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Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

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Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

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Post by errantspark »

OliverM wrote: post #8

I was pretty excited by this, so I went to pre-order. On the add-ons page, there are some nice additions like a leap motion controller. But there's also this: 2D-to-3D Conversion: 1000 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$150.00 2D-to-3D Conversion: 100 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$20.00 There's no mention of this type of per-interactio…

I bet it's a NN that they've trained to make their image quilts based on photos and it may be hard to ship to the end user. That being said SaaS is a cancer upon humanity.

Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

#12

Post by enriquto »

errantspark wrote: post #11
OliverM wrote: post #8

I was pretty excited by this, so I went to pre-order. On the add-ons page, there are some nice additions like a leap motion controller. But there's also this: 2D-to-3D Conversion: 1000 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$150.00 2D-to-3D Conversion: 100 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$20.00 There's no mention of this type of per-interactio…

I bet it's a NN that they've trained to make their image quilts based on photos and it may be hard to ship to the end user. That being said SaaS is a cancer upon humanity.

> it may be hard to ship to the end user

just upload it to some publicly accessible website? It doesn't look that hard.

Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

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Post by errantspark »

enriquto wrote: post #12
errantspark wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bet it's a NN that they've trained to make their image quilts based on photos and it may be hard to ship to the end user. That being said SaaS is a cancer upon humanity.

> it may be hard to ship to the end user just upload it to some publicly accessible website? It doesn't look that hard.

Ship in this case doesn't mean "deliver an asset" but rather "deliver a user experience", nailing the latter consistently is non trivial. I do think people making SaaS products start by wanting to charge rent and then work backwards from there to a justification most of the time.

Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

#15

Post by OliverM »

OliverM wrote: post #8

I was pretty excited by this, so I went to pre-order. On the add-ons page, there are some nice additions like a leap motion controller. But there's also this: 2D-to-3D Conversion: 1000 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$150.00 2D-to-3D Conversion: 100 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$20.00 There's no mention of this type of per-interactio…

There's a bit more info about the process here: https://lookingglassfactory.com/3d-photos

It is a cloud-based service, Owl3D. They use AI to deduce depth info from photos. You can subscribe to Owl3D directly, for $8 a month, and get 300 uploads per day for that (so, 9,000 a month for $8, vs 20 for $100 Looking Glass). I don't know if that direct Owl3D subscription can take advantage of depth info though: https://www.owl3d.ai/faqs

Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

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Post by perryizgr8 »

OliverM wrote: post #8

I was pretty excited by this, so I went to pre-order. On the add-ons page, there are some nice additions like a leap motion controller. But there's also this: 2D-to-3D Conversion: 1000 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$150.00 2D-to-3D Conversion: 100 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$20.00 There's no mention of this type of per-interactio…

This is only for converting 2d photos to 3d. If you have photos shot using portrait mode on Iphone/Galaxy/Pixel, they have a local tool that extracts depth info. AFAICT that is free, although it requires at least a GTX1650 for some reason.

Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

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Post by jaywalk »

perryizgr8 wrote: post #17
OliverM wrote: post #8

I was pretty excited by this, so I went to pre-order. On the add-ons page, there are some nice additions like a leap motion controller. But there's also this: 2D-to-3D Conversion: 1000 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$150.00 2D-to-3D Conversion: 100 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$20.00 There's no mention of this type of per-interactio…

This is only for converting 2d photos to 3d. If you have photos shot using portrait mode on Iphone/Galaxy/Pixel, they have a local tool that extracts depth info. AFAICT that is free, although it requires at least a GTX1650 for some reason.

From the Minimum Requirements on the product page:

HoloPlay Studio works with PC and Mac.

To import, edit, process and convert depth photos, videos, and other holographic media, almost all PCs and Macs with HDMI and USB-C will work.

To run and create heavier-duty interactive applications with Unity or Unreal, we recommend a PC with a GTX 1650 or equivalent, CPU with Intel i5 or higher, and at least 8GB of RAM.

Re: Looking Glass Portrait – Holographic Display

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Post by beowulfey »

OliverM wrote: post #8

I was pretty excited by this, so I went to pre-order. On the add-ons page, there are some nice additions like a leap motion controller. But there's also this: 2D-to-3D Conversion: 1000 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$150.00 2D-to-3D Conversion: 100 Credits Convert 2D images into 3D depth images for holographic display. +$20.00 There's no mention of this type of per-interactio…

I mean, it's a 3D display. You need 3D things to use it. This is just a convenient service for converting your own 2D images.

You can always bring your own 3D models/videos/etc into it, you don't need to pay them to do that. I personally don't see anything wrong with this.

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