Snapchat reintroduces 2D avatars after users rejected 3D ones

It’s been a couple of years since Snapchat made the shift to 3D avatars. The company said at the time that it gave users more ways than ever to represent themselves. Two years later, the complaints ...

3D digital avatars are redefining human interaction. Here’s what it means for brands

3D digital avatars are changing the equation. With real-time animation tools and AI modeling, brands can create content that ...
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MSR-Net: Mamba-Based Symmetric Architecture for 3D Spine Reconstruction from 2D Orthogonal X-ray Images

Abstract: Accurate 3D spine reconstruction is crucial for diagnosing spinal diseases, but traditional X-ray imaging is limited by tissue overlap, which blurs detailed 3D anatomical structures. While ...
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2D Magnetic Microswimmers for Targeted Cell Transport and 3D Cell Culture Structure Construction

Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science ...
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UniMotion: Bridging 2D and 3D Representations for Human Motion Prediction

Abstract: Human motion prediction (HMP) forecasts future human motion (pose sequences) based on previous motion data. While existing methods excel by learning motion dynamics from adjacent 3D skeleton ...