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Avatars are central to the success of the #metaverse and #metacommerce. We need different #avatars for different purposes: accurate #3D digital doubles for shopping, realistic looking for #telepresence, stylized for fun, all with faces & hands. @meshcapade makes this easy. (1/8)
For on-line shopping, clothing try-on, and fitness, an avatar should be realistic – your digital twin. You need a true digital double to see how clothing will look in motion. But, creating avatars that are accurate enough for shopping is hard. (2/8)
Since it’s hard to 3D scan everyone, digital doubles must be created from a few images or a video. Existing methods require users to wear tight clothes and have cumbersome capture protocols. @Meshcapade uses a single image of a person in any pose, making creation easy. (3/8)
One of the 1st things I did @molecularfndry after COVID shutdown was to look into telepresence robots, from @DoubleRobotics & @OhmniLabs. Basically iPads on wheels; via web browser, you roll up to someone in lab and talk! Who won the battle of the telepresence bots? Read on! 
We looked at the @DoubleRobotics Double 3 & @OhmniLabs Supercam (old name). We couldn't find any other reasonable competitors. All other options were, out of stock, DIY kits not fit for deployment, or expensive stuff for hospitals. (2/6)
In March 2020, the Ohmni was $2000 (the cost of a laptop). Double3 was 2x the price, fittingly. We wanted to use these telepresence robots initially for remote monitoring (when no one was in lab) and later for hybrid/remote work, like User training. (3/6)
