction for idiots that use cell phones in the car! Beep beep.

these things are great!

[posmon]

fantastic! so depending where on the phone they put the camera, you can either look down my ear or my throat. enjoy!

This would be annoying

[joshv]

So, you know those calls were your friend puts her phone in her pocket without locking the keypad, and accidentally calls you? Now you get to SEE the inside of her pocket, instead of just hearing it...

-josh

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Re:Well personally...

[FasterThanLight]

No, no, no... this will lead to an entirely new phenomenon! We already have the "hands-free" earbud style headset, so...

Instead of the usual "person talking to themselves"(i.e. talking into the headset but not holding the phone), there will be legions of people walking around having animated conversations with their cell phone held at arms' length. Can you imagine someone trying desperately to get a signal? Or having a heated argument? Something similar to the following... "IF I'VE TOLD YOU ONCE, I'VE TOLD YOU A THOUSAND TIMES, DON'T PISS ME OFF!!!"

Re:Show people what your talking about.

[ruvreve]

Assuming they are just taking a snapshot and not filming you wouldn't have to sync the frame rates. However you would on occasion have to retake the picture if the monitor was refreshing at the instant she snapped the picture. If that happens you should explain to her the meaning of "User Error" and how technology is infallible.

KY-Tech Challenges Nancy...

[Havokmon]

What? What does Slashdot care about lubrication?

And who is Nancy?

Re:these things are great!

[QuickFox]

either look down my ear or my throat.

The relentless progress of technology is truly astonishing. Now they've achieved something that nobody, absolutely nobody would ever believe possible: A technology that may convince geeks to wash their teeth and their ears.

Give a man a fish and he eats for one day. Teach him how to fish, and though he'll eat for a lifetime, he'll call you a miser for not giving him your fish.

Re:Honest Demo

[danisdanisdan]

I don't know...I know Butch and he's somewhat blocky on the left side. (Sorry, Butch)