The latest updates, guides and stories from Stereolabs

Apr 13, 2026.

Introducing the New Wrist-Mount Stereo Camera ZED X Nano for Embodied AI

The ZED X Nano sets a new standard for wrist-mount stereo vision, delivering 2.3MP RGB, neural depth, zero-copy capture pipeline, and ruggedized GMSL2 connectivity in a 40% smaller form factor

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Dec 9, 2025.

Introducing the new ZED X One camera series for Physical AI

Compact. Rugged. Surround. Physical AI and robot perception just got a major upgrade.

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Nov 25, 2025.

Stereolabs brings AI vision to mobility, robotics and industry with a new NEXCOM partnership.

Nexcom and Stereolabs today announced a long-term collaboration to deliver cutting-edge AI vision solutions for B2B organizations across mobility, robotics, and industrial automation sectors.

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Nov 3, 2025.

Indro case study : How Stereolabs ZED X empowered InDro Robotics to revolutionize autonomous navigation

InDro Robotics is Canada's leading UAV, ground and sea robotics research and development company, specializing in autonomous robots and drones for complex operations, data collection, surveillance, and delivery services. Their flagship sentinel inspection robot autonomously navigates, collects data, and surveils critical infrastructure.

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Oct 27, 2025.

Introducing ZED SDK 5.1: Pushing Robotics Multi-Camera Perception Further Than Ever

A major update delivering higher performance, expanded compatibility, and new tools for real-time, multi-camera robotics perception.

Stereolabs sponsors and showcases cutting-edge Robotic Perception and Vision AI Innovations at ROSCon 2025 in Singapore

Stereolabs is delighted to announce that we will be attending ROSCon 2025 in Singapore, the premier annual event for the Robot Operating System (ROS) community worldwide. This year, we are honored to participate as a Silver Sponsor, reinforcing our commitment to advancing general-purpose robotics and Physical AI.

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Sep 17, 2025.

ZED Cameras and NVIDIA Jetson Thor: High-Performance Perception at the Edge

Humanoids, mobile robots, and autonomous systems are moving from labs to factory floors, warehouses, and public spaces. To operate reliably in these settings, robots need high-performance perception pipelines capable of processing multiple sensors in real time. NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor provides the edge compute required to meet these demands, and Stereolabs brings ZED spatial vision to the platform, delivering a complete solution for real-world robotics.

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Jul 3, 2025.

Stereolabs is powering the next generation of humanoid robots

Stereolabs provides the new standard for humanoid vision.

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Jun 19, 2025.

Supercharge your robotics debugging: ZED cameras now integrate with Foxglove

In the fast-paced world of robotics, clear, intuitive visualization is key to faster development and smarter debugging. That’s why we’re excited to announce that ZED Cameras and the ZED SDK are now fully compatible with Foxglove, the purpose-built platform that empowers you to visually debug and optimize your robots like never before.

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Jun 11, 2025.

Logic revolutionizes supply chain automation with Stereolabs vision technology

How Logic built intelligent, adaptable robotics that transform goods movement across warehouses and distribution centers using Stereolabs ZED X cameras.

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Jun 5, 2025.

DROID case study: How Stereolabs ZED cameras power groundbreaking robotics research at scale

The DROID (Distributed Robot Interaction Dataset) initiative represents one of the most ambitious robot manipulation data collection efforts to date, spanning 13 major academic institutions across North America, Asia, and Europe. Using a standardized hardware setup featuring Stereolabs ZED 2 and ZED Mini cameras, the team successfully collected 76,000 demonstration trajectories totaling 350 hours of robot interaction data across 564 unique scenes and 86 distinct tasks.

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May 15, 2025.

Modernizing agriculture: Maruyama deploys autonomous sprayer with Stereolabs

Maruyama deploys Stereolabs 3D vision to enable robust, autonomous spraying in complex environments.

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Apr 17, 2025.

ID Logistics rolls out vision-based picking control with Stereolabs

A world-first deployment of 3D vision on picking carts, now scaling across Europe

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Mar 20, 2025.

