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Nvidia Research creates a virtual population explosion

What’s a virtual world without 3D characters? Without 3D objects? Without 3D vehicles or 3D buildings? Not much, that’s for sure. As the metaverse inches ever closer to reality, users will need an easy, practical way to populate these massive worlds. Nvidia Research has succeeded in building an AI model that can do just that and can scale in the ...

Karen Moltenbrey

What’s a virtual world without 3D characters? Without 3D objects? Without 3D vehicles or 3D buildings? Not much, that’s for sure. As the metaverse inches ever closer to reality, users will need an easy, practical way to populate these massive worlds. Nvidia Research has succeeded in building an AI model that can do just that and can scale in the quantity, quality, and diversity of the 3D content that’s produced. Nvidia’s GET3D—whose name is derived from its ability to “generate explicit textured 3D” meshes—can generate a range of 3D objects, from cars, to animals, to human characters. Meaning, the shapes
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