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Introduction 3D Gaussian splatting is a technique that answers this question: given a dataset of pictures of a scene, how can I reconstruct it in 3D? This is achieved using a machine learning algorithm that, for many different camera angles, does the following: render the scene, compare it to the picture taken at the same camera angle, and update the scene to reduce the difference between the…
Lately, I have been getting a ton of ads for a device called Brick , which is a physical device that temporarily removes distracting apps & their notifications from your phone . The way it works is simple: the only way to unlock your apps is to scan the NFC tag inside your Brick . This means that you need to physically move towards your Brick to be able to doomscroll, and hopefully abandon that…
Pengyou An iOS app for practicing Chinese characters. esp-blocker An iOS app that blocks distracting apps, unlockable only by scanning a QR code displayed on an ESP32.