Azad Balabanian
@azadux.com
PM at Niantic | AR/VR, drones, photogrammetry, stereography, 3DGS are my jam
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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
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
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!
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
then, you do a "mesh reconstruction" generates depth maps per image and then fuses them all together into a high poly mesh.
The result is a 100mil polygon model (even with 2x image downscale)
The result is a 100mil polygon model (even with 2x image downscale)
January 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
then, you do a "mesh reconstruction" generates depth maps per image and then fuses them all together into a high poly mesh.
The result is a 100mil polygon model (even with 2x image downscale)
The result is a 100mil polygon model (even with 2x image downscale)
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
January 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
January 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A few year ago, my wife and I went to Turkey to 3D scan the ruins of Ani, the medieval capital of Armenia
I’m finally starting to publish my work—downloadable via sketchfab for free!
Links below 👇
I’m finally starting to publish my work—downloadable via sketchfab for free!
Links below 👇
January 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A few year ago, my wife and I went to Turkey to 3D scan the ruins of Ani, the medieval capital of Armenia
I’m finally starting to publish my work—downloadable via sketchfab for free!
Links below 👇
I’m finally starting to publish my work—downloadable via sketchfab for free!
Links below 👇
Moonlight streaming pc -> steam deck latency test
It’s… pretty dang fast! A part of it is due to the HEVC decoding speed on Steam deck being super fast (<1ms)
It’s… pretty dang fast! A part of it is due to the HEVC decoding speed on Steam deck being super fast (<1ms)
January 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Moonlight streaming pc -> steam deck latency test
It’s… pretty dang fast! A part of it is due to the HEVC decoding speed on Steam deck being super fast (<1ms)
It’s… pretty dang fast! A part of it is due to the HEVC decoding speed on Steam deck being super fast (<1ms)
Ok I’m back to streaming games to my Vision Pro
Forgot of fing awesome it is to play on a massive screen compared to my Steam deck. I’m even using my 5.1 surround sound speakers for that non-simulated spatial audio
Forgot of fing awesome it is to play on a massive screen compared to my Steam deck. I’m even using my 5.1 surround sound speakers for that non-simulated spatial audio
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ok I’m back to streaming games to my Vision Pro
Forgot of fing awesome it is to play on a massive screen compared to my Steam deck. I’m even using my 5.1 surround sound speakers for that non-simulated spatial audio
Forgot of fing awesome it is to play on a massive screen compared to my Steam deck. I’m even using my 5.1 surround sound speakers for that non-simulated spatial audio