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Ice Age animals ready to roam the metaverse
A collaborative team based in California was investigating how AR affects learning in museums, but soon realised there weren’t any accurate Ice Age animals in the metaverse yet that they could use.
As a result, the team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, La Brea Tar Pits, in collaboration with designers at the University of Southern California (USC), built the models in a blocky, low poly style so that they could be scientifically accurate, but still simple enough to run on normal mobile phones with limited processing power.
“The innovation of this approach is that it allows us to create scientifically accurate artwork for the metaverse without over-committing to details where we still lack good fossil evidence,” said Dr William Swartout, chief technology officer at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies.
A new, scientifically accurate virtual model of the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi).
Image credit: La Brea Tar Pits
The researchers hope this will also bring more respect to paleoart - the artistic discipline that aims to recreate what extinct animals may have looked like.
“Paleoart can be very influential in how the public, and even scientists, understand fossil life,” said Dr Emily Lindsey, assistant curator at La Brea Tar Pits and senior author of the study.
According to Lindsey, scientists treat a lot of paleoart as an afterthought and are not subject to the same rigorous scrutiny as other scientific research. This can lead to particularly bad reconstructions of extinct animals being propagated for generations in both the popular media and academic publications.
“We think paleoart is a crucial part of paleontological research,” said Dr Matt Davis, an exhibition developer at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. “That’s why we published all the scientific research and artistic decisions that went into creating these models. This will make it easier for other scientists and paleoartists to critique and build off our team’s work.”
Bring the saber-toothed cat to life in AR with this snapcode.
Image credit: La Brea Tar Pits
Davis noted it is just as important to acknowledge what we don’t know about these animals’ appearances as it is to record what we do know. For example, we can accurately depict the shaggy fur of Shasta ground sloths because paleontologists have found a complete skeleton of this species with hair and skin still preserved. For mastodons, paleontologists have only found a few strands of hair – their thick fur pelt was an artistic decision.
The research team hopes that other paleoartists and scientists will follow their example by publishing all the research that goes into their reconstructions of extinct species. This approach should mean better and more accurate paleoart for everyone.
CITIC Telecom CPC’s Data Science and Innovation Team Wins the Championship of “Material Demand Forecast” Award in the 5th China Industrial Internet Data Innovation...
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2021 was a bountiful year for CITIC Telecom CPC where its data science and innovation team has achieved new heights. CITIC Telecom CPC attained the highest honor and won the championship in the "Classification of Malware Families based on Artificial Intelligence" in the CCF Big Data & Computing Intelligence Contest (CCF BDCI) organized by the China Computer Federation. The latest award is the championship in the 5th China Industrial Internet Data Innovation and Application Contest. Lasted nearly 3 months, the contest attracted more than 6000 people from over 2200 teams to participate. The data science and innovation team of CITIC Telecom CPC entered the competition in the "Smart Material Demand Forecast in Discrete Manufacturing Industry" category. The team used different attribute correlation analysis and integrated various algorithms to generate the best predictive value of product material demand and finally won the championship.
With the theme "Digitization drives intelligence and provides insight into industrial future", the contest provides real industrial production and operational data according to the needs of real manufacturing enterprises. Based on historical data of raw material demands and inventory level, every team has to predict the demand of each raw material in every factory and provide periodic demand forecast results for the coming 3 months in order to advise the factory in terms of stocking and production. CITIC Telecom CPC's data science team collected the data and conducted materials, scenarios and relevant attribute correlation analysis based on time series, and integrated various algorithms like mathematical algorithms to do intelligence analysis, thereby generating the best predictive value and finally won the contest.
"Data science has been widely utilized in various industries. Its strong intelligent power and rapid development have reshaped traditional enterprises for digital transformation. We are honored to receive this award in recognition of our data experts and professional team's comprehensive capabilities in industrial internet demand scenarios, algorithms modeling expertise and AI analysis. It also shows our team's dedication in innovation and integrate the latest technologies into business values, which bear testimony to our corporate vision 'Innovation Never Stops'. We will continue to sharpen the professional skills of data science team, to prepare for our strong engagement in future research and innovation projects." said Mr. Esmond Li, CEO of CITIC Telecom CPC.
