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Facebook Shows Off Research Aiming to Deliver Truly Realistic Avatars

Road to VR

Dubbed ‘Codec Avatars’, the Pittsburgh office is using what they call “groundbreaking 3D capture technology and AI systems” to generate lifelike virtual avatars that could provide the basis of a quick and easy personal avatar creator of the future. ” Image courtesy Facebook.

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Weekly Funding Roundup: GeoCV secures 1.8 million, Logon Olson.

AllThingsVR

million, Logon Olson joins Google, and Anna Sweet leaves Oculus. GeoCV, a New York-based 3D capture startup, secured $1.8 Founded in 2014 by 3D computer vision experts, GeoCV scans interior space using a 3D camera and smartphone. Sweet was the Head of Developer Strategy for Oculus for two years.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

The two most… let’s call them “unexpected” stories this week: virtual reality is preparing the world’s first human head transplant for his post-surgery reality, and now expecting parents can meet their future child via an Oculus Rift headset thanks to 3D models from ultrasound and MRI. You’re welcome.

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SIGGRAPH 2017 In Los Angeles Showcases The Latest In VR and AR

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Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. A user study demonstrated the effectiveness of the system’s alleviation of virtual reality sickness symptoms. AR Mail From Harbin.

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Q&A With Matt Bell: How Matterport Started Capturing The Real Estate Market In VR

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A Matterport Space, or 3D Space, is a complete three-dimensional representation of a space, which lets you “walk” through the space to experience it as if you were there in VR. Anyone involved at the intersection of real estate and Virtual Reality has probably experienced a immersive walkthrough made with Matterport technology.

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GoPro Can Now Shoot In 3DCapturing 3D action footage could be.

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GoPro Can Now Shoot In 3D Capturing 3D action footage could be about to get a whole lot easier thanks to Vitrima , a new low-cost accessory designed for GoPro cameras. Vitrima gets around this by using mirrors to enable 3D capture on a single GoPro camera with no other attachments or editing required.

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Volumetrically Capturing Authentic Digital Actors, with Metastage’s Christina Heller

XR for Business Podcast

You still have that opportunity right now with augmented and virtual reality. And he says, “we built this ship using 3D technology — the most advanced 3D technology. That is an exciting opportunity right now, to just be really ahead of the curve and do something that nobody’s done. What’s the ROI?