Abstract: Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU. The apparatus may obtain an indication of a BVH structure including a plurality of nodes, wherein the BVH structure is associated with geometry data for a plurality of primitives in a scene, wherein each of the plurality of nodes is associated with one or more primitives, where a first level BVH includes a set of first nodes and a second level BVH includes a set of second nodes. The apparatus may also allocate information for a plurality of second nodes in the set of second nodes to at least one first node in the set of first nodes. Further, the apparatus may store the allocated information for the plurality of second nodes in the set of second nodes in the at least one first node in the set of first nodes.

Abstract: A 3D conversation system can facilitate 3D conversations in an augmented reality environment, allowing conversation participants to appear as if they are face-to-face. The 3D conversation system can accomplish this with a pipeline of data processing stages, which can include calibrate, capture, tag and filter, compress, decompress, reconstruct, render, and display stages. Generally, the pipeline can capture images of the sending user, create intermediate representations, transform the representations to convert from the orientation the images were taken from to a viewpoint of the receiving user, and output images of the sending user, from the viewpoint of the receiving user, in synchronization with audio captured from the sending user. Such a 3D conversation can take place between two or more sender/receiving systems and, in some implementations can be mediated by one or more server systems. In various configurations, stages of the pipeline can be customized based on a conversation context.

Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating, modeling, and validating orthodontic treatment are disclosed. The method may include designing an orthodontic treatment system or force system, generative a displacement field between a first position of a patient's teeth and a second position, modeling the three-dimensional force-displacement model generated by the treatment system or force system, and validating the treatment system or force system. The methods disclosed herein may be iterated to optimize the orthodontic force system or treatment system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention can be used to in response to receiving information, dynamically detecting an event associated with a user. Embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to dynamically detecting an event associated with the user, creating a visual simulation of the detected event.

Abstract: An image fusion method based on image and LiDAR point cloud is provided. The method comprises: acquiring a first image and sparse point cloud data, point cloud data in each channel of the sparse point cloud data corresponding to pixels in the first image respectively, and the sparse point cloud data and the first image having space and time synchronicity; obtaining a target gradient value corresponding to at least one target pixel in the first image according to the first image, the target pixel being a non-edge pixel of the first image; up-sampling the sparse point cloud data based on at least one target gradient value to obtain dense point cloud data, the target gradient value being determined according to a corresponding target pixel between adjacent channels of the sparse point cloud data; and obtaining a target fusion image based on the first image and the dense point cloud data.

Abstract: A representation apparatus for displaying a graphical representation of an augmented reality includes a capture unit, a first display unit, and a processing unit. The first display unit is at least partially transparent. The capture unit is configured to capture a relative positioning of the first display unit relative to a representation area of a second display unit. The processing unit is configured to determine an observation geometry between the first display unit and the representation area of the second display unit based on the relative positioning, receive a dataset, generate the augmented reality based on the dataset, and provide the graphical representation of the augmented reality via virtual mapping of the augmented reality onto the representation area along the observation geometry. The first display unit displays the graphical representation of the augmented reality in at least partial overlaying with the representation area of the second display unit.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a modular display panel that includes a plurality of displays disposed in a matrix form and respectively including a display panel including a pixel array in which pixels including a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements are disposed in a plurality of row lines, sub-pixel circuits respectively corresponding to inorganic light emitting elements of the pixel array, a driver configured to drive the sub-pixel circuits, a sensor configured to sense a current flowing in a driving transistor included in the sub-pixel circuits and output sensing data corresponding to the sensed current, and a processor configured to correct the image data voltage applied to the sub-pixel circuits based on the sensing data, and a timing controller configured to provide a first start signal to a driver of a first display and a second start signal to a driver of a second display.

Abstract: A method for constructing and implementing a small cell is disclosed herein. The method includes capturing data and developing a model of the small cell; obtaining and validating a bill of materials for the small cell; identifying type, quantity, and location of materials for acquisition; coordinating utilities for the small cell with utility providers; and developing a project plan for the small cell and including with the model.

Abstract: This disclosure enables various technologies for augmented-reality, which allow a person to obtain (e.g., electronically reserve, electronically purchase, physically receive) a memorabilia item during an event at or remote from a venue in which a performer is performing or within a preset time period after the event (e.g., within few hours after the event) at or remote from the venue. These technologies may reduce a rise in counterfeits of the memorabilia item, while minimizing a price increase of the memorabilia item.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that includes a blocking detection unit to detect blocking of a communication channel to a reproduction device which reproduces content on the basis of content data, a movement calculation unit to calculate, in a case where the blocking of the communication channel is detected, an amount of movement of the reproduction device to a position that escapes the blocking, and a control unit to control generation of the content data on the basis of the amount of movement.