Enhancing forecast accuracy with intelligent innovation
Different industries across the globe are facing big challenges in their supply chain during the pandemic. Supply chain collaboration is of great importance to enterprises particularly in the discrete and complex manufacturing industry. It is important to maximize the power of ICT services as an enabler of using data resources and intelligent algorithms to enhance forecast accuracy. Cloud computing, digitalization and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) empower enterprises to implement supply chain collaboration and smart production management, helping them significantly reduce cost, increase efficiency and risk resistance capability. In this contest, CITIC Telecom CPC made use of real data in industrial scenarios to conduct algorithm analysis and modeling through its self-developed AI platform for IT operations. The professional use of different attribute correlation analysis and the integration of various algorithms have generated the best predictive value. The result demonstrates the value and vision of intelligent innovation, harnessing CITIC Telecom CPC's extensive ICT infrastructure services and their integration with AI technology. By integrating the latest technologies like intelligent algorithms, AR, big data, blockchain and IoT into its existing service portfolio, CITIC Telecom CPC has successfully developed smart ICT services and new business values as well as broadening industry use cases to empower enterprises to unlock business potentials.
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With the motto "Innovation Never Stops," we leverage innovative technologies, embracing AI, AR, Big Data, IoT, and other cutting-edge emerging technologies to transform technical potential into business value for our customers. As an enterprise digital transformation partner, we strive to help our customers achieve industry-leading positions, high agility, and cost-efficiency through digitalization.
With our Global-Local capabilities, we are committed to providing our customers with one-stop-shop ICT solutions with superior quality. Having a worldwide footprint across 160 countries, including Asia, Europe and America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, our global network resources connect over 160 points of presence (POPs), 19 Cloud service centers, 30+ data centers, and two dedicated 24x7 Security Operations Centers (SOCs). As one of the first managed service providers in Hong Kong to achieve multiple ICT-related certifications, including ISO 9001, 14001, 20000, 27001, and 27017, we offer local professional services, superior delivery capabilities as well as exceptional customer experience and best practices through our global presence and extensive industry know-how, becoming a leading integrated intelligent ICT service provider to enterprise customers.
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Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comCITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 1883), is honored to announce that its data science and innovation team has won the championship of "Material Demand Forecast" award in the 5th China Industrial Internet Data Innovation and Application Contest.
Microsoft files patent application for vibrating VR mat
The application, which was first noted by Variety, proposes a “[VR] floor mat activity region” embedded with sensors to enhance the experience of playing a VR game while also preventing the user from crashing into nearby furniture and walls.
The mat would be integrated into a gaming system, which uses a combination of optical sensors, fiducial markers and “spatially distributed” pressure sensors in the mat to calculate the user’s position in a 3D space and shape a simulated world around them. This could reduce reliance on sensors within the headset.
“The virtual reality experience for the user is selectively augmented based on the positioning of the physical subject identified relative to the activity region,” the application explained. “For example, a notification of a user's proximity to a boundary of the activity region may be provided to the user through visual, auditory, or haptic feedback.”
The application suggested that the user could receive notifications within their VR session if they approach a boundary of the mat, allowing them to avoid crashing into real-world objects. Small vibrating devices could be inserted into the mat to provide haptic feedback to help the user remain within the boundaries of the mat as well as to provide in-game feedback. The application suggests having different textures towards the outside of the mat, presumably to warn the user that they are reaching its boundaries.
The filing also suggests establishing a set ‘starting point’ at the centre of the mat. When the user stands here, a game begins to run.
Several different designs are suggested, including a modular form which would allow for multiple mats to interlock and cover a large area.
As is usually the case with patent applications, this will not necessarily become a commercial product, but it indicates the possible directions Microsoft’s engineers are exploring. The application does not specify which headset the mat would connect with, and it mentions a range of possible computing devices the mat could be used with, including PCs, smartphones, and wearables.
Microsoft’s mixed-reality ventures are currently focused on business rather than entertainment; the HoloLens smart glasses are designed for business, design, training (including military training) and education, with minimal gaming applications. However, the mat could be intended for use with Microsoft’s gaming-focused Kinect motion sensor controller, which was launched in 2010 and intended for use with the Xbox 360 and Xbox One but discontinued in 2017. One of the diagrams included with the application features a device sitting on of a television which bears a very strong resemblance to the Kinect. In May 2018, Microsoft teased a return for the Kinect, suggesting that the dead device could have applications beyond gaming.
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