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May 20, 2026
HALCON 26.05 is available now
The new version of MVTec HALCON is now available for download. This release introduces major enhancements that improve robustness, speed, and usability across both classical and deep-learning-based machine vision workflows.
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HALCON
May 05, 2026
New MVTec Academy course: Working with XLD contours
This basic training teaches you how to work with XLD contours. XLDs (eXtended Line Descriptions) are data structures that typically represent subpixel-precise edges and lines. They are therefore essential for machine vision tasks such as edge detection.
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Academy
HALCON
March 13, 2026
New MVTec Academy course: Mosaicking – stitching images with HALCON
This basic training introduces you to the mosaicking technologies in HALCON. The course shows you how to combine several images into one large mosaic image. Thus, this technology enables you to create a large image of an object or scene that would otherwise be impossible to fit within the field of v…
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Academy
HALCON
March 12, 2026
New MVTec Academy course: Parallel programming with HALCON
This advanced training introduces you to the concept of parallel programming with HALCON. The application of parallel programming allows you to optimize the performance of your HALCON program and take full advantage of multicore or multiprocessor hardware.
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Academy
HALCON
November 25, 2025
New MVTec Academy course "Image acquisition: The interface for modern camera technology"
This training course will introduce you to the new image acquisition operators. Through practical exercises, you will learn the necessary technical terms and concepts, and deepen your knowledge.
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Academy
HALCON
November 12, 2025
HALCON 25.11 is available now
The new version of MVTec HALCON is now available for download. This version again brings some improvements as well as new features, such as Continual Learning – Classification, a new technology that makes training and maintaining classification models faster and more flexible.
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HALCON
November 04, 2025
New MVTec Academy course "Code integration with language interfaces"
This advanced training course covers the integration and use of the HALCON library in software projects written in C, C++, C#, Visual Basic .NET, and Python.
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Academy
HALCON
November 03, 2025
New MVTec Academy course "Image acquisition with GigE Vision"
This advanced course provides in-depth information on using GigE Vision cameras with HALCON.
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Academy
HALCON
September 29, 2025
New MVTec Academy course "Hand-eye calibration"
In this advanced course, you will learn how to perform hand-eye calibration using HALCON.
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Academy
HALCON
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