Sept 11, 2012–Santa Clara,USA (Techreleased) –Intel perceptual computing SDK 2013 beta announced at IDF.With the release of the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK 2013 Beta, developers will be able to add perceptual computing usages to create immersive software applications that incorporate close-range tracking, speech recognition, facial analysis and 2D/3D object tracking on 2nd and 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processor-powered Ultrabook™ devices and PCs. The software development kit will be available in October, 2012, includes a standard API to help reduce development time and testing cost, and supports the Creative* Interactive Gesture Camera Developer Kit. Intel has also announced a Perceptual Computing Challenge with up to $1 million in awards and promotions for application developers. Learn more about Intel® Perceptual Computing.