AI webcams are here: What that means for you

Traditional webcams have been around for a while, and they make it easier for people to talk to their friends across the miles or attend conferences even though they're not at the in-person event. Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has made it even easier for people to use webcams in the ways that work best for them. Even if you aren't familiar with their capabilities yet, you might soon agree they have extremely practical uses. An AI-powered webcam called the Huddly GO wants to increase meeting productivity with a device that has built-in computer vision to detect things about the room or the number of attendees. By accessing Huddly's API, developers can then go into one of the three video streams the camera provides and add features like automatic capturing of the writing on a whiteboard or an auto-crop functionality. Microsoft no longer makes its Kinect accessory, which brought motion-sensing to the Xbox platform.