Stereolabs unveils ZED SDK 5 with TERRA AI, revolutionizing vision-based sensing

The ZED SDK 5.0, powered by TERRA AI, our most advanced vision model yet. This release redefines AI perception with 5× faster sensing performance, up to 300% load reduction on Jetson, and unmatched depth quality—even in challenging conditions.

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Mar 19, 2025.

ZED Box Mini: compact, powerful, and built for AI vision at the edge

Stereolabs today announced the new ZED Box Mini "Super", the world’s most compact and affordable mini PC (ECU) for vision AI. Powered by NVIDIA® Orin™ "Super" processors, it provides a significant leap in AI Vision processing capabilities for robotics and smart infrastructure.

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Mar 4, 2025.

Introducing TERRA Vision: The Future of 3D Perception for Autonomous Systems

TERRA Vision is now available, bringing a breakthrough in 3D perception for autonomous systems.

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Jan 28, 2025.

Introducing TERRA AI, new Artificial General Intelligence for robots

New technology is capable of changing the face of agriculture, construction and logistics by improving autonomous capabilities.

NVIDIA® Jetson Orin Nano Super with ZED X and ZED Link Mono

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Jan 27, 2025.

Getting Started with NVIDIA® Orin Nano Super and ZED

NVIDIA® has unveiled the "Super" version of the Jetson Orin Nano. Discover how to leverage the new power modes with ZED and upgrade a standard Jetson Orin Nano into a "Super" version.

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Oct 16, 2024.

DxOMark Partners with Stereolabs

Stereolabs and DxOMark Partner to Improve AI 3D Vision Technology for Autonomous Machines

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Dec 21, 2023.

A new visual identity for the AI Vision era

As we enter an exciting new chapter providing end-to-end AI and vision-driven perception, we have rebranded Stereolabs and launched a new website to introduce our latest software and hardware solutions.

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Dec 14, 2023.

Stereolabs Collaborates with Syslogic to Offer End-to-End Vision-Based Perception for Autonomy

Companies combine stereo vision-based sensing capabilities and rugged AI embedded systems to power cutting-edge autonomous robotics solutions.

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Nov 14, 2023.

New Holland and Case IH to Integrate ZED X in Latest Autonomous Tractors

At the forefront of innovation is the Agritechnica show in Germany, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery. Discover how New Holland, Case IH, Lemken and Krone have integrated Stereolabs ZED stereo cameras and vision-based perception in their machines.

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Oct 17, 2023.

Stereolabs Accelerates Autonomous Robotics With NVIDIA Isaac Sim Integration

Stereolabs has integrated the ZED SDK and ZED X stereo cameras with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and added support for NVIDIA Isaac ROS to accelerate development of space-aware autonomous robots.

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Oct 5, 2023.

Stereolabs and Vecow to Unveil Vision-Based 360° Perception System at NVIDIA Jetson Edge AI Solutions Day

New system combines sensing technology and compact computing engine to provide instantaneous environmental perception for spatial AI applications.

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Sep 19, 2023.

Stereolabs Showcases AI Vision-Driven Perception at FIRA Event

Stereolabs to unveil new AI vision technology that enhances the precision and capabilities of autonomous robots at the upcoming FIRA event in Salinas, California.

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Jul 28, 2023.

Introducing the updated ZED GStreamer package

GStreamer is an open source, cross-platform multimedia development framework that makes it possible to write any type of streaming multimedia application.

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Jul 4, 2023.

Monarch Tractor Leverages Stereolabs technology for Safe Farming Operations

Discover how Monarch Tractor has revolutionized the agricultural sector, improving productivity, efficiency, and safety by harnessing the power of Stereolabs solutions.

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Jan 12, 2023.

Performance Benchmark of YOLO v5, v7 and v8

We run YOLO v5 vs YOLO v7 vs YOLO v8 state-of-the-art object detection models head-to-head on Jetson AGX Orin and RTX 4070 Ti to find the ones with the best speed-to-accuracy balance.

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Nov 24, 2022.

ZED SDK 3.8 Boosts AI Engine for a Faster Neural Depth

Perceive depth faster than ever and create astounding creative experiences with the new Unreal Engine 5 plugin available now.

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Sep 16, 2022.

