https://vicarvision.nl/blog/VicarVision develops state of the art solutions and products for computer vision.https://vicarvision.nl/blog/contactless-ai-baby-monitor/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/contactless-ai-baby-monitor/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn BabySensor-Pre, we built and tested a contactless monitoring approach for vulnerable infants that works in low light, runs in real time on a custom edge device, and streams insights to a companion mobile app.https://vicarvision.nl/blog/improving-maritime-training-with-multi-modal-ai-analysis/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/improving-maritime-training-with-multi-modal-ai-analysis/Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTVicarVision worked alongside project partners Noterik, Noldus, and MARIN to explore how advanced AI-driven human factor analysis could enhance self-assessment and debriefing for professional ship captains.https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-10-release-two-decades-of-innovations-towards-a-complete-behavioral-analysis-solution/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-10-release-two-decades-of-innovations-towards-a-complete-behavioral-analysis-solution/Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTFaceReader 10 is released! It feaures eye tracking, multi-subject analyses, voice analysis, advanced results, and morehttps://vicarvision.nl/blog/validation-of-facereaders-attention-detection-high-accuracy-for-custom-expression/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/validation-of-facereaders-attention-detection-high-accuracy-for-custom-expression/Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTWhy attention is important Attention is a crucial metric to assess across many different fields, ranging from marketing to human-computer interaction. In marketing, understanding whether consumers are paying attention to advertisements is crucial for developing effective campaigns. Because consumers who maintain high levels of attention are more likely to develop a positive perception of the…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/check-out-our-buddy-bewell-project-website/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/check-out-our-buddy-bewell-project-website/Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTWe are delighted with our new member in the office: the emotional robot Buddy. We’ve been working on our social robot project Buddy-BeWell for almost a year. We’ve started our first data collection session in collaboration with Erasmus University. In this session we tested out some interactions Buddy can have with older users. We also…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/emotions-dutch-politics/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/emotions-dutch-politics/Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTNever before has the Dutch electorate seen so many televised debates as in the run-up to the coming parliamentary elections: three on NOS, two on RTL, and one on SBS. Compared to other in-depth political content, these debates attract relatively large audiences, usually well over a million viewers. It is well known that votes are…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-9-1-release/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-9-1-release/Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTWe are thrilled to announce the release of FaceReader 9.1, the latest upgrade to our renowned facial analysis software. Building upon the advancements of its predecessor, FaceReader 9, this version introduces new features and improvements that further enhance analysis performance and offer researchers expanded possibilities for their studies.  Improved Face Modeling  One of the notable…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/aid2bewell-projectresults-socialrobotprototype/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/aid2bewell-projectresults-socialrobotprototype/Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTIn this ageing society it is important to promote active and healthy ageing. A key technology that could help older adults in their home environment is a robot platform that delivers adaptive personal behaviour change suggestions promoting well-being. To find the right timing and know which interventions are most suitable for a user it is…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/new-website-cas-research-project-injury-free-exercise/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/new-website-cas-research-project-injury-free-exercise/Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTPrevention of sports injuries Often when we think of injuries in sports, we think about injuries that happen openly and during big sport events such as the soccer player getting carried off the field holding their knee or road racing cyclists after a fall. We don’t necessarily think of injuries that happen in the gym,…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/eyereader-webcam-based-eye-tracking-technology/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/eyereader-webcam-based-eye-tracking-technology/Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTOur eyes are our windows to the world. There is more behaviour from the face that gives relevant information other than facial expressions. Our gaze reveals what we are looking at and this often indicates what we find important. The size of our pupil responds to variations of lighting but also to task demands. As…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/ai-aid-bite-sized-debates/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/ai-aid-bite-sized-debates/Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTA surprisingly low number of citizens is aware that in the Netherlands both the national and local government broadcast all of their meetings and debates. Even fewer people actually sit down to look at these live or recorded video streams, which is a pity as a majority of the discussions directly affect our daily lives.…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/student-project-emotion-recognition-software-online-videoconferencing/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/student-project-emotion-recognition-software-online-videoconferencing/Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTSince the pandemic online meetings have become a widespread phenomenon. During these meetings it is difficult to keep track of all nonverbal behaviour. We have used our research software FaceReader to develop a new tool “VICO” to gain Visual Insights for Video Conferencing. By measuring attention, emotional expressions and reactions of the members in the…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-9-release/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-9-release/Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTWe have surpassed the previous version again and are very satisfied with the new FaceReader 9 release. FaceReader 9 has improved deep learning based modelling capabilities for higher quality and faster analysis. It features a completely new project analysis module which will make the analysis of your results much easier. There are also some new…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/presenting-posters-online-ai-conferences/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/presenting-posters-online-ai-conferences/Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTUnfortunately, due to the current corona crisis, events all over the world are cancelled and traveling is almost impossible. This is also a shame for young researchers that can no longer present their research at conferences. Luckily, conference organizers have also found a way to continue online. Amogh Gudi and Marian Bittner, our PhD candidate…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/visitors-experience-ai-mirror-cube-museum/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/visitors-experience-ai-mirror-cube-museum/Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTExhibition on robotics and AI AI innovations are one of the most relevant topics of the 21st century. AI is everywhere in our everyday life, but to many people this presence is very abstract. Therefore, the Technological Museum of Vienna has created an exhibition on robotics and AI to help uncover the surrounding myths. The…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/man-machine-interaction-meeting-emotion-recognition/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/man-machine-interaction-meeting-emotion-recognition/Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTWe