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Wired Wednesday: Intel OpenVINO, Oculus Quest & Google Maps polling

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This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • OpenVINO Toolkit from Intel – open source facial computer vision system (source)
  • Facebook unveils Oculus Quest VR Headset/game console (source)
  • Google Maps now lets you poll friends on where to eat (source)

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