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The Majesty's Secret Serpent and Baking Great Toys
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58:28 - 1:08:07 (09:38)

Ken Kocienda discusses his experiences with creating a movie and designing toys, learning that clockwork has its own challenges and the importance of computer animation in his work.

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Computer animation and toy making are not so different, as they both require an understanding of the physics of motion and forces that is not necessarily intuitive to computer scientists.
58:28 - 1:02:38 (04:10)
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Computer Animation
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Computer animation and toy making are not so different, as they both require an understanding of the physics of motion and forces that is not necessarily intuitive to computer scientists. However, creating realistic robots with biological movement can make them seem like creatures instead of things.

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The Majesty's Secret Serpent and Baking Great Toys
Episode
Gavin Miller: Adobe Research
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
This transcript discusses how the use of desktop-level compute and vision accelerator chips is opening up new possibilities for autonomous robots with onboard cameras, batteries, and neural network capabilities.
1:02:38 - 1:05:43 (03:04)
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Robotics
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This transcript discusses how the use of desktop-level compute and vision accelerator chips is opening up new possibilities for autonomous robots with onboard cameras, batteries, and neural network capabilities. Additionally, there is research going on to add personality to these robots.

Chapter
The Majesty's Secret Serpent and Baking Great Toys
Episode
Gavin Miller: Adobe Research
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The conversation explores the potential intersection of AI and virtual reality in the future, discussing the possibility of more advanced and interactive robot companions and the incorporation of virtual objects into the physical world through augmented reality.
1:05:43 - 1:08:07 (02:24)
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AI, Virtual Reality
Summary

The conversation explores the potential intersection of AI and virtual reality in the future, discussing the possibility of more advanced and interactive robot companions and the incorporation of virtual objects into the physical world through augmented reality.

Chapter
The Majesty's Secret Serpent and Baking Great Toys
Episode
Gavin Miller: Adobe Research
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast