This presents one of the first challenges for computer vision: How can we equip computers to mimic human vision without it taking an impractical amount of time and resources?

The business applications for computer vision—when machines can see, process and then act on visual input—are nearly endless. What seems like a fairly straightforward skill took decades of ...

That said, computer vision even in its nascent stage is still incredibly useful. It’s in our cameras, recognizing faces and smiles.