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- For those who have had Persona conversations, how does varying audio latency affect immersion? Is there a recommended chat service?by 1123581321
- There's a video version of the article linked partway down which actually works better than the text one for seeing the thing in action a bit.by stevage
- Tested talked similar about Personas. https://youtu.be/LzZ2j9CAcww?si=IRvxNaNZeBQp7WLVby october8140
- On last SIGGRAPH there was actually a company which makes dynamic 3D Gaussian splatting videos now rather than static scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/live/ucRukZM0d1s?t=1h1m50s
https://zju3dv.github.io/freetimegs/
The videos can be played back in real-time, though they require multiple cameras to capture.
by cubefox - It’s amazing tech, it’s just a solution looking for a problem.
It feels a bit like the original Segway’s over-engineered solution versus cheap Chinese hoverboards, then the scooters and e-bikes that took over afterwards.
Why would I be paying all this money for this realistic telepresence when my shitbox HP laptop from Walmart has a perfectly serviceable webcam?
by dangus - There's a bit more of a conversation / demo here which is pretty impressive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbZfbqHeJNU.by _kb
- CorridorDigital recently used the tech to assist in remaking the rooftop bullet-time scene from The Matrix. It's used for making the environment instead of modeling it from scratch.by Stalker_Aloy
- I gotta say, these new Personas are good.
The previous beta ones were terrifying frankenstein monsters. The new ones fooled my boss for 30 minutes.
There's a bit of uncanny valley left, nevertheless. My persona's smile reminds of the horrible expressions people like to make in Source Filmmaker.
by AceJohnny2