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The sword tip is effectively invisible in competition fencing – but a new system will make it much more visible on TV. CC-licensed photo by Robert Scales on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Touching. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. (We can do the Tim Cook/John Ternus stuff tomorrow.) Fencing tracking and visualization system • Rhizomatiks » Rhizomatiks has been developing the “Fencing tracking and visualization system,” which is the core technology of the “Fencing Visualized Project,” in collaboration with Dentsu Lab Tokyo. It uses AR technology to visualize the tips of swords in motion. Building on various development processes since 2012, the system has been updated to utilize deep learning to visualize sword tips…

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