can no longer imagine a world without interacting with machines. Staying informed on developments in human-computer interaction research is important; therefore, VicarVision is happy to be a member of the Man-Machine Interaction Platform (MMI). MMI is a Dutch platform with people from business, universities, and research institutes that aims to support collaboration and knowledge…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/interesting-applications-ai-media/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/interesting-applications-ai-media/Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTComputer algorithms can help determine what media messages we see. They help analyze what we think of it. But how smart are these artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms? And are they creative? Can AI create an actual Eurovision song? These were some of the questions and topics raised at the Cross Media Café, which is an…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/first-results-mobile-health-innovation-project/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/first-results-mobile-health-innovation-project/Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTLast year we received an innovation grant from INNOLABS, for our project H2A2 – A Healthy Heart with Automated Assistance – to create an unobtrusive health monitoring tool. With an innovative technique, called remote photoplethysmography (remote PPG), heart rate can be detected from the face. This functionality is already available in FaceReader. Since this technique…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/living-retail-labs-vicar-analytics/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/living-retail-labs-vicar-analytics/Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTThe retail sector is changing rapidly with offline and online changes and new available technologies. In the Future-Proof Retail project, a collaboration of more than 20 partners, retailers and students explore the question of how retailers can be ready for the future. TMO fashion business school organized HYPE labs in Delft and Rijswijk to investigate…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/vicarvision-smart-city-smart-finance-event/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/vicarvision-smart-city-smart-finance-event/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTLast month we were invited to give a demonstration of our facial recognition software at an event of the Amsterdam municipality. This broad and inspiring conference “Smart City Smart Finance – Smart People” focused on innovative practices relating to people and technology. There were several interesting presentations with original perspectives: from what we can learn…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-8-release-flexibility-extra-possibilities/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-8-release-flexibility-extra-possibilities/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTWe are happy to announce the release of FaceReader 8, perhaps the most ambitious and elaborate release so far. It is now possible to measure expressions of children under the age of 2 (Baby FaceReader), to record audio and make infrared recordings, to measure consumption behavior, to analyze left and right action units separately, and…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/vicarvision-vpro-documentary-game-phones/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/vicarvision-vpro-documentary-game-phones/Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTLast Sunday, a very interesting Dutch documentary “Game of Phones” was aired on the public broadcasting channel. This documentary dealt with how the smartphone appears to turn life into one big game. Where do we see this gamification and what are the consequences? This topic was illustrated from different angles, for example, you see teenagers…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/influence-ambiance-emotions/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/influence-ambiance-emotions/Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTOur surroundings influence our emotions. Consumatics, a consumer research company specialized in subconscious behaviour, has used our newest product Vicar Analytics for a very interesting experiment. In this blog post, we briefly present the results that they have nicely reported here in Dutch. At the Innovation Lab on the Horecava 2018, a large event for…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/faces-mark-zuckerberg/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/faces-mark-zuckerberg/Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTZuckerberg’s testimonies to congress One the most popular topics in recent news is Mark Zuckerberg’s, CEO of Facebook Inc., testimonies to congress. The CEO of Facebook was called to answer questions on matters of data privacy, security and misuse triggered by the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal. News outlets all over the world have debated on whether Zuckerberg…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-measure-absence-facial-expressions/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-measure-absence-facial-expressions/Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTDutch TV program Social interactions are central to human life. For most people, moving your face to express your emotions is an automatic and natural thing. But what happens when you cannot move the muscles of your face? In the Dutch TV program “Je zal het maar hebben” (loosely translated as: “what if you have…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/measuring-emotions-eating-cookies/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/measuring-emotions-eating-cookies/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTWhat is the perfect cookie? How do you decide this? Many research groups use FaceReader to investigate emotions during eating and drinking behaviour (see an example here). Generally, there are some correlations between different measures of hedonic liking (or disliking) and facial expressions. Benefits of using facial expression analysis to measure responses towards food products…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-dutch-science-quiz/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/facereader-dutch-science-quiz/Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTWhy does the shower curtain always stick to your legs? What is more sustainable, cheese or herring? These kind of questions were asked in the annual national science quiz (de Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2017), which aired the 26th of December (watch it here). Ionica Smeets and Pieter Hulst presented the quiz and the guests were three…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/robot-receptionist-results/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/robot-receptionist-results/Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTIn many futuristic movies, you see robots performing countless day-to-day tasks. Well… the future is here (almost)! For a project funded by COMMIT, we helped create a robot receptionist, named R3D3 (Rolling Receptionist Robot with Double Dutch Dialogue). The aim of this project was to create a combination of a virtual human and a robot…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/tvshow-facereader-erotic-videos/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/tvshow-facereader-erotic-videos/Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTWhat does lust look like? How do people respond to something they find exciting? FaceReader has endless application possibilities. The Dutch television program “Spuiten en Slikken” used FaceReader to measure responses towards explicit erotic images. Spuiten en Slikken is a spicy television show, on a public service channel, that informs their viewers about everything related…https://vicarvision.nl/blog/babyfacereader-pangborn/https://vicarvision.nl/blog/babyfacereader-pangborn/Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTA few weeks ago, VicarVision crossed the Atlantic and got to show its first validation results for Baby FaceReader at the Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium. Have you ever wondered what your baby is thinking or feeling? Baby FaceReader automatically measures facial expressions in infants (0-2 years old) to determine just that! The widely used FaceReader…