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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. The system is called “ Project Starline ,” and it’s basically a really, really fancy video chat setup. In a demo video, people using the tech describe seeing people like they were in the same room together.

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New videos: OceanGate sub dives to Titanic again, reports ship wreckage is ‘rapidly deteriorating’

GeekWire

A screen grab from a video taken by the OceanGate Titan submersible shows the Titanic telemotor steering mechanism where one of the ship’s wheels used to be. based OceanGate captured video with its Titan submersible that shows the ship is “rapidly deteriorating.” OceanGate screen grab).

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3D-printed shoe startup steps into $3M to help reduce carbon footprints, localize manufacturing

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Hilos Photo) Portland-based 3D-printed footwear startup Hilos has landed $3 million to boost its efforts in reducing the carbon footprint linked to shoe production. The company developed an internal method of manufacturing modular footwear parts using 3D printers and thermoplastic polyurethane powder.

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

The Verge

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. In total, color images from four viewpoints are captured, as well as three depth maps, for a total of seven video streams.

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AI-generated video is here to awe and mislead

Vox

These are among a series of demo videos of OpenAI’s Sora, revealed last week, which can turn a short text prompt into up to a minute of video. The artificial intelligence model is not yet open to the public, but OpenAI has released the videos, along with the prompts that generated them. It’s not there yet. That’s diffusion.

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Samsung imagines how its first AR glasses might look in these leaked concept videos

The Verge

The second video shows off the very similar “Samsung AR Glasses” concept, though this time it’s letting the user “see” 3D digital objects appear in the real world, a visual that should be instantly familiar to you if you’ve ever seen any of Microsoft’s HoloLens marketing.

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

The Verge

The Oculus Quest 2 VR headset has leaked in full via a pair of promotional videos uploaded to a marketing hub run by parent company Facebook, The videos outline the specs of the standalone headset, which is a successor to 2019’s Oculus Quest. Image: Facebook Blueprint. There’s also no mention of the headset’s size or weight.

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