Getting Started with ROS 2 on Jetson AGX Orin™

The new Jetson AGX Orin™ from NVIDIA® is the ideal platform for edge AI and autonomous robotics. Learn how to get started with ROS 2 on the Jetson AGX Orin™.

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Sep 15, 2022.

ZED and ZED Box Support the New NVIDIA Jetpack 5.0.2 for Production

NVIDIA released the first stable JetPack SDK v5.0.2 for Jetson Xavier and Orin. The new JetPack can be flashed to the ZED Box Xavier NX, and the new ZED SDK v3.7.7 is ready to support it.

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Aug 2, 2022.

ZED Camera vs. Realsense Comparison for 3D Perception Applications

A scientific paper led by PhDs in Image Processing and Robotics from the University of Pecs, Hungary, compared the performances of our ZED cameras with Intel’s Realsense.

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Aug 1, 2022.

ZED SDK 3.7.6 Brings Faster Object Detection and Support for Ubuntu 22 and CUDA 11.7.

ZED SDK 3.7.5 and above versions feature significantly faster and slightly more accurate Object Detection on all platforms.

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Jun 7, 2022.

Getting Started with Jetson AGX Orin™ Dev Kit

NVIDIA recently launched the most powerful embedded board currently available on the market: Jetson AGX Orin™. Learn how to set up the new Orin board and make it ready to be used with the latest ZED SDK to perceive the world in 3D with ZED cameras.

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May 23, 2022.

Introducing Next-Generation Stereo Depth Sensing Technology

We announce today the release of the latest ZED SDK with Stereolabs’ new Neural Depth perception module based on deep neural networks for advanced robotics and spatial analytics applications.

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May 21, 2022.

NVIDIA® Jetson™ L4T and JetPack Support

The JetPack SDK is a comprehensive solution from NVIDIA® to provide the Jetson™ embedded boards with an Operation System (Linux for Tegra) derived from Ubuntu, CUDA-X accelerated libraries, and APIs for Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Accelerated Computing, and Multimedia.

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Feb 3, 2022.

Harness the Power of ZED at FIRST Robotics Competition 2022

Stereolabs enable builders of all skill levels to build, train, and deploy highly intelligent machines in less time, turning more of their raw data into valuable business insights.

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Dec 13, 2021.

ZED Box: The Latest Embedded Mini-PC for Edge Computing

The growth of AI using high-resolution cameras are transforming almost every industry. Powered by NVIDIA® Jetson™, the ZED Box can run modern neural networks and process 3D sensor data in real time, allowing for a complete, powerful and self-managed Edge Computing AI system.

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Dec 2, 2021.

Honda’s Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) Uses ZED Stereo Cameras

Thanks to the ZED stereoscopic camera, Honda’s autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) can navigate complex obstacles with ease.

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Jul 2, 2021.

Using 3D Cameras for autonomous disinfection in healthcare

Automation in healthcare using spatial mapping and positional tracking features from 3D Stereo cameras

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Sep 17, 2020.

Using 3D Cameras to Monitor Social Distancing

By combining ZED stereo cameras with Echo Dot speakers, you can build a cost-effective AI alarm system to help you maintain social distancing.

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Jun 16, 2020.

Getting Started with ROS on Jetson Xavier NX

The new $399 embedded board from NVIDIA® is an ideal fit for autonomous robotics. Learn how to get started with ROS on the Jetson Xavier NX.

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May 14, 2020.

Getting Started with Jetson Xavier NX

Learn how to set up the new NVIDIA Jetson™ Xavier NX and install everything you need to use the full power of this tiny AI-ready embedded board.

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Feb 11, 2020.

H.264/H.265 Video Encoding Support Matrix for Nvidia Jetson

H.264/H.265 hardware encoding is supported on Jetson Nano, TX2 or Xavier. From remote streaming to video recording, learn more about the encoding capabilities of your Jetson.

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Dec 20, 2019.

Introducing ZED 2

ZED 2 is the most powerful stereo camera on the market, delivering unrivaled field-of-view, image quality, neural sensing, robustness, 3D object recognition and cloud management.

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Jul 10, 2019.

