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The best and brightest minds of our times -- working tirelessly to improve your shopping experience

by allears 1y ago

dyauspitr 1y ago
If you look past the shopping angle- being able to generate 3D objects out of 2D images is a rather huge milestone.
- amelius 1y ago
  Yes but by necessity it is making up stuff. It reminds me of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk and in particular the line "enlarge the Z-axis"
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dm8 1y ago
Communication, Trade, Commerce, Navigation, Education/Learning, are timeless needs for 100s of years. We buy and sell products all the time. And if something that improves our day to day shopping experience then we are solving for one of the core needs for us as humans.
- albumen 1y ago
  Just because something makes shopping easier (and does this, really?) doesn’t mean it’s a smart or meaningful use of brainpower. Not every small convenience is worth solving when bigger problems are out there.
  - delfinom 1y ago
    Ok, but you got money to pay to solve those bigger problems?
    - hooverd 1y ago
      which bigger problems are being solved though?
amelius 1y ago
And I still can't search for a pair of jeans of a specific size, brand and style over all online shops ... Sorry, but jeez what are these brightest minds doing?
- dustypotato 1y ago
  You'd think google products would have this feature considering the enormous developer capacity they have. But i think they're getting there.
xnx 1y ago
I think you might have it backwards. This team seems very focused on fundamental open-ended NeRF/gaussian/lightfield research. It is a natural and good thing that someone at Google found a reasonably relevant way to apply some of the tech the team has developed. Finding an application of the tech within Google helps justify continued investment in fundamental research and provides a source of usage data and feedback to the team. Also, who wouldn't want to see what they made get used by millions of people instead of living only on a conference demo page?

The best and brightest minds of our times -- working tirelessly to improve your shopping experience

dyauspitr 1y ago

If you look past the shopping angle- being able to generate 3D objects out of 2D images is a rather huge milestone.

amelius 1y ago
Yes but by necessity it is making up stuff. It reminds me of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk and in particular the line "enlarge the Z-axis"

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dm8 1y ago

Communication, Trade, Commerce, Navigation, Education/Learning, are timeless needs for 100s of years. We buy and sell products all the time. And if something that improves our day to day shopping experience then we are solving for one of the core needs for us as humans.

albumen 1y ago
Just because something makes shopping easier (and does this, really?) doesn’t mean it’s a smart or meaningful use of brainpower. Not every small convenience is worth solving when bigger problems are out there.
- delfinom 1y ago
  Ok, but you got money to pay to solve those bigger problems?
  - hooverd 1y ago
    which bigger problems are being solved though?

amelius 1y ago

And I still can't search for a pair of jeans of a specific size, brand and style over all online shops ... Sorry, but jeez what are these brightest minds doing?

dustypotato 1y ago
You'd think google products would have this feature considering the enormous developer capacity they have. But i think they're getting there.

xnx 1y ago

I think you might have it backwards. This team seems very focused on fundamental open-ended NeRF/gaussian/lightfield research. It is a natural and good thing that someone at Google found a reasonably relevant way to apply some of the tech the team has developed. Finding an application of the tech within Google helps justify continued investment in fundamental research and provides a source of usage data and feedback to the team. Also, who wouldn't want to see what they made get used by millions of people instead of living only on a conference demo page?