"Human Like" Computer Vision on a Pi?

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

🔗 *The full guide* : _https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/raspberry-pi/getting-started-with-moondream-on-the-pi-5-human-like-computer-vision/_

In this video, we look at *Moondream* - a *Vision Language Model* capable of seeing the world similarly to how a human does. Moondream can be *asked questions* in natural human language and *generate responses in natural human language* as well. It uses *context* and an understanding of the image as a whole to do more *advanced tasks* than things like object detection. We will also be looking at how you can use it practically in *maker projects* and how to set it up on the *Pi 5.*

🔧🔨🧰 Hardware featured in this guide:
*Raspberry Pi 5 8GB:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE09786_
*Camera Module V3:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE09425_
*Raspberry Pi:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/raspberry-pi/boards.html#category_1392_

💡❓ If you have any questions about this content or want to share a project you're working on head over to our *maker forum:* _http://coreelec.io/forum_

0:00 Intro to Moondream
1:06 What is Moondream?
4:40 How to set up Moondream
8:00 Running Moondream with Python
9:20 The limitations of Moondream 0.5b
10:00 Practical Example: Checking the Bins
11:31 Breakdown of Processing Time
14:43 Practical Example: Delivery Package Monitoring
18:28 Processing Images from a Pi Camera
20:42 Outro

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