Azad Balabanian
@azadux.com
PM at Niantic | AR/VR, drones, photogrammetry, stereography, 3DGS are my jam
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Death stranding 2 feels overrated with review scores of 9s and 10s (and I say this as a big DS fan)
Glad to see a lot more nuanced takes in this Reddit thread from hardcore fans www.reddit.com/r/DeathStran...
Glad to see a lot more nuanced takes in this Reddit thread from hardcore fans www.reddit.com/r/DeathStran...
From the DeathStranding community on Reddit: No spoilers how would you guys rate death stranding 2 compared to the first one
Explore this post and more from the DeathStranding community
www.reddit.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Death stranding 2 feels overrated with review scores of 9s and 10s (and I say this as a big DS fan)
Glad to see a lot more nuanced takes in this Reddit thread from hardcore fans www.reddit.com/r/DeathStran...
Glad to see a lot more nuanced takes in this Reddit thread from hardcore fans www.reddit.com/r/DeathStran...
Death Stranding 2 reviews are looking goooood. So excited to play tonight!
June 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Death Stranding 2 reviews are looking goooood. So excited to play tonight!
@garnettlee.bsky.social do you ever consider podcasting again on the regular? Maybe from an investor/game biz perspective?
You and John D are the people I miss hearing from the most
You and John D are the people I miss hearing from the most
May 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@garnettlee.bsky.social do you ever consider podcasting again on the regular? Maybe from an investor/game biz perspective?
You and John D are the people I miss hearing from the most
You and John D are the people I miss hearing from the most
ive been on a hunt to figure out what games support 480hz (or above). here's what i've found so far
any game that has a fully unlocked frame rate works
any other games that come to mind?
any game that has a fully unlocked frame rate works
any other games that come to mind?
May 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
ive been on a hunt to figure out what games support 480hz (or above). here's what i've found so far
any game that has a fully unlocked frame rate works
any other games that come to mind?
any game that has a fully unlocked frame rate works
any other games that come to mind?
Noticing that many PC games from the early to mid 2010s have an arbitrary limit of 200fps ie:
- doom 2016
- mirrors edge catalyst
- battlefield 4
- doom 2016
- mirrors edge catalyst
- battlefield 4
May 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Noticing that many PC games from the early to mid 2010s have an arbitrary limit of 200fps ie:
- doom 2016
- mirrors edge catalyst
- battlefield 4
- doom 2016
- mirrors edge catalyst
- battlefield 4
I’m buying a PS5 for death stranding 2
May 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m buying a PS5 for death stranding 2
Reposted by Azad Balabanian
A thread of thoughts on radiance fields, from my keynote at 3DV:
Radiance fields have had 3 distinct generations. First was NeRF: just posenc and a tiny MLP. This was slow to train but worked really well, and it was unusually compressed --- The NeRF was smaller than the images.
Radiance fields have had 3 distinct generations. First was NeRF: just posenc and a tiny MLP. This was slow to train but worked really well, and it was unusually compressed --- The NeRF was smaller than the images.
April 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A thread of thoughts on radiance fields, from my keynote at 3DV:
Radiance fields have had 3 distinct generations. First was NeRF: just posenc and a tiny MLP. This was slow to train but worked really well, and it was unusually compressed --- The NeRF was smaller than the images.
Radiance fields have had 3 distinct generations. First was NeRF: just posenc and a tiny MLP. This was slow to train but worked really well, and it was unusually compressed --- The NeRF was smaller than the images.
This open-air quest 3 facial interface is truly the convertible, drop-top, “feel and smell the air around you” accessory of VR
March 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This open-air quest 3 facial interface is truly the convertible, drop-top, “feel and smell the air around you” accessory of VR
Reposted by Azad Balabanian
Hey VR/MR devs 👋
We need your 📈 DATA 📉 for our Reboot Blue talk;
'The game has changed: VR games marketing in 2025'
- All data you provide is completely anonymous
- We'll post a summary of the findings after Reboot
- Should only take you 5 mins
- We'd be very appreciative
- Form below 👇
We need your 📈 DATA 📉 for our Reboot Blue talk;
'The game has changed: VR games marketing in 2025'
- All data you provide is completely anonymous
- We'll post a summary of the findings after Reboot
- Should only take you 5 mins
- We'd be very appreciative
- Form below 👇
March 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hey VR/MR devs 👋
We need your 📈 DATA 📉 for our Reboot Blue talk;
'The game has changed: VR games marketing in 2025'
- All data you provide is completely anonymous
- We'll post a summary of the findings after Reboot
- Should only take you 5 mins
- We'd be very appreciative
- Form below 👇
We need your 📈 DATA 📉 for our Reboot Blue talk;
'The game has changed: VR games marketing in 2025'
- All data you provide is completely anonymous
- We'll post a summary of the findings after Reboot
- Should only take you 5 mins
- We'd be very appreciative
- Form below 👇
Reposted by Azad Balabanian
Splats are great, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could transform them into the stuff of dreams? Introducing our #CVPR2025 paper ✨Morpheus✨!
