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Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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Restrictive license.

The have a nice comparison to T-HMR, but I did not see a comparison to OpenPose. If that exists somewhere, please give me a pointer.

[edit] OK, so I read a little further. Answered my own questions a bit, so here is what I found:

VIBE produces 3D pose from 2D video. OpenPose needs stereo video for 3D pose estimation. OpenPose can produce 2D joint position tracking from 2D video. OpenPose 2D annotations were used to automate labeling input data sets for training VIBE.

So, OpenPose: 2D video -> 2D pose estimate. VIBE 2D video -> 3D pose estimate.

Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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post #2

Restrictive license. The have a nice comparison to T-HMR, but I did not see a comparison to OpenPose. If that exists somewhere, please give me a pointer. [edit] OK, so I read a little further. Answered my own questions a bit, so here is what I found: VIBE produces 3D pose from 2D video. OpenPose needs stereo video for 3D pose estimation. OpenPose can produce 2D joint position tracking from 2D video. OpenPose 2D annot…

You seem to point out the restrictive license (for non-commercial research purposes only) as if it's a negative, when I don't believe that it is.

Why should companies be allowed to profit from a proprietary wrapper around open-source software built on top of decades of open-access research? Open research should stay open.

Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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post #2

Restrictive license. The have a nice comparison to T-HMR, but I did not see a comparison to OpenPose. If that exists somewhere, please give me a pointer. [edit] OK, so I read a little further. Answered my own questions a bit, so here is what I found: VIBE produces 3D pose from 2D video. OpenPose needs stereo video for 3D pose estimation. OpenPose can produce 2D joint position tracking from 2D video. OpenPose 2D annot…

It also estimates the full body mesh, not only the 3D pose of a few joints.

Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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Restrictive license. The have a nice comparison to T-HMR, but I did not see a comparison to OpenPose. If that exists somewhere, please give me a pointer. [edit] OK, so I read a little further. Answered my own questions a bit, so here is what I found: VIBE produces 3D pose from 2D video. OpenPose needs stereo video for 3D pose estimation. OpenPose can produce 2D joint position tracking from 2D video. OpenPose 2D annot…

You seem to point out the restrictive license (for non-commercial research purposes only) as if it's a negative, when I don't believe that it is. Why should companies be allowed to profit from a proprietary wrapper around open-source software built on top of decades of open-access research? Open research should stay open.

The main downside of any license that is restrictive is that it creates legal boundaries where no technical limitations exist, which on top of preventing the kinds of things you don’t want, can very well prevent totally desirable things as well (prime example is GPL compatibility with ZFS and Linux.)

I am not really too concerned personally but suggesting a restrictive license has no downsides or there is not a valid viewpoint where a restrictive license is a negative doesn’t make sense, it’s just not true.

Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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Restrictive license. The have a nice comparison to T-HMR, but I did not see a comparison to OpenPose. If that exists somewhere, please give me a pointer. [edit] OK, so I read a little further. Answered my own questions a bit, so here is what I found: VIBE produces 3D pose from 2D video. OpenPose needs stereo video for 3D pose estimation. OpenPose can produce 2D joint position tracking from 2D video. OpenPose 2D annot…

You seem to point out the restrictive license (for non-commercial research purposes only) as if it's a negative, when I don't believe that it is. Why should companies be allowed to profit from a proprietary wrapper around open-source software built on top of decades of open-access research? Open research should stay open.

It's not just non-commerical, it's for research purposes only!

Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You seem to point out the restrictive license (for non-commercial research purposes only) as if it's a negative, when I don't believe that it is. Why should companies be allowed to profit from a proprietary wrapper around open-source software built on top of decades of open-access research? Open research should stay open.

It's not just non-commerical, it's for research purposes only!

That is not true, their license allows almost everything other than commercial usage. Quote from their licence: "...To use the Model & Software for the sole purpose of performing non-commercial, scientific research, non-commercial education, or non-commercial artistic projects; Any other use, in particular any use for commercial purposes, is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, incorporation in a commercial product, use in a commercial service, or production of other artifacts for commercial purposes. The Model & Software may not be reproduced, modified and/or made available in any form to any third party without Max-Planck’s prior written permission."

Re: Vibe: Video Human Pose Estimation

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Restrictive license. The have a nice comparison to T-HMR, but I did not see a comparison to OpenPose. If that exists somewhere, please give me a pointer. [edit] OK, so I read a little further. Answered my own questions a bit, so here is what I found: VIBE produces 3D pose from 2D video. OpenPose needs stereo video for 3D pose estimation. OpenPose can produce 2D joint position tracking from 2D video. OpenPose 2D annot…

You seem to point out the restrictive license (for non-commercial research purposes only) as if it's a negative, when I don't believe that it is. Why should companies be allowed to profit from a proprietary wrapper around open-source software built on top of decades of open-access research? Open research should stay open.

Why should they not? It doesn't prevent anyone else from using the underlying technology.

"Open research should stay open."

How does someone building a product on it suddenly make it "not open?"

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