{"id":644099,"date":"2024-11-13T21:33:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-generative-ai-startup-is-strapping-cameras-to-peoples-backs\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T21:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:33:34","slug":"this-generative-ai-startup-is-strapping-cameras-to-peoples-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-generative-ai-startup-is-strapping-cameras-to-peoples-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"#This generative AI startup is strapping cameras to people’s backs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A startup is training an AI system that it claims will enable creators to generate cinematic worlds, with complete control over the scenery, characters, lighting, and motion. How? By having humans strap cameras to their backs and hike around the world.<\/p>\n

Odyssey<\/a>, founded by self-driving pioneers Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke (Cameron was previously the VP of product at Cruise), says it\u2019s created an \u201cadvanced camera capture system\u201d that can collect data just about anywhere a person can reach. Weighing about 25 pounds, the system packs six cameras, two lidar sensors, and an inertial measurement unit<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Bearing a resemblance to Google\u2019s Street View Trekker<\/a>, the system can capture its surroundings in \u201c3.5K resolution\u201d and 360 degrees, with \u201cphysics-accurate\u201d depth information metadata attached.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the point? Well, Odyssey says it\u2019s taking data from the system and feeding it through algorithms to \u201ccapture the fine details that make up our world.\u201d Essentially, the company\u2019s generating digital reconstructions of real-world scenes a la Meta\u2019s Hyperscape project \u2014 scenes with forests, caves, trails, beaches, glaciers, parks, buildings, and so on.<\/p>\n

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One of Odyssey\u2019s recreated scenes. <\/span>Image Credits:<\/strong>Odyssey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, it\u2019s not totally clear how these reconstructions will translate to better generative tools for creatives. Cameron and Hawke have previously said<\/a> that Odyssey has developed several generative AI models that create layers of visual detail, including object geometry, lighting, and motion, and then combine these into a single virtual \u201cworld\u201d to create desired scenes.<\/p>\n

Even the best \u201cworld models\u201d today have limitations, however \u2014 and Odyssey doesn\u2019t claim to have solved all these. Nevertheless, it\u2019s securing cash to forge ahead. <\/p>\n

Odyssey today announced<\/a> that it raised $18 million in a Series<\/a> A funding round led by EQT Ventures with participation from GV and Air Street Capital. The new money, which brings the company\u2019s total raised to $27 million, will be put toward scaling up Odyssey\u2019s data collection operations in California.<\/p>\n

Odyssey plans to expand its data collection to other states and countries in the future \u2014 with privacy protections in place, one would hope. (Google\u2019s Street View team, for one, has found itself in the crosshairs<\/a> of regulators for capturing images of public places that violated bystanders\u2019 privacy.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think it will be impossible for generative models to generate Hollywood-grade worlds that feel alive without training on a vast volume of rich, multimodal real-world 3D data,\u201d the company wrote in a post on its blog<\/a>. \u201cWe believe an advanced generative world-building model will unlock a better way to create film, game<\/a>s, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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