Baidu launches AR Lab to focus on new technologies

Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has launched an Augmented Reality Lab as it focuses on developing new technologies and AR-based applications.
The lab, which is a spin-off from Baidu’s Institute of Deep Learning (IDL), will seek to leverage the search provider’s technology and customer base to create AR applications powered by AI technologies such as computer vision and deep learning.
The move builds on the company’s AR platform for smartphones, DuSee, which it launched in Augu