A virtual reality fashion photoshoot of a runway look inspired by video games. A large screen displays the word “VR” –ar 4:3 –style raw
Apple Vision Pro
“Add AI agents and NPCs to your @Apple Vision Pro games and experiences with our AVP module. Inworld’s AI agents react dynamically to gestures, text, voice, gaze and more – creating more immersive gameplay and interactions. Learn more:
Gaussian Splatting and Nerfs
“When Apple said they were rolling out ‘spatial media’ this is what I actually expected – 3D video with six-degrees of freedom. Instead Vision Pro users got old wine (VR180 video) in a new bottle (Apple’s MV-HEVC format). Conveniently, here’s an open source NeRF-based volumetric video engine, with WebXR streaming to Vision Pro and Quest. Oh and it supports Mac too. All this from a little known company called Lifecast (YC ’21).
“I used Gaussian Splats for the first time in a video, and it’s kind of mind blowing to be able to traverse through a scene that’s essentially an identical match to the real world This is what I dreamed of doing as a kid Thanks to @Polycam3D for providing their tool ❤️
3D Modeling
Cartwheel generates 3D animations from scratch to power up creators | TechCrunch
“🤩 Look at that radiance field and mesh! 🤩 My initial thoughts on 2DGS for Geometrically Accurate Radiance Fields. I am still learning that not ALL scenes work well, but it LOVES drone flights. Tutorial is coming, I promise. #3d #Computervision
Other AR/VR News
“Now that summer is here we expect to see a lot more 3D photos like this! With Polycam you can make any good memory stand out in your 3D art gallery instead of being forgotten in your camera roll📸 🔗
“The future of AI glasses is normal looking, light weight and affordable – meet Frame, AI Glasses by @brilliantlabsAR It is shipping to hackers and creators already. Frame is open-source platform with mic, camera, AR display. It leverages your phone (connectivity & audio) and
“Today, after years of dreaming this, I’m excited to share a glimpse into Augrade! Augrade Dreamspace, a platform to turn your concepts into constructible/manufacturable designs, within hrs. The Phase 1 to enable building in the world of atoms, reliably fast & easy. 1/5
“Who’s building this? “AR Secret Agent” You put on the AR glasses and the app gives you missions around your neighborhood. It’s an exercise app but the point is to keep you focused on your mission and not on the exercise.
Reka Announces Partnership with Shutterstockhttps://investor.shutterstock.com/node/13706/pdf
This week’s executive overview and top links are here:
AI News #36: Week Ending 06/07/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 40 Links
The post you just read is an deep dive extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.
- Agents/Copilots
- Amazon
- Apple
- Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
- Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
- Autonomous Vehicles
- AI Audio
- Business and Enterprise AI
- Chips and Hardware
- Consumer Products
- Education
- Ethics/Legal Security
- Images/Photos
- International AI News
- Locally Run AI Models
- Mobile
- Meta
- Microsoft
- OpenAI
- Open Source
- Podcasts/YouTube
- Publishing and News
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) News
- Robots and Embodiment
- Science and Medicine
- Video
- Vision/Multimodality
- X/Twitter/Grok
- Tech and Development
Credits/Sources
Most of these weekly links come from just a few prolific oversharing sources. Please follow them, as they work hard to find the news each week and they make it a lot easier for me to compile.
- Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer
- Ethan Mollick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emollick/
- Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/
- Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia
- The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/
- Bilawal Sidhu: https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/
- TLDR: https://tldr.tech/ai
- Jeremiah Owyang: https://twitter.com/jowyang
- Nick St. Pierre: https://twitter.com/nickfloats
- Dr. Jim Fan: https://twitter.com/DrJimFan
- All About AI: https://www.youtube.com/@AllAboutAI
- Marshall Kirkpatrick: https://aitimetoimpact.com/
- AI News (Smol Talk): https://buttondown.email/ainews/archive/
For previous issues, please visit the archives!
Thanks for reading!
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