The world of 3D animation has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, thanks to the advent of innovative AI tools that have simplified the process of modeling, rigging, and animating ...

“Populating the virtual world with animals used to be a lot of manual work“, says Michael J. Black, director of the Perceiving Systems department at the MPI for Intelligent Systems. Today, animators ...

March 2021 update: Google has just added lots more animals, including a bunch of creepy-crawly critters to its list of AR delights. Please check out my latest post, here, for all the details. May 9 ...

A recent study suggested that the total number of unique species that call Earth home may be as mind-bogglingly high as 1 trillion. Granted, the vast majority of those are microscopic organisms, but ...

AR overlays digital content and information onto the physical world via your smartphone screen. First announced at Google’s I/O conference last year, the AR search feature allows people to explore ...

Today, with adults and kids stuck inside to avoid the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be a great distraction to place a pet tiger, wolf, or panda on your living room couch. When the feature first premiered, ...