Tencent backed online learning
platform Byju is looking to leverage Osmo, the Silicon Valley startup it
recently acquired for $120 Million, to build capabilities in technologies such
as computer vision and artificial intelligence.
Osmo, founded by former Googlers
specializes in using computer vision for creating blended learning games for
kids. While the startup will be able to leverage Byju’s content, the
Bengaluru-based firm will get access to Osmo’s tech smarts. Computer
vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field in which computers are trained
to extract, analyze and understand digital images or videos, with the intent of
replicating what humans can do.
Byju’s DNA is predominantly offline
(and content), and even today a bulk of their distribution remains offline.
Osmo will help the company develop a tech lens in the product offering. Osmo’s
technology can today detect shapes, numbers, letters and even images of
characters and objects in relatively real-time, but going forward it says this
capability will grow. Imagine a biology classroom where students get
step-by-step instructions on how to dissect a frog from software that is
watching their every move.
The
startup will continue refining its machine vision tools and will add more
members to its team to speed up the development of advanced capabilities.
Today, Osmo’s software is only trained to recognize pre-programmed images, but
in the future, it could make sense of something it is seeing for the first time
and throw up relevant content for the student.
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