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This one is actually quite interesting: there's direct uses for any ability to rapidly extract digital representations of physical spaces.
by XorNot 1y ago
This one is actually quite interesting: there's direct uses for any ability to rapidly extract digital representations of physical spaces.
- righthand 1y agoLike spying on the room around the person and trying to advertise to them more Funko Pop dolls? What are the other direct uses?
- baq 1y agoRemodeling a kitchen for one.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoI can think of a few: * Surveys (I had the county come in once in my sort-of legal rental appartment when they were legalising them, they needed to make a floor plan and fire safety recommendations) * Real estate, which already uses 360 degree photo's and simplified 3d floor plan models * Video games. Very generic usage. * Virtualised museums, but those would likely need extra work to make all the placards etc readable * Street View next level, also indoor navigation.
- throw-10-8 1y agoAnd how many of those does Meta have existing revenue and distribution model for? Its pretty safe to assume that the primary driver of this is data hoovering for selling ads, everything else is just PR spin from the Meta thinktanks.
- PaulHoule 1y agoThey send me surveys which show they have preoccupations which are... weird. They're not happy to have a successful game store, they want me to use a VR headset to determine my schedule. Which I guess is alright, if I can also access my schedule with a desktop computer or a phone. Why I'd want to use VR to determine my schedule is beyond me, I think a 'minority report' kind of interface could be possible but it is 2025 and you'd think people would expect a conversational recommender that works everywhere.
- reaperducer 1y agoOil companies have been using VR rooms for decades to explore, and understand, and map underground deposits and formations. (I first saw it in 1999, when it was considered old hat. I can only imagine how much more advanced it's become.)
- qingcharles 1y agoWhen they first showed this off a few years back it was for AI training, e.g. training robots on real world locations.
- _carbyau_ 1y agoI knew a guy 20 years ago who was doing a PhD trying to 3D scan caves. Caving is one of those things where not many people get to go there and any damage is irreversible. Combined with other information, such scanning could provide invaluable information for geology. But yeah, not in my house. I already used Valetudo to ensure my robot vacuum doesn't send info about my house anywhere. Why the hell would I do a high detail scan and upload it?
- Aeolun 1y ago> Why the hell would I do a high detail scan and upload it? So you can completely change it all afterwards, and then highly confuse any criminal that comes in to try and take advantage of it?
- _carbyau_ 1y agoAt which point I think I'd skip the scanning and try to convert/upload the files from a video game. Have fun planning to steal my Rhino Warframe!
- poly2it 1y agoAs far as I can tell, this technology isn't novel. It's just Gaussian splatting from the looks of it.