Abstract: A display system for a work machine includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire three-dimensional data of a plurality of measurement points, a conversion unit configured to convert the three-dimensional data into a vehicle body coordinate system, an image generation unit configured to generate a reference image representing a three-dimensional shape of a terrain based on the three-dimensional data converted into the vehicle body coordinate system, and a display processing unit configured to display the reference image on a captured image in a superimposed manner. The image generation unit decides a display form of the reference image at a position of the reference image corresponding to each measurement point depending on a distance of the measurement point in a normal direction with respect to a ground surface of the work machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the management of shared work spaces. A goal is to accurately reflect the actual status of a booking as close to real time as possible. Embodiments of the invention allow for low-power, battery operated, motion sensor devices to report the actual status of shared work spaces to a centralised server using existing wireless communications means in the environment where the shared work spaces are to be managed.

Abstract: A real-time digital device user interaction control system generates user interactions in substantial real-time in accordance with user-specified attribute settings. A server, in operable communication with an electronic device experience management subsystem, generates a unified visitor structured data file comprising configured privacy setting attributes and pre-pushes the unified visitor structured data to the electronic device experience management subsystem. The electronic device experience management subsystem is then able to generate digital experiences in accordance with the configured attributes in substantial real-time without adverse network latency effects by not having to query the server. The structured data file may also be pushed to sensors to control the data capture thereof.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for enabling location-based virtual content. Enabling location-based virtual content includes receiving an initial location of a particular wearable extended reality appliance; performing a first lookup for a first rule associating the particular wearable extended reality appliance with the initial location, the first rule permitting display of a first type of content and preventing display of a second type of content in the initial location; implementing the first rule; receiving a subsequent location of the particular wearable extended reality appliance; performing a second lookup for a second rule associating the particular wearable extended reality appliance with the subsequent location, the second rule preventing display of the first type of content and permitting display of the second type of content in the subsequent location; and implementing the second rule.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing an avatar personalized for a specific person based on known data from a relatively large population of individuals and a relatively small data sample of the specific person. Auto-encoder neural networks are used in a novel manner to capture latent-variable representations of facial models. Once such models are developed, a very limited data sample of a specific person may be used in combination with convolutional-neural-networks or statistical filters, and driven by audio/visual input during real-time operations, to generate a realistic avatar of the specific individual's face. In some embodiments, conditional variables may be encoded (e.g. gender, age, body-mass-index, ethnicity, emotional state). In other embodiments, different portions of a face may be modeled separately and combined at run-time (e.g., face, tongue and lips). Models in accordance with this disclosure may be used to generate resolution independent output.

Abstract: Methods and systems for selectively smoothing an input surface mesh based on identified staircase artifacts are disclosed. Staircase artifacts may be generated along any one of a surface mesh's coordinate vectors. Vertices in the surface mesh associated with the staircase artifact are identified by comparing normalized angles between normal vectors of a plurality of faces adjacent to a vertex and a reference vector. Multiple reference vectors are used to identify additional artifact vertices. Weighted values may be generated for each vertex of the surface mesh based on the vertex's proximity to an identified artifact vertex. Vertices of a surface mesh may be subjected to a modified smoothing algorithm using the weighted values. The modified smoothing algorithm removes staircase artifacts while better preserving model volume and small model features.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for receiving information that is wirelessly transmitted to a mobile computing system by wireless devices that are proximal to a route being travelled by the mobile computing system, and presenting at least a portion of the received information through a display of the mobile computing system. The information can be displayed according to a computing experience that is determined for a user of the mobile computing system (e.g., user-selected, inferred based on a stored schedule of the user, and so forth). Different sets of location-based information can be transmitted to the mobile computing system from different wireless devices that the mobile computing system comes into proximity with while traveling along a route. In some instances, the information can be locally stored on the wireless device(s) to reduce latency.

Abstract: Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for generating a first and second three dimensional interactive environment. The first three dimensional interactive environment may contain one or more engageable virtual interfaces that correspond to one or more items. Upon engagement with a virtual interface the second three dimensional interactive environment is produced to virtual simulation related to the one or more items.

Abstract: An augmented reality-based lighting design method includes displaying, by an augmented reality device, a real-time image of a target physical area on a display screen. The method further includes displaying, by the augmented reality device, a lighting fixture 3-D model on the display screen in response to a user input, where the lighting fixture 3-D model is overlaid on the real-time image of the target physical area. The method also includes displaying, by the augmented reality device, a lighting pattern on the display screen overlaid on the real-time image of the target physical area, wherein the lighting pattern is generated based on at least photometric data associated with the lighting fixture 3-D model.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first display and a second display. The electronic device also includes a processor configured to allocate a first set of resources to the first display and a second set of resources to the second display. The first set of resources is different from the second set of resources. Each of the first set of resources and the second set of resources includes one or more of at least one available hardware resource and at least one available software resource.