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Meta Quest 3 is here
https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-quest-3-oculus-preview-connect-2023/
- Better lenses
- Better resolution
- Better processor
- Better audio
- Better passthrough
- Better controllers
- Better form-factor
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HuggingFace ai-comic-factory – a FREE AI Comic Book Creator
https://huggingface.co/spaces/jbilcke-hf/ai-comic-factory
this is the epic story of a group of talented digital artists trying to overcame daily technical challenges to achieve incredibly photorealistic projects of monsters and aliens
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Blackmagic Camera Introducing Digital Film for iPhone!
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/blackmagiccamera
You can adjust settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance and ISO all in a single tap. Or, record directly to Blackmagic Cloud in industry standard 10-bit Apple ProRes files up to 4K! Recording to Blackmagic Cloud Storage lets you collaborate on DaVinci Resolve projects with editors anywhere in the world, all at the same time!
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Getting Started With 3D Gaussian Splatting for Windows (Beginner Tutorial)
https://www.reshot.ai/3d-gaussian-splatting
what are 3D Gaussians? They are a generalization of 1D Gaussians (the bell curve) to 3D. Essentially they are ellipsoids in 3D space, with a center, a scale, a rotation, and “softened edges”.
Each 3D Gaussian is optimized along with a (viewdependant) color and opacity. When blended together, here’s the visualization of the full model, rendered from ANY angle. As you can see, 3D Gaussian Splatting captures extremely well the fuzzy and soft nature of the plush toy, something that photogrammetry-based methods struggle to do.
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Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro vs 100mm f/2.8 2x lens
https://gilwizen.com/laowa-25mm-ultra-macro-lens-review/
https://www.cameralabs.com/laowa-25mm-f2-8-2-5-5x-ultra-macro-review/
- Pros:
– Lightweight, small size for a high-magnification macro lens
– Highest magnification lens available for non-Canon users
– Excellent sharpness and image quality
– Consistent working distance
– Narrow lens barrel makes it easy to find and track subject
– Affordable
- Cons:
– Manual, no auto aperture control
– No filter thread (but still customizable with caution)
– Dark viewfinder when closing aperture makes focusing difficult in poor light conditions
– Magnification range is short 2.5-5x compared to the competition
Combining a Laowa 25mm 2.5x lens with a Kenko 12mm extension tube
To find the combined magnification when using a Laowa 25mm 2.5x lens with a 12mm Kenko extension tube, given the magnification of the lens itself, the extension tube length, and the combined setup, you can calculate the total magnification.
First, consider the magnification of the lens itself, which is 2.5x.
Then, to find the total magnification when the extension tube is attached, you can use the formula:
Total Magnification = Magnification of the Lens + (Magnification of the Lens * Extension Tube Length / Focal Length of the Lens)
In this case, the extension tube length is 12mm, and the focal length of the lens is 25mm. Using the values:
Total Magnification with 2.5x = 2.5 + (2.5 * 12 / 25) = 2.5 + (30 / 25) = 2.5 + 1.2 = 3.7x
Total Magnification with 5x = 5 + (5 * 12 / 25) = 5 + (60 / 25) = 5 + 2.4 = 7.4x
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DNEG Canada is moving into unionizing
IATSE, which also runs the powerful Animation Guild Local 839 out of Los Angeles, says that organizing a union will give collective voice to workers’ concerns and requests. Some of the things it aims to achieve at DNEG Vancouver include:
- More transparency and consistency in the decisions that impact our daily lives
- Improvements to current working conditions (i.e. salary, vacation)
- Enhanced RRSP and health benefits
- Sustainability in the Canadian VFX industry as a whole
- Access to legal counsel
- Protections from sudden and unjust layoffs
- Strong representation and solidarity across the Canadian VFX industry
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Black Body color aka the Planckian Locus curve for white point eye perception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation
Black-body radiation is the type of electromagnetic radiation within or surrounding a body in thermodynamic equilibrium with its environment, or emitted by a black body (an opaque and non-reflective body) held at constant, uniform temperature. The radiation has a specific spectrum and intensity that depends only on the temperature of the body.
A black-body at room temperature appears black, as most of the energy it radiates is infra-red and cannot be perceived by the human eye. At higher temperatures, black bodies glow with increasing intensity and colors that range from dull red to blindingly brilliant blue-white as the temperature increases.
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