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Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by thornewolf » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:25 PM UTC

nunodonato wrote: post #9

Oh no, not another "join our discord to use it".

To be "that guy" I like this trend. It combines product usage w/ discussion. That said, I believe a web UI would be strictly better.

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by alanbernstein » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:26 PM UTC

andrewstuart wrote: post #13

nunodonato wrote: post #9

Oh no, not another "join our discord to use it".

Its a weird choice of UI. Why do companies do this? Is it a development shortcut or something?

Probably. If your small team is competent at ML model development, why spend time building a web app?

One time I participated in a small local event that required submitting photos via tagged Instagram posts. I was annoyed at that, until I realized it completely eliminated the need for any technical expertise for the organizers.

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by Karliss » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:26 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #3

Any way to try out without discord?

For those not wanting to touch discord here are some better: https://lumalabs.ai/genie?one=11eeebfc-de82-4bec-9c65-1eae57... https://lumalabs.ai/genie?one=6bc23542-c2d2-48c9-b07a-b00b0c... https://lumalabs.ai/genie?one=06d2e1bc-6290-439f-82c3-b6dab4...

and not so good examples:

https://lumalabs.ai/genie?one=15889f37-f001-43ca-bfbf-cd75d2... https://lumalabs.ai/genie?one=b7352636-2203-4ec2-9b5b-d1dd80...

In the initial preview models look less lumpy and overall much better. So I guess the transformation from 3d pointcloud/gaussian splatter or whatever it uses to 3d meshes isn't great.

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by bart3r » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:27 PM UTC

Yes, lots of people don't like using Discord, but I can't even get it to work. Discord just tells me 'Unable to accept invite'

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by bart3r » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:34 PM UTC

andrewstuart wrote: post #13

nunodonato wrote: post #9

Oh no, not another "join our discord to use it".

Its a weird choice of UI. Why do companies do this? Is it a development shortcut or something?

Using discord would save you a lot on hosting costs, especially when dealing with huge quantities of assets like images and videos.

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:40 PM UTC

bart3r wrote: post #25

andrewstuart wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a weird choice of UI. Why do companies do this? Is it a development shortcut or something?

Using discord would save you a lot on hosting costs, especially when dealing with huge quantities of assets like images and videos.

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Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by aogaili » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:47 PM UTC

kleiba wrote: post #4

aogaili wrote: post #2

Landing page is awesome, wonder how it was created

Is that sarcasm?

It's not, I was referring to the interactive 3D author explained.

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by renewiltord » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:51 PM UTC

andrewstuart wrote: post #13

nunodonato wrote: post #9

Oh no, not another "join our discord to use it".

Its a weird choice of UI. Why do companies do this? Is it a development shortcut or something?

It's like Reddit but with functionality. Same benefits:

- single sign-on

- abuse protection

- has sign-on flow for later if you want to migrate

- someone else hosts assets

- existing account flow means low friction to join for existing account holders (common in the space)

- allows users to see other users at same time as use product

- bot easy to spin up and async functionality is inherent

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by renewiltord » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:53 PM UTC

Unreasonably enjoyed the front page graphic. Played with it with right click and left click. This sort of thing reminds me of old demoscene intros to warez. Haha!

Re: Genie: Text to 3D in Seconds

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Post by astrange » Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 10:57 PM UTC

andrewstuart wrote: post #13

nunodonato wrote: post #9

Oh no, not another "join our discord to use it".

Its a weird choice of UI. Why do companies do this? Is it a development shortcut or something?

Image generation needs moderation and file storage, and Discord gives you that for free.