元器件交易网讯  6月20日消息，据外媒报道，英特尔将进入智能手机语音即时通讯应用程序领域，推出一款采用面部跟踪技术以漫画形式模仿发送方表情的应用。

　　这个应用使用智能手机的摄像头和麦克风记录短消息，同时在一个卡通图像上绘制说话者的面部表情。然后消息发送到接收者，对方可以娱乐，完成头部运动、微笑眨眼

　　这款应用在智能手机和iPhone上是免费的，作为一种展示面部跟踪技术的方式，未来将出现在英特尔平台上如笔记本电脑或平板电脑。

　　英特尔高管Bell解释这项技术时说，“与其让它在办公室失去活力，我们认为不如让它更酷地展示给人们。这很有趣，很容易解释，但是其实幕后工作相当复杂。”

　　英特尔的核心市场，PC行业是正在衰退，在移动芯片领域，它远远落后于竞争对手，比如三星电子和高通。

　　（元器件交易网董蕾 译）

　　外媒原文如下：

　　Intel Corp is getting into voice instant messaging with a smartphone app that uses facial tracking technology to caricature a sender's expressions.

　　Pocket Avatars was launched on Thursday by Mike Bell, an Intel senior executive whose job is to make sure the world's largest semiconductor maker is at the front of future technology trends after arriving disastrously late to smartphones and tablets.

　　The app uses a smartphone's camera and microphone to record a short message while mapping the speaker's facial expressions onto one of several cartoon characters. The message is then sent to the recipient, who can play it, complete with the avatar's head movements, smiles and blinks.

　　In an interview, Bell described the app, which is free on Android smartphones and iPhones, as a way to demonstrate facial tracking technology that could appear on future Intel platforms such as laptops or tablets.

　　"Rather than let it sit in a lab and languish, we thought 'wouldn't it be cool to show people,'" Bell said of the technology. "It's fun and easy to explain what it does, but it's actually pretty complex behind the scenes."

　　Intel's core market, the PC industry, is languishing and the chipmaker is far behind rivals such as Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm in mobile chips.