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Netflix Acquires XR Avatar Startup Ready Player Me

Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, the avatar creation platform, which the streaming giant hopes to leverage ...
PCMag

Reusable Avatars Could Be Coming to Netflix Games, Following New Deal

Netflix plans to use Ready Player Me's technology to allow Netflix subscribers to carry their personalized personas and ...

Turn Any Photo into a 3D Model with SAM 3D : From One Snapshot to Shareable Mesh

Turn photos into 3D with Meta's SAM 3D, using SAM 2 masks and Gaussian splatting, so you can build assets quickly for ...

Netflix buys Ready Player Me, an avatar-creation developer, to let users make their own gaming personas

Netflix will soon let customers make their own customized gaming avatars — which will travel across the streamer’s collection ...
IEEE

Towards High-fidelity 3D Talking Avatar with Personalized Dynamic Texture

Abstract: Significant progress has been made for speech-driven 3D face animation, but most works focus on learning the motion of mesh/geometry, ignoring the impact of dynamic texture. In this work, we ...

Live and immersive: Reimagining live music for younger audiences

Real-time volumetric streaming - placing audiences into live events is making music more accessible - through immersive, ...
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Stepping into the world of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'

ABC News' Ginger Zee got the chance to step into the studio to experience what it takes to make movie magic. Ilhan Omar's response to question about marrying brother goes viral Wife of Southern ...
GamesRadar+

James Cameron had the perfect response for splitting an Avatar sequel into two films after studio pushback: "What part of you getting a chance to make two billion dollars is in ...

Director James Cameron had the perfect response to studio pushback on splitting Avatar: The Way of Water into two movies As mentioned by Discussing Film's Andrew J. Salazar, Avatar: The Way of Water ...
IEEE

Exploring Shared Large Language Models: Early Insights into Scalability and Efficiency in AI Assistant and Agent Deployment

Abstract: The deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs) is rapidly expanding across diverse applications, necessitating cost-effective and resource-efficient strategies to optimize their usage. This ...
Popular Science

These Black Friday deals make this the best time ever to buy a 3D printer

Save on models across the board from Bambu Labs, Creality, Elegoo, and more. The deals also include filament and supplies. By Stan Horaczek Published Nov 28, 2025 10:34 AM EST We may earn revenue from ...
GamesRadar+

James Cameron says if Avatar: Fire and Ash doesn't make money, he's "absolutely" ready to walk away – but he might write a book to wrap up the plot

Sci-Fi Movies James Cameron left strict instructions on how theaters should play Avatar: Fire and Ash Movies Movie release dates 2025 and beyond: every major film coming out in cinemas and on ...
IGN

Sully their good name.

What happens if Avatar: Fire and Ash doesn’t make enough profit to convince Disney to bankroll Avatar 4 and 5? Creator James Cameron has said he’s ready to walk away from the franchise, adding he’ll ...