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Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) News: Week Ending 01/26/2024

February 7, 2024

Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)

AI can dress and undress 3D humans

GALA can turn a single-layer clothed 3D human mesh and decompose it into complete multi-layered 3D assets. The outputs can then be combined with other assets to create new clothed human avatars with any pose.

AI can undress 3D humans 😱

GALA can turn a single-layer clothed 3D human mesh and decompose it into complete multi-layered 3D assets. The outputs can then be combined with other assets to create new clothed human avatars with any pose.https://t.co/DGCXCm9MpB pic.twitter.com/yqpBzQsTFk
— Dreaming Tulpa 🥓👑 (@dreamingtulpa) January 30, 2024

https://snuvclab.github.io/gala/?ref=aiartweekly

splats will change everything, it’s like entering a live photograph. nobody modelled this in blender. it was shot with a handheld. reflections, lights etc aren’t post pro render effects, it’s all just in there.

splats will change everything, it's like entering a live photograph. nobody modelled this in blender. it was shot with a handheld. reflections, lights etc aren't post pro render effects, it's all just in there. using drei/<Splat src="scene.splat" />, literally all it takes. https://t.co/RNSA9ETYeZ pic.twitter.com/VnpImZE4lt
— ☄︎ (@0xca0a) February 1, 2024

This is unfreaking believable. I feel like I just ran through a real forest. By far the most realistic forest I’ve ever seen in VR. This 4090 is already doing wonders teamed up with UEVR and UE5.

This is unfreaking believable. I feel like I just ran through a real forest. By far the most realistic forest I've ever seen in VR. This 4090 is already doing wonders teamed up with UEVR and UE5. pic.twitter.com/J62sJr8C80
— Matt – BMFVR (@bmfshow) February 1, 2024

This is truly stunning in VR. I’m literally speechless at what UE5 can do and even extremely thankful for UEVR to be able to experience them.

This is truly stunning in VR. I'm literally speechless at what UE5 can do and even extremely thankful for UEVR to be able to experience them. pic.twitter.com/3WqbKcoL4e
— Matt – BMFVR (@bmfshow) January 29, 2024

Next-Gen MixedReality lights!

Digital lights can illuminate the real world, this tech is called Relighting

🤯 Next-Gen #MixedReality lights! 🤯

Digital lights can illuminate the real world, this tech is called #Relighting

It's live now, go check it out! 🎉#FigminXR #Quest3 #MetaQuest pic.twitter.com/zKOmmAE1q3
— Javier Davalos (@javierdavalos) January 29, 2024

AR Paintball in China is pretty wild

Damn, those guns make me want to watch Stargate SG1 for some reason….. pic.twitter.com/6ChGrnvlqE
— Asian Dawn (@AsianDawn4) January 30, 2024

GPAvatar: Generalizable and Precise Head Avatar from Image(s)

https://xg-chu.github.io/project_gpavatar

Unleash the magic of transforming #3D models into lifelike characters in real-time.

Announcing launch on @ProductHunt 🔥Character Design isn't just a design tool; #ProductHunt #Museclip

Unleash the magic of transforming #3D models into lifelike characters in real-time.

Your support and feedback are incredibly valuable to us！https://t.co/vtTdwzv4KA pic.twitter.com/ioIGwZMrVO
— Collov AI (@collov_ai) January 31, 2024

Text-to-3D Objects in Meshy: It’s really blowing my mind how far we’ve come with text-to-3D. It was only a few months ago we were getting very unimpressive results from tools like Shap-E. Now I can make full on objects that are borderline game ready.

It's really blowing my mind how far we've come with text-to-3D. It was only a few months ago we were getting very unimpressive results from tools like Shap-E. Now I can make full on objects that are borderline game ready.

(This is in @MeshyAI BTW) pic.twitter.com/uzU7PidW4G
— Matt Wolfe (@mreflow) January 31, 2024

Play guitar in spatial computer Part 2! This time I moved my research on the guitar learning interface a bit further. We can play melodies and riffs as well as chords now.

Play guitar in spatial computer Part 2! This time I moved my research on the guitar learning interface a bit further.

We can play melodies and riffs as well as chords now.

+ special mode with visual effects to share with friends #lavame4 pic.twitter.com/sQHIDVwNBc
— Sergei Galkin (@sergeyglkn) February 1, 2024

Large-Vocabulary 3D Diffusion Model with Transformerhttps://ziangcao0312.github.io/difftf_pages/

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