This is both fascinating and nerve wracking. @mfroomkin and @ma_franks you each may be interested in this. Here’s a few topics of interest to me: 1. Social construction of Mica’s identity; 2. Even as a POC, this shows the potential for #deepfakes in XR; 3. Human-avatar relations
Meet Mica. A human-centered AI with eye-gaze tracking and more to make characteristics more humanlike. An ongoing project by an internal #magicleap team who wanted to push systems and explore digital human representations. #LEAPcon
Great job @sannabh, @timstutts, @jamespowderly and the rest of the @magicleap team on the thoughtful #design and attention to representation and diversity in the MagicLeap avatars and assets. Especially impressed with, and grateful for, the inclusion of Muslim characters/motifs.
GO @sannabh!!!! Awesome @magicleap#LEAPcon announcement to turn @univmiami (my alma mater) into the first academic campus connected to the #Magicverse! So looking forward to this. The future is here.
Excited to participate in tomorrow's working group at @FIU about the risks and opportunities for blockchain adoption by higher education institutions.
shout out to @saif305 and @FIUEngagement for the continued leadership in this space. x.com/saif305/status/1006223…
Today was a powerful example of how #communities can work on tackling complex problems together— the participation @MiamiDadePD Officers alongside social justice activists, innovators & students pointed to the shared sense of ownership of building our #Miami.
#ABAjusticehackMIA
I never heard back from MIT. I got rejected from CMU. I was accepted to U of T but not to work with the PI I wanted there. I got "honorable mention" for NSF GRFP but not actual money. Don't let temporary failures discourage you. x.com/mrtz/status/9504934338…
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Team @GeorgetownCPT