Cool. But couldn't watch that video. The monotonal voice is unbearable. They're obviously incredibly intelligent, but I find it interesting that speaking naturally is a challenge.
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That's actually a really clever use of Gaussian splats, though I'm not really sure what the practical use of it would be. You can probably create some really cool, interactive renders of shipwrecks and reefs and such, but I'm not immediately seeing the value beyond edutainment content.
Corridor does a really good breakdown of what Gaussian splats are here, for those interested. The explanation ends when the sponsor segment begins, for those who don't want to watch the whole video.
It seems like it will allow more faithful/accurate scans while keeping the sensor farther away from the subjects, or cloudy/foggy condition
Lotsa shy sea creatures
Yes but as per my understanding, this requires shots taken at different vantage points and then it recreates a clear zoomed-out picture with better depth of view. So unfortunately nothing to help see shy sea creatures
My first thought is that maybe you can see sharks from further away. Sneaky bastards
Older paper about this topic: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4082073/v1
I think I remember seeing another one too, but I can’t find it.
Can't wait to try this on my dive photos without red filters
Same!
I get the impression this is a video-only thing because you need multiple vantage points of the scene. You can still extract a single frame in the end of course (like the article itself does), but you'll need to shift around meaningful distances, like attack submarines do with Target Motion Analysis.
Yep, since this is using Gaussian Splatting you'll need multiple camera views and an initial point cloud. You get both for free from video via COLMAP.