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"Microsoft makes use of Blender to generate synthetic 3D models and images of humans that can be used to train AI models. For researchers, having access to high
by Jonnax 6y ago
"Microsoft makes use of Blender to generate synthetic 3D models and images of humans that can be used to train AI models. For researchers, having access to high quality free/opensource 3D software has proven to be of great benefit for scientific projects."
Here's what they linked:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2019/09/2019-10-01-Synthetic-Data-with-Digital-Humans.pdf https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2019/0...
Am I in the minority where all I see in this synthetic human stuff is surveillance and propaganda usage?
What other benefits are there?
- dvtrn 6y agoR&D for prosthetic limb design or physical therapy using augmented spaces perhaps? Maybe Car crash simulations for accident scene investigators?
- a_t48 6y ago3D models can be used for testing/training self driving cars.
- sidr 6y agoI would think the primary use case for this would be pose estimation and/or recovering 3d models from 2d images. The primary use cases I'd guess is for AR/VR and building other kinds of interfaces (gestures etc). Neither of these use cases seem very useful for surveillance. I'm not convinced that facial recognition algorithms would benefit that much from synthetic faces, but I very well may be wrong about that.
- cltsang 6y agoMetaverse is what I'm thinking. Won't be surprised if one day Microsoft pulls off a product that combines Hololens and Minecraft, i.e. a much better version of Minecraft Earth.