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Damien Henry
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Damien Henry
@dh7net
SVP Image research @heyjasperai
Cofounder @ClipdropApp, YC W21, acquired by @stabilityai
AI x Images @googlearts
Created GoogleCardboard @Google
- How clipdrop.co/relight works? A short thread to explain how realtime relighting of a picture is possible.
00:00 - I created the Google Cardboard almost ten years ago but quit VR soon after to focus on Machine Learning. VR is based on a ridiculous misunderstanding. Let me explain why in this thread.
- Replying to @dh7netIronically, VR is a bad medium because the only immersion that matters is the immersion of our minds.
- Replying to @dh7netVR takes the problem the wrong way. It tries to immerse us by fooling our sensory system. VR is lying to our bodies. That’s why most VR experiences are unpleasant after a couple of minutes.
- Replying to @dh7netReading a book is decoding black symbols on a white page. Our brains decode these abstract symbols, creating a virtual world inside our brains. There is no need for brain implants; we can already read the “Matrix”.
- Replying to @dh7netThe VR promise is to bring “a sense of presence” to computing. But the “sense of presence,” seeing things as if they were there, adds little value beyond the wahoo effect it generates. The misunderstanding is between "immersion" and a "sense of presence."
- Replying to @dh7netReading a book is real immersion. When immersed in a book, our senses are disconnected from our bodies, and we no longer feel our direct environment.
- Replying to @dh7netListening to a good story is immersion. Our brains' capacity to immerse ourselves in someone else idea is a superpower that allows us to co-create.
- Someone asked me recently why the Paris AI ecosystem is so 🔥 these days. On the surface, it looks like Paris became a major #AI center overnight, but it didn't. It took time and didn't appear by accident. Here is a story that started more than 10 years ago. 👇
- This code is so beautifully written, it almost hurts. github.com/karpathy/covid… 😍 Scraping + Analysis: 158 lines 😍 Server: 77 lines 😍 HTML: 50 lines 😍 JS: 61 lines 😍 CSS: 127 lines Total: 396 lines for a full app! Congrats @karpathy 🙏🙏🙏
- Replying to @dh7net1h video 100% made by an algorithm, no editing, cut, post production: youtu.be/-wmtsTuHkt0 ; Music for 18 musicians by Steve Reich. v1.0
00:00 - I'm leaving Google and I'm starting an exciting adventure! Stay tuned!
- Was cleaning my basement today due to the #confinement and found the very first iterations of the Cardboard #VR headset.
