[nobody3141592]

To install all you need is opencv, scipy and python

in my experiecne the hardest part of machine vision (on a pC) is getting all the bits installed and playing nicely with each other

[jallmann]

Doesn't sound like you've done a lot of computer vision, then...

[nobody3141592]

At least they teach you the maths of separable convolutions -

they don't teach you that the defualt opencv built with vs will clash with Qt libs built with mingw but the ing system won't tell you this!

[dman]

If you are developing on Windows you are pushing against the tide.

[nobody3141592]

It's generally hard enough persuading someone that you can measure something from a picture - also telling them that they can't use 'normal' computer software is even harder.

Of course back in the day, when it had to be a Sparc station crammed full of custom i860 boards it as even harder!

[anjc]

Computer vision is made very easy with OpenCV and, say, C...but it's quickly outgrown if you're doing anything meaty.