[x3d-public] DALL-E, GPT-3 and X3D; UniversalMedia

[Don Brutzman]

Thanks for the UniversalMedia reminder GL!

On 1/10/2021 12:54 AM, GL wrote:
> 
> I don't have a direct answer to your idea/question, but here is a denim texture just for fun, and perhaps a reminder that the UniversalMedia textures from 20 years ago are still available. GL
> 
> http://www.officetowers.com/UniversalMedia/textures/materials/denim_3.jpg.htm <http://www.officetowers.com/UniversalMedia/textures/materials/denim_3.jpg.htm>
> 
> http://www.officetowers.com/UniversalMedia/ <http://www.officetowers.com/UniversalMedia/>

We never got around to also putting these into Web3D open source because we were focused on the 3D models of Universal Media:

* X3D Example Archives: Basic, Universal Media Materials
   https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/UniversalMediaMaterials

* X3D Example Archives: Basic, Universal Media Panoramas
   https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/UniversalMediaPanoramas

There indeed is a lot more there, but it still seems hard to view "at a glance" everything available...

Wondering, given hindsight and increased skills, how might we improve exposure of these other assets?  Is there a catalog?

> *From:*x3d-public [mailto:x3d-public-bounces at web3d.org] *On Behalf Of *John Carlson
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 9, 2021 10:29 PM
> *To:* X3D Graphics public mailing list
> *Subject:* [x3d-public] DALL-E, GPT-3 and X3D
> 
> I recently saw a youtube video on DALL-E where they generate images from a textual description, like "Show me a torus with denim texture."  So far it just shows several images.   I realize that work has been done on 3-D textures.

* OpenAI's DALL-E Can Create Images From Just Text Description
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjBaWh_FgU

* Wikipedia: DALL-E
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DALL-E

* Wikipedia: GPT-3
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-3

* Wikipedia: AlphaFold
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaFold

> What if we could do something like DALL-E *plus* AlphaFold to generate 3-D models, suitable for inclusion into a X3D world?   Where do real world semantics meet X3D semantics? As far as I know, there's no "denim" in X3D.
> 
> Hmm!
> 
> John

uhh, i think the Borg had some ideas about how to do this but cost of admission was higher than web3d membership...  8)

more seriously, we will keep working on X3D Ontology capabilities so that Semantic Web queries including 3D can become more and more interconnected.

all the best, Don
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