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Google previews Project Starline, a next-gen 3D video chat booth

The Verge

Google is working on a next-gen video chat booth that makes the person you’re chatting with appear in front of you in 3D. It then stitches those together into a 3D model that’s broadcast in real time to whomever they’re chatting with. Google says it relies on “custom-built hardware and highly specialized equipment.”

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Here’s how Google’s experimental 3D telepresence booth works

The Verge

In a new research paper , Google has detailed the tech behind its impressive Project Starline demo from this year’s I/O conference. Project Starline is essentially a 3D video chat booth that aims to replace a one-on-one 2D video conference call with an experience that feels like you’re actually sitting in front of a real human being.

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An absolutely wild mod has brought real-time ray tracing to the SNES

The Verge

As you can see from the video demo above, the tech on the SNES isn’t pushing any graphics boundaries, but come on — it’s an SNES. Well, technically, it’s a Famicom, which is the same hardware in different packaging for Japan. Of course, it was adding 3D functionality and special effects, not ray tracing.)

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Epic Games sues AR company Nreal for sounding too much like ‘Unreal’

The Verge

The China-based Nreal makes an augmented reality headset known as the Nreal Light, which projects 3D objects into real space, and it’s developed a demo game called Nreal Tower. Meanwhile, Epic’s Unreal Engine is a ubiquitous game-making tool that’s also used for films and general purpose 3D design.

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Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 leaks in full via official promo videos

The Verge

Also listed on the site is a pair of live demos of the headset, scheduled for September 16th and 17th. According to the videos, the new headset is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 platform, which is specifically designed for AR and VR hardware (unlike the general purpose Snapdragon 835 that powered the original Quest).

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Junior Geek of the Month: Nigel Barnett will pursue engineering at MIT, and later, his astronaut dream

GeekWire

He started with LEGOs, moved on to DC motors and circuits, then computer hardware, 3D printing, and now, in high school, a solar car. He’s been into 3D printing since the 8th grade when he first saw a 3D printing demo at a Microsoft Store in Seattle.

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Legs are finally coming to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Vox

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showing off a demo of yet-to-be-released avatars with legs in the metaverse. No other popular AR/VR hardware maker has been able to do this yet. Zuckerberg himself was ridiculed online when he enthusiastically shared a screenshot of his avatar on his Facebook page in August. Courtesy/Meta.

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