Big Tech’s race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance’s next-gen video generator. In a blog post, ByteDance – the China-based company behind TikTok – says Seedance ...

Haivision Systems Inc., a global provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, announced that its Makito X4 has been named the Official Video Encoder of ...

After 5 years of work and over 2700 commits against the reference software, the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has ...

READING, Pa.—Miri Technologies has unveiled the V410 live 4K video encoder/decoder for streaming, IP-based production workflows and AV-over-IP distribution, which will make its world debut at ISE 2026 ...

The field of optical image processing is undergoing a transformation driven by the rapid development of vision-language models (VLMs). A new review article published in iOptics details how these ...

In this edition, we’ve gathered 25 optical illusions that are truly mind-bending, designed to challenge your IQ. These aren’t just ordinary images; each one hides secrets and subtle details that most ...

European connectivity leaders Nokia and Ericsson have partnered with Berlin-based Fraunhofer HHI to shape and drive the next generation of video-coding standardization for better immersive media and ...

Abstract: Recent neural models for video captioning are typically built using a framework that combines a pre-trained visual encoder with a large language model(LLM) decoder. However, large language ...

IBM is releasing Granite-Docling-258M, an ultra-compact and cutting-edge open-source vision-language model (VLM) for converting documents to machine-readable formats while fully preserving their ...

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But ...