In this episode of Computer Vision Decoded, we are going to dive into Pierre Moulon's 10 years experience building OpenMVG. We also cover the impact of open-source software in the computer vision industry and everything involved in building your own project. There is a lot to learn here!
Our episode guest, Pierre Moulon, is a computer vision research scientist and creator of OpenMVG - a library for computer-vision scientists and targeted for the Multiple View Geometry community.
The episode follow's Pierre'e journey building OpenMVG which he wrote about as an article in his GitHub repository.
Explore OpenMVG on GitHub: github.com/openMVG/openMVG
Pierre's article on building OpenMVG: github.com/openMVG/openMVG/di...
Episode timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Pierre Moulon's Background
04:40 What is OpenMVG?
08:43 What is the importance of open-source software for the computer vision community?
12:30 What to look for deciding to use an opensource project
16:27 What is Multi View Geometry?
24:24 What was the biggest challenge building OpenMVG?
31:00 How do you grow a community around an open-source project
38:09 Choosing a licensing model for your open-source project
43:07 Funding and sponsorship for your open-source project
46:46 Building an open-source project for your resume
49:53 How to get started with OpenMVG
Contact:
Follow Pierre Moulon on LinkedIn: / pierre-moulon
Follow Jared Heinly on Twitter: / jaredheinly
Follow Jonathan Stephens on Twitter at: / jonstephens85
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