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Computer Vision · Graphics · Applied AI
Flagg Visual Computing is a collective of computer-vision, graphics and AI specialists. We embed with your team to design, prototype and ship production perception systems — from autonomous racecars to biometric identity.
Matt Flagg, Ph.D.
Principal & Founder
Matt Flagg received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in 2010, specializing in computer vision, graphics and human-computer interaction. His tracking research earned the Best Student Paper award at the British Machine Vision Conference and a Foley Scholars Award, and his peer-reviewed work — spanning projector-camera systems, motion-coherent tracking and video synthesis — has been cited more than 1,100 times in venues including IJCV, CVPR and ACM UIST.
Before consulting, he co-founded PlayMotion, a gesture-recognition company that deployed hundreds of projector-camera systems across hospitals, museums and family entertainment centers, including three divisions of Disney parks. He also contributed to a 3D scanning system honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at Industrial Light & Magic. That early work grew into a portfolio of more than ten U.S. patents covering gesture control, interactive displays, virtual try-on, active lighting and identity-document security.
Over the past decade Flagg has researched and developed perception systems for more than fifteen clients, from Meta Reality Labs to venture capital investors. His engagements span the full breadth of visual computing — LiDAR-based opponent detection for autonomous racecars, real-time markerless motion capture of professional soccer matches, document authentication and biometric fraud detection, 3D facial scanning for cosmetic pre-consultation and custom eyewear, photo-to-avatar synthesis that helped launch AR Emoji on Samsung devices, and technical due diligence of computer-vision investments.
Today Flagg is Chief Science Officer at Code19 Racing — the world's first professional autonomous motorsports team — and leads Flagg Visual Computing, a collective that pairs him with a deep bench of longtime engineers and researchers. He collaborates with longtime partner Dr. Satya Mallick (CEO of OpenCV), embedding with each client's team to design, prototype and ship perception systems end to end. All client IP is owned by the customer.
What we do
Expertise and software-development firepower in computer vision, graphics and AI — available for hire on an hourly or fixed-bid basis.
LiDAR, radar and camera fusion, 3D point-cloud perception and multi-object tracking for vehicles operating at the friction limit.
Document authentication and fraud detection for secure identity verification at scale.
3D face and object scanning, underwater reconstruction and photogrammetry — from cosmetic pre-consultation to custom-printed eyewear.
Real-time, markerless tracking of athletes for professional sports broadcast and analytics — including live soccer matches.
Photo-to-avatar creation and video synthesis — work that helped launch AR Emoji on Samsung devices.
Visual search, AI-driven video compression and technical due diligence of computer-vision investments for venture and PE.
Selected work
Most engagements involve multi-year retention of Flagg and his team. A sample of the companies, labs and investors we've built perception systems for.
Confidential research & development.
Fish monitoring next to river turbines in Alaska.
Real-time markerless motion capture of professional soccer matches.
Technical due diligence of investment candidates.
Lidar-based opponent racecar detection and tracking for the world's first professional autonomous racing team.
Computer-vision perception for autonomous racing.
3D facial scanning as a pre-consultation tool for cosmetic surgery.
Secure document authentication for identity verification — acquired by Incode.
Fraud detection for biometric identity verification.
Personal avatar creation from photos — helped launch AR Emoji on Samsung devices.
Custom 3D-printed eyewear generated from a 3D face scan.
Underwater 3D reconstruction.
Consulting services in computer vision and AI.
The for-profit consulting arm of OpenCV.org.
Visual search.
Computer vision for manufacturing operations.
Automated clothing measurements from imagery.
Trading-card grading via automated damage detection.
Fish monitoring next to river turbines.
Recognition
Peer-reviewed work in projector-camera systems, motion-coherent tracking and video synthesis, with publications in IJCV, CVPR, and ACM UIST.
Patents
Inventor on more than ten U.S. patents and applications — spanning gesture control, interactive displays, virtual try-on, active lighting and identity-document security.
Computer-vision gesture control of mobile and touch devices from a distance — operating apps on an external display without ever touching the device.
Auto-calibrating interactive displays that align human motion to projected imagery, from the PlayMotion era.
Turning a crowd into a coordinated display, each participant acting as an independently-controlled pixel.
Photorealistic virtual try-on of eyewear and accessories from a single photo.
Gesture- and motion-driven control of imaging systems, enabling meaningful interaction with projected video.
Producing enhanced digital imagery using a controlled active-lighting system.
Detecting forgery and manipulation in ID documents for secure identity verification.
The collective
Contract projects are executed by Matt Flagg and a deep bench of longtime collaborators — engineers and researchers across leading CV and AI shops.
Get in touch
Tell us what you're building. We take on a focused number of engagements and embed deeply with each one.
mflagg@gmail.com