Azad Balabanian

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@Azadux

3D scanning/VR—formerly @nianticspatial, @puzzlingplaces, @uploadvr. Perpetuel typos. Opinions my own

San Francisco, CA azadux.com Joined November 2010

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Azad Balabanian @Azadux Jun 9, 2021

Today, I did some aerial photogrammetry from a plane!

Due to the cabin being tight and my cam’s viewfinder disp. not rotating, i had to get clever. Using the HDMI input on my @FatsharkRC FPV goggles, I had a clean feed of my camera, which worked super well!

Azad Balabanian @Azadux 5d

using my Steam Frame to create a Gaussian splat was NOT on my bingo card

this is truly awesome! @arcturusvision, with its steam frame add-on camera has a fork of Spirula Studio that lets you train a high quality splat of any space, for FREE, on windows/macOS/linux!

you scan bu recording a video with the Arcturus Vision Camera app, then transfer it to your PC (they have a utility for it, to do it via USB or over wifi), then train with their fork of Spirula Studio on your computer

more info here arcturus.vision/apps#sync

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Azad Balabanian @Azadux 5d

I got an early look at this recently and loved it

It reminded me of 2016/2017, an era where 3d artists and shader wizards were DEEP in vr, building insane installation pieces experimenting with hyper-dimensional, tangible, multi sensory mixed reality experiences

I truly miss the creativity of that era.

It got drowned out by funding drying up, PC VR fizzling out, and vr gaming becoming the main thing

If you’re curious to explore some of those creations, I highly recommend @MuseumOR on Steam

Greg Madisᯅn Verified account @GregMadison 5d

“I’ve never felt such a strong sense of presence in mixed reality.” A sentiment echoed by nearly 100 people who’ve tried Sphenomenon.
I built a hands-on playground for creators to feel why the physical world is the ultimate foundation for tomorrow’s augmented interfaces.
#astra @OpenAI

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Azad Balabanian @Azadux 5d

you know how parents say "I forget how SMALL my kids were..."

im convinced that if you have kids (and are a nerd), you should buy a Steam Frame w/ Arcturus cam or an Apple Vision Pro to record spatial videos of them

watching them in a 3D spatial video is truly the only way you can re-experience how smol they were!

it's truly so, SO cute

Azad Balabanian @Azadux Oct 28

Really looking forward to @raven_computer’s launch event tonight!

Linux running on HUD glasses!

Thomas Suarez Verified account @tomthecarrot Oct 13

Save the date: Raven Prism launches on October 28! We're hosting a launch event in San Francisco.

Space is limited - DM or comment to request an invitation.

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