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Nvidia's new AI model makes complex 3D geometry from 2D video clips

TechSpot

Nvidia has unveiled an AI model that can examine 2D video clips of objects and scenes to reproduce them in digital 3D. The technology, called Neuralangelo, could become helpful in game development, industrial digital twins, and robotics. Read Entire Article

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Meet Uncle Rabbit, the AI-powered conversational 3D chatbot

TechSpot

The videos, posted to the Looking Glass official Twitter page as well as @nikkiccccc's personal page, show members of the development team having a direct conversation with the 3D holographic image of a bunny known as "Uncle Rabbit." The prototype chatbot is designed to run on the company's 3D holographic.

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How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

GeekWire

Rec Room screenshot) Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. It visualized ideas via Midjourney and DALL-E, and turned the resulting images into 3D assets with CSM and Shap-E. It may soon be applied to actual gameplay.

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Seattle gaming startup Charmed lands $500K and reveals new 3D character design tool

GeekWire

(Charmed Image) Seattle-based Charmed plans to launch a new AI-powered game design tool this month, which allows for rapid generation of 3D character models from scratch. Charmed is building tools that help 3D artists work in parallel to dramatically shorten development times,” Tryba said in an email to GeekWire.

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Epic Games buys Seattle-area video game development toolmaker RAD

GeekWire

Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine , has acquired the game development toolset creator RAD Game Tools , headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. If you’ve played any video game that was made in the last 21 years or so, there’s a good chance the game was using RAD’s Bink tool to encode its video files.

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Google AI researchers use mannequin challenge YouTube videos to improve depth prediction

CTOvision

Google AI researchers today said they used 2,000 “mannequin challenge” YouTube videos as a training data set to create an AI model capable of depth prediction from videos in motion. Applications of such an understanding could help developers craft augmented reality experiences in scenes shot with hand-held cameras and 3D video.

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DAM Is A Key Ingredient For Your Digital Experience Delivery

Forrester IT

experiences on their digital channels using assets like video or even 3D renderings, an increasing number have turned to digital asset management (DAM) to better manage the […]. Digital customer experience has become a top-3 growing priority according to our recent COVID-19 Service Provider Pulse Survey.

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