Morpheus lets you change the shape and appearance of 3D Gaussian splats with a few words!
nianticlabs.github.io/morpheus/
(1/6)
Morpheus lets you change the shape and appearance of 3D Gaussian splats with a few words!
nianticlabs.github.io/morpheus/
(1/6)
March 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Splats are great, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could transform them into the stuff of dreams? Introducing our #CVPR2025 paper ✨Morpheus✨!
Morpheus lets you change the shape and appearance of 3D Gaussian splats with a few words!
nianticlabs.github.io/morpheus/
(1/6)
Morpheus lets you change the shape and appearance of 3D Gaussian splats with a few words!
nianticlabs.github.io/morpheus/
(1/6)
end-to-end latency test for moonlight streaming from my PC (shown on the monitor) to me Steam Deck
Total latency at 60fps is around a frame (16ms). Even less so for 90fps.
Feels fantastic for playing with a controller
Total latency at 60fps is around a frame (16ms). Even less so for 90fps.
Feels fantastic for playing with a controller
March 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
end-to-end latency test for moonlight streaming from my PC (shown on the monitor) to me Steam Deck
Total latency at 60fps is around a frame (16ms). Even less so for 90fps.
Feels fantastic for playing with a controller
Total latency at 60fps is around a frame (16ms). Even less so for 90fps.
Feels fantastic for playing with a controller
Why doesn’t valve put any effort into making Steam Link as good as moonlight streaming?
Such a shame! It’s a core part of the Steam deck experience
Such a shame! It’s a core part of the Steam deck experience
March 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why doesn’t valve put any effort into making Steam Link as good as moonlight streaming?
Such a shame! It’s a core part of the Steam deck experience
Such a shame! It’s a core part of the Steam deck experience
Ai is great case I can ask it “Yo bud ffmpeg command compress video to 720p 30fps make it good looking but under 30 mb no audio h264 mp4 stat homie keep it succinct” and get a perfect result
March 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ai is great case I can ask it “Yo bud ffmpeg command compress video to 720p 30fps make it good looking but under 30 mb no audio h264 mp4 stat homie keep it succinct” and get a perfect result
I just got a phone call from someone advertising a GDC event...
wtf!
wtf!
February 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I just got a phone call from someone advertising a GDC event...
wtf!
wtf!
I put together a "1 click" utility that converts Fujifilm MPO files -> SBS -> Spatial Photos for Apple Vision Pro
It combines CLI utilities from Stereoautoalign and Spatial Video Tools to batch process a series of image
github.com/azadbal/MPO-...
It combines CLI utilities from Stereoautoalign and Spatial Video Tools to batch process a series of image
github.com/azadbal/MPO-...
February 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I put together a "1 click" utility that converts Fujifilm MPO files -> SBS -> Spatial Photos for Apple Vision Pro
It combines CLI utilities from Stereoautoalign and Spatial Video Tools to batch process a series of image
github.com/azadbal/MPO-...
It combines CLI utilities from Stereoautoalign and Spatial Video Tools to batch process a series of image
github.com/azadbal/MPO-...
Currently dealing with two opinions at odds with each other
1. meta horizon worlds is cancer and is killing the quest vr dev ecosystem
2. meta horizon worlds is the reason why meta is subsidizing the headsets, which is how the quest dev vr exist in the first place
Thoughts?
1. meta horizon worlds is cancer and is killing the quest vr dev ecosystem
2. meta horizon worlds is the reason why meta is subsidizing the headsets, which is how the quest dev vr exist in the first place
Thoughts?
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Currently dealing with two opinions at odds with each other
1. meta horizon worlds is cancer and is killing the quest vr dev ecosystem
2. meta horizon worlds is the reason why meta is subsidizing the headsets, which is how the quest dev vr exist in the first place
Thoughts?
1. meta horizon worlds is cancer and is killing the quest vr dev ecosystem
2. meta horizon worlds is the reason why meta is subsidizing the headsets, which is how the quest dev vr exist in the first place
Thoughts?