How to Build Applications using ZED and Unity on Linux

We’re introducing the ZED Unity wrapper for Linux. Learn how you can use it to build new or existing apps for Ubuntu.

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Jun 4, 2019.

How to Detect Markers with OpenCV and ZED in Unity

In this guide, we’ll add ArUco marker detection to a ZED first-person AR experience, letting you anchor virtual objects to real-world images.

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Apr 22, 2019.

How to Set Up a Multi-Depth Camera Network

The need to aggregate 3D Perception from multiple cameras has been growing rapidly. In this tutorial, we describe how to set up a network of ZED cameras using the new streaming feature in ZED SDK v2.8.

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Apr 11, 2019.

ZED SDK 2.8 Brings Network Streaming, Point Cloud Scanning, and ROS 2 Wrapper

The latest release lets you stream ZED video feed across a local network, along with numerous features, improvements, and plugin updates.

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Mar 15, 2019.

Getting Started with Jetson Nano

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up the NVIDIA® Jetson™ Nano and install everything you need to use the full power of the tiny embedded board.

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Mar 12, 2019.

Getting Started with ROS on Jetson Nano

The new embedded board from NVIDIA® is an ideal fit for autonomous robotics. Learn how to get started with ROS on the new Jetson™ Nano.

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Mar 12, 2019.

Introducing ROS 2 Wrapper for ZED

It’s a little more than a year since the first official release of ROS 2 has been released.

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Mar 12, 2019.

Announcing ZED SDK for Jetson Nano

The new $99 NVIDIA® Jetson™ Nano runs the ZED SDK with impressive performance for its size.

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Jan 14, 2019.

Using Leap Motion and ZED Mini for AR Hand Tracking

Leap Motion’s hand tracking technology makes grabbing and poking virtual objects nearly as simple as in real life. Combine this with ZED Mini AR passthrough capabilities to bring your AR experience to the next level.

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Dec 5, 2018.

ZED/ZED Mini for FIRST Robotics Competition 2019

“LAUNCH,” the 2019 edition of the FIRST Robotics Challenge, promises to bring some exciting projects to fruition as students around the world reach for the stars.

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Oct 4, 2018.

ZED SDK Adds H264/H265 Recording, TensorFlow and Xavier Support

The 2.7 release is now available. It includes support for the latest Ubuntu and CUDA versions, Jetson Xavier, H264/H265 recording and new TensorFlow and Yolo samples.

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Sep 9, 2018.

ZED SDK 2.6 Improves Performance on Tegra and Linux

The release includes a major performance improvement to depth and tracking on Tegra and Linux PCs, along with a new firmware update for ZED Mini.

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Aug 30, 2018.

Building Multiplayer AR Experiences with ZED Mini

The ZED Mini turns VR headsets into AR headsets by adding two cameras on the front. Now, developers can add multiplayer interactions to their AR apps, taking the experience to a whole new level.

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Jul 30, 2018.

ZED SDK 2.5 Released

The latest release adds support for CUDA 9.2, and numerous features and fixes to our plugins.

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Jul 24, 2018.

Autonomous Rovers Race for OpenZeka Competition with ZED

Back in May at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, twenty small rovers raced through simulated streets complete with pedestrians, road construction, crosswalks, traffic signs and lights.

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Jul 10, 2018.

ZED Brings René Magritte’s Art to Life at San Francisco MOMA

Surrealist painter René Magritte made his mark mixing objects and scenes together in metaphysical ways. His works would show fruit hovering in front of a man’s face, canvases of the world behind the wall on which it hung, or artists painting on the very art they stood in to give themselves a companion.

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Jul 1, 2018.

Developer Builds Amazing AR Meeting App in One Weekend with ZED Mini

Days after this year’s Augmented World Expo, an attendee who bought a ZED Mini sent me the most interesting meeting request I’ve ever received.

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Jun 11, 2018.

USB Firmware Update

A new firmware and software package is now available that significantly improves USB 3.0 connection on Windows 10 platforms.

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Jun 11, 2018.

ZED SDK 2.4 is Now Available

The release includes a major firmware update for ZED and ZED Mini, multi-camera support on Windows and Linux and plane detection for a simplified understanding of the environment.

