The highly-valued startup behind popular text-to-image generator Dall-E, OpenAI ,has announced the release of Point-E, which can produce 3D point clouds directly from text prompts in a minute or two using a computer with a sufficiently powerful GPU. How is it done? “To produce a 3D object from a text prompt, we first sample an image […]
In February 1957 Walt Disney recorded this video in which he talks about how the company made and used multi-plane cameras to create image segmentation in 2.5 dimensions and give depth to animated feature films. Here’s the Wikipedia explanation for how the technology worked. The multiplane camera is a motion-picture camera that was used in the traditional animation process that moves a […]
Could an individual using nothing more than neural networks combine imagination and production into a single process and single-handedly oversee the creation of an acclaimed and commercially successful movie? Is AI-generated art going to be used to stimulate new forms of expression that transcend what we see on our screens today, spawning new styles and […]
Another book, this time “a photographic exploration of the beautiful design inside everyday electronics”. Let’s hope you still have some tokens left. Its stunning cross-section photography unlocks a hidden world full of elegance, subtle complexity, and wonder. Our phones, computers, and appliances are made of hundreds of internal components, each precisely engineered to perform a […]
Laura Frank is a technologist and writer. From her Linkedin profile: Laura has over thirty years of professional experience as an entertainment technologist. Working across a diverse group of production environments Laura seeks to demystify the technological hurdles to creative visions. This includes merging the toolsets of video, lighting, audio and scenic automation into one […]
If you’re trying to ease your way back into work after a Christmas and New Year break and you’re looking for some inspiration and a motivational kick-start, give this a try. We are surrounded by LEDs. The next time you are in a major shopping complex, department store or the lobby of your local cinema […]