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Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Re: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

baron816 wrote: post #31

It would be really great to recreate loved ones after they have past in some sort of digital space. As I’ve gotten older, and my parents get older as well, I’ve been thinking more about what my life will be like in old age (and beyond too). I’ve also been thinking what I would want “heaven” to be. Eternal life doesn’t appeal to me much. Imagine living a quadrillion years. Even as a god, that would be miserable. That…

what's fun is my mom has a bunch of 3D photo slides from the 1950's and 1960's so we could bring those in to stereo VR really easily. I still need to borrow my friend's slide scanner...

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Post by lolspace »

Jach wrote: post #109
chrstphrknwtn wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My gut reaction to 'recreating loved ones in VR' is that it would be torturous more than soothing. Once a person dies, they're gone. The world is different, and nothing will bring them back. Spending time with a simulacrum isn't really spending time with a loved one.

Don't knock it til you try it? I mean, already in recent years people have made some very low fidelity 'resurrections' and gotten some measure of comfort from it, never mind the many years of history of people who visit gravestones to 'chat' (some even believing they get replies to some extent or another). When markov chains were hip, "talk with Charles Dickens!" (play with a markov model trained on his works) was at…

Have you lost someone you've loved?

Re: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Post by tsol »

lowdest wrote: post #47
baron816 wrote: post #31

It would be really great to recreate loved ones after they have past in some sort of digital space. As I’ve gotten older, and my parents get older as well, I’ve been thinking more about what my life will be like in old age (and beyond too). I’ve also been thinking what I would want “heaven” to be. Eternal life doesn’t appeal to me much. Imagine living a quadrillion years. Even as a god, that would be miserable. That…

>Imagine living a quadrillion years. Even as a god, that would be miserable. This seems very subjective, I don't agree at all.

I mean if you were a god your experience would be qualitatively different. You could make it pass by as fast as a minute takes for a human being.

Re: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Post by ineedasername »

acdanger wrote: post #66
ineedasername wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"mourn and move on" is a somewhat Western concept of dealing with death. Plenty of cultures around the world have developed different practices, up to religious forms of ancestor worship.

Possible the comment was directed towards a Western consumer.

Possibly, I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. Either way, I think it is fair to note that other cultures see death & remembrance in different ways.

Re: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Post by csee »

mkaic wrote: post #68
Animats wrote: post #63

What's new about this? That it's faster? People have been reconstructing 3D images from multiple photos for over a decade. The experimental work today is constructing a 3D image from a single photo, using a neural net to fill in a reasonable model of the stuff you can't see.

it's not just faster, it's extremely faster. They're achieving results that are better than SOTA in a fraction of the time. Wildly impressive work.

This type of thing looks like the future of Meta or even Zoom to me.

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Post by istorical »

the_af wrote: post #58
lowdest wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Imagine living a quadrillion years. Even as a god, that would be miserable. This seems very subjective, I don't agree at all.

Agreed it's subjective. That said, what would you do with your quadrillion year long lifespan, assuming you're healthy during it? It's way past everything you can do and learn, and cosmic level events are not what the human mind can perceive as they slowly unfold... I would like to live a couple thousand years though, as long as my loved ones get to be along for the ride. Though I wonder if my loved ones would eventu…

How do you know it's way past everything you can do and learn?

No one has ever had the experience to be able to say.

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Post by pedalpete »

Tenoke wrote: post #90

I hope someone can take this, all the images of street view, recent images of places etc. and create a 3d environment covering as much of earth as possible to be used for an advanced Second Life or other purposes.

This is where we were going with https:/ayvri.com but we've moved on to other projects. We still operate and are profitable, but too early for the market.

Re: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Post by amelius »

scoofy wrote: post #92
lowdest wrote: post #47

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>Imagine living a quadrillion years. Even as a god, that would be miserable. This seems very subjective, I don't agree at all.

Seriously... the idea of living a quadrillion is hardly an extension of 100. You can still never go backward. You still need to plan your life. Death would still be a common occurrence. I would much MUCH rather live much longer. I don't hate my life at all.

At some point you will have heard all possible jokes. What is life without humor?

Re: Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes

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Post by asiachick »

chrstphrknwtn wrote: post #60
baron816 wrote: post #31

It would be really great to recreate loved ones after they have past in some sort of digital space. As I’ve gotten older, and my parents get older as well, I’ve been thinking more about what my life will be like in old age (and beyond too). I’ve also been thinking what I would want “heaven” to be. Eternal life doesn’t appeal to me much. Imagine living a quadrillion years. Even as a god, that would be miserable. That…

My gut reaction to 'recreating loved ones in VR' is that it would be torturous more than soothing. Once a person dies, they're gone. The world is different, and nothing will bring them back. Spending time with a simulacrum isn't really spending time with a loved one.

That might be true for you but lots of people imagine talking to dead loved ones and imagine the responses and advice they'd give. Some of them do that reflection in front of a picture of their dead loved one. Seeing them in VR would just be an enhancement. No need to hate on it.

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Post by Jach »

lolspace wrote: post #112
Jach wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't knock it til you try it? I mean, already in recent years people have made some very low fidelity 'resurrections' and gotten some measure of comfort from it, never mind the many years of history of people who visit gravestones to 'chat' (some even believing they get replies to some extent or another). When markov chains were hip, "talk with Charles Dickens!" (play with a markov model trained on his works) was at…

Have you lost someone you've loved?

Yes, but I get the unstated implication. I don't think it would be fair to apply it to me even though I think it may be fair to apply it to e.g. Kurzweil, unless he's made recent statements suggesting otherwise (I don't keep up with him). I currently have no expectation of seeing a convincing simulation/resurrection/recreation/continuation of any of them, or the ones I currently anticipate losing over the next few decades, even should I go on indefinitely living, and don't expect anything at all if/when I should die.
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