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May 15, 2018.

ZED Mini Powers AR at Sundance and Davos World Economic Forum

The hybrid 360 documentary and real-time game engine experience Awavena, directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Lynette Wallworth and making successive debuts at the Sundance 2018 New Frontier showcase and the World Economic Forum in Davos, is all about breaking barriers – both narratively and technically.

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Apr 30, 2018.

Vive Pro AR (SRWorks) vs. ZED Mini

Since HTC’s Vive Pro launched with two front-facing cameras, many developers have asked us how using those cameras for pass-through augmented reality would compare to using our own ZED Mini. Now that HTC released their SRWorks AR SDK, we tested Vive Pro AR and ZED Mini AR side-by-side.

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Feb 22, 2018.

ZED Powers Autonomous Ski Robots at the Winter Olympics

As the world’s best human skiers competed in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, autonomous ski robots shredded slopes in their own ski competition just an hour away. Of the eight competitors, five of the ski robots relied on the ZED to navigate autonomously as they zig-zagged their way to the finish line.

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Feb 2, 2018.

How to Make Mixed Reality VR Videos in Unity

Learn how to capture VR content with an external point of view, and mix real-world people and objects with the virtual world.

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Feb 1, 2018.

Introducing ZED Mini

We’re excited to introduce the ZED Mini, our newest depth camera. Featuring visual-inertial motion tracking, improved depth sensing and an all-new camera design, it is also optimized for augmented reality.

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Jan 29, 2018.

HTC Vive and ZED Compatibility Update

NVIDIA has released its latest GeForce 390.77 drivers, fixing compatibility issues between ZED and HTC Vive.

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Nov 23, 2017.

New 2.2 Release Brings Better Performance and Major Unity Update

New ZED SDK 2.2 is now available for download. The release includes general performance improvements, a major update of the Unity plugin, new Python interface, support for CUDA 9 and JetPack 3.1.

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Jul 28, 2017.

ZED SDK 2.1 introduces major Depth Sensing update

We are excited to announce the release of ZED SDK 2.1! This update of the ZED SDK brings a major update of the Depth Sensing API, along with performance and usability improvements.

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Mar 31, 2017.

New ZED SDK 2.0 introduces Spatial Mapping and More

We are excited to announce a major update of the ZED SDK. The 2.0 update brings a completely new API with spatial mapping module, positional tracking module update, new Unity plugin and more.

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Jul 1, 2016.

How to Add Position and Head Tracking in Unity for VR

Positional tracking is what makes the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift so immersive. By using the ZED as an add-on camera to a VR headset, desktop and mobile HMDs such as Gear VR can now track your position in space and offer great experiences with full freedom of movement.

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Jun 28, 2016.

ZED 1.0 is here, adds Positional Tracking and 3D Reconstruction

We are excited to announce the release of ZED SDK 1.0! This update brings 6-DoF positional tracking to VR and robotics, real-time 3D mapping with ZEDfu, a new Wide VGA resolution and more.

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Mar 31, 2016.

ZED SDK 0.9.3 Brings Performance Improvements and More

We are excited to announce the release of ZED SDK version 0.9.3! This new update of the ZED SDK brings significant performance and usability improvements, along with support for our new factory calibration technology.

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Jan 12, 2016.

ZED for FIRST Robotics competition

Welcome to FIRST Stronghold participants!

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Nov 17, 2015.

Stereo Video Passthrough for Oculus Rift

You will learn in this tutorial how to enable 3D video passthrough in Oculus Rift with the ZED camera.

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Nov 5, 2015.

New ZED SDK 0.9.2 Brings Support for Oculus Rift

0.9.2 includes a brand-new release of the ZED SDK for Jetson TK1.

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Sep 24, 2015.

Getting Started with Jetson TK1 and the ZED

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up NVIDIA Jetson TK1 to use the ZED stereo camera.

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Sep 9, 2015.

New ZED SDK 0.9 Adds Jetson TK1 and ROS Support

ZED SDK 0.9 for Windows and Linux is now available for download on our Developer page. The release is a major update to the ZED SDK, bringing with it support for NVIDIA Jetson TK1, ROS and CUDA 7.