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FEATURE: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
No hiding
place:
AR is identifying
criminals in public places
Visual identification of suspects
in public places has always been
a tricky art with those wanted by
authorities hiding in crowded places
to mask their presence. Now with the
development of Augmented Reality
there is no hiding place for criminals
intent on avoiding law enforcement
agencies. Enterprises operating
public events can also benefit from
the new technology with their
security personnel now able to make
events in crowded stadiums safer.
A
ugmented Reality is giving a serious boost to law
enforcement agencies in their ability to identify those
wanted by the authorities in the UAE. Not only that
but the technology can also boost businesses that hold
large scale public events by helping security personnel
track down those who represent a danger to the public.
Dubai-based software developer and solutions provider NNTC has
partnered with American firm Vuzix to supply security personnel in
the UAE with the world’s first-ever, fully autonomous AI-powered face
recognition system – NNTC’s iFalcon Face Control Mobile. 50 Vuzix
Blade Smart Glasses, powered by NNTC’s trademark technology, have
been deployed to multiple security operations. Engineered specifically
for law enforcement officers and security personnel, the solution allows
wearers to discretely scan faces in a crowd and compare them against a
comprehensive offline database of violators, missing people and suspects.
Dmitry Doshaniy, General Manager at NNTC, said: “Our software
employs a face recognition algorithm that has been ranked very
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