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How Researchers Are Using Machine Learning To Make VR Sword Fights More Realistic

VRScout

.” These repeated actions can easily break player immersion, which is why researchers have begun working on a new system that uses machine learning to deliver more realistic sword fights against less predictable opponents. For more information on Touché, visit here. Image Credit: University of Bath / Ninja Theory.

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StretchSense built an actually comfortable hand-motion capture glove

TechCrunch VR

New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital worlds and each other. In fact, it was recently used to make Snoop Dogg’s ‘ Crip Ya Enthusiasm ‘ music video.

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Opera Beyond Creates Virtual Theater With Varjo and the FNOB

ARPost

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet launched Opera Beyond to explore the use of emerging technologies including projection mapping, spatial audio, motion tracking, and machine learning in virtual theater productions. Opera Beyond isn’t only working with immersive technology in the preproduction phase.

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Radically Simple: AI Startup Makes 3D Motion Capture a Breeze for All

NVidia VR

Motion capture technology records and digitally replicates human movement to create 3D animations. The problem is traditional motion capture relies on lots of expensive, bulky hardware. Fast Motion Capture. While the model’s smooth motion makes the process look easy, it’s anything but. “We

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You Can Now Pilot A Drone Using VR And Your Torso

VRScout

A group of scientist at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have come up with a technique that uses VR and a custom motion capture suit to allow users to precisely maneuver their drone using only their torso. The process of developing a data-driven, body-machine took some time.

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Digital Human Presents Live TED Talk

VRScout

And machine learning, deep learning, has happened. Roble recorded his likeness in a state-of-the-art “light stage” at the University of Southern California’s Vision and Graphics Lab where an array of cameras and lights captured his face under a variety of lighting conditions. But things have changed.

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Vicon, Dreamscape to Debut SIGGRAPH 2023 Markerless Mocap Demo

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Vicon, a major provider of computer vision and motion capturing (mocap) technologies, revealed it had struck a partnership with visual effects (VFX) solution provider Artanim. At SIGGRAPH, Artanim, Dreamscape Immersive’s research division, will unveil its machine learning (ML)-capable markerless technologies.