4. ITEC, Klagenfurt University, Austria Number of Digital Photos(global) Estimate 2006 > 150 billion photos from cameras > 100 billion photos from camera phones Forecast 2010 > 500 billion photos + increased resolution Source: IDC Study “Expanding Digital Universe” http://www.emc.com/about/destination/digital_universe/
5. ITEC, Klagenfurt University, Austria Digital Imaging Devices(Germany) Still image cameras sold in Germany (thousands) analogue digital Source: Cewe Factbook, http://www.cewecolor.de
15. What is the problem with VIR? The fundamental difficulty in doing what we want to do is related to the need to encode, perceive, convey, and measure similarity (e.g. between two images)
16. Bildsuche Vergleich von 2 MP Bildern á 1.600 x 1.200 x 2 byte = 3,66 MB Annahme: 7000 Bilder ~ 25 GB Daten (CC) JasonRogers: http://flickr.com/photos/restlessglobetrotter/2149696743/