The camera’s here and I’m lovin it!
Fantastic camera baseline, optical zoom, surprisingly decent quality in low light, a 3D display for preview, auto-alignment during capture, and a satisfying flip up/down mechanism for turning it on—15 year old tech!
Will work on converting to spatial photos!
Fantastic camera baseline, optical zoom, surprisingly decent quality in low light, a 3D display for preview, auto-alignment during capture, and a satisfying flip up/down mechanism for turning it on—15 year old tech!
Will work on converting to spatial photos!
February 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The camera’s here and I’m lovin it!
Fantastic camera baseline, optical zoom, surprisingly decent quality in low light, a 3D display for preview, auto-alignment during capture, and a satisfying flip up/down mechanism for turning it on—15 year old tech!
Will work on converting to spatial photos!
Fantastic camera baseline, optical zoom, surprisingly decent quality in low light, a 3D display for preview, auto-alignment during capture, and a satisfying flip up/down mechanism for turning it on—15 year old tech!
Will work on converting to spatial photos!
Bach droppin a new banger soon y’all get ready
February 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bach droppin a new banger soon y’all get ready
just bought a 15 year old 3D camera (Fujifilm w3) shipping from Japan lets goooo
my stereographs/spatial photos will finally include people and other non-static subjects 😆
my stereographs/spatial photos will finally include people and other non-static subjects 😆
February 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
just bought a 15 year old 3D camera (Fujifilm w3) shipping from Japan lets goooo
my stereographs/spatial photos will finally include people and other non-static subjects 😆
my stereographs/spatial photos will finally include people and other non-static subjects 😆
The reason I’m in Bsky is because I missed seeing a lot of your faces on Twitter
Glad to see that there is a place where a lot of the vr world congregated outside of twitter
Glad to see that there is a place where a lot of the vr world congregated outside of twitter
February 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The reason I’m in Bsky is because I missed seeing a lot of your faces on Twitter
Glad to see that there is a place where a lot of the vr world congregated outside of twitter
Glad to see that there is a place where a lot of the vr world congregated outside of twitter
New 3D scan from my Ruins of Ani series
“Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins”
Links to view/download a mesh and Gaussian splat bellow 👇
“Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins”
Links to view/download a mesh and Gaussian splat bellow 👇
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
New 3D scan from my Ruins of Ani series
“Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins”
Links to view/download a mesh and Gaussian splat bellow 👇
“Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins”
Links to view/download a mesh and Gaussian splat bellow 👇
Found a neat use case of my Vision Pro:
previewing 3D prints before printing them.
Visualizing the scale of prints is always hard—not anymore! The workflow is super easy. Export model as USDZ from blender and open it in Vision Pro.
previewing 3D prints before printing them.
Visualizing the scale of prints is always hard—not anymore! The workflow is super easy. Export model as USDZ from blender and open it in Vision Pro.
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Found a neat use case of my Vision Pro:
previewing 3D prints before printing them.
Visualizing the scale of prints is always hard—not anymore! The workflow is super easy. Export model as USDZ from blender and open it in Vision Pro.
previewing 3D prints before printing them.
Visualizing the scale of prints is always hard—not anymore! The workflow is super easy. Export model as USDZ from blender and open it in Vision Pro.
Church of Saint Gregory (Exterior)
- Ruins of Ani
gaussian splat to be viewed in VR. Gracia ai link below
- Ruins of Ani
gaussian splat to be viewed in VR. Gracia ai link below
February 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Church of Saint Gregory (Exterior)
- Ruins of Ani
gaussian splat to be viewed in VR. Gracia ai link below
- Ruins of Ani
gaussian splat to be viewed in VR. Gracia ai link below
btw - this is what a photogrammetry project looks like
you have a whole bunch of photos (in this case 1180 images from a DSLR and a drone) where you compare high contrast features against one another to find shared tie points, which make up the point cloud that you see
next, for meshing
you have a whole bunch of photos (in this case 1180 images from a DSLR and a drone) where you compare high contrast features against one another to find shared tie points, which make up the point cloud that you see
next, for meshing
January 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
btw - this is what a photogrammetry project looks like
you have a whole bunch of photos (in this case 1180 images from a DSLR and a drone) where you compare high contrast features against one another to find shared tie points, which make up the point cloud that you see
next, for meshing
you have a whole bunch of photos (in this case 1180 images from a DSLR and a drone) where you compare high contrast features against one another to find shared tie points, which make up the point cloud that you see
next, for meshing