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Ethan Hu holds a PhD in computer graphics and AI from MIT, he is the CEO at Meshy a Silicon Valley-based #startup creating an AI-powered tool that generates textured 3D models from images or text, in under a minute. Meshy is the ONLY 3D AI tool featured in A16Z’s 2024 AI Tools Survey and only in 2024 Over 20 million 3D assets were generated thanks to Meshy. In this conversation, we will dive into the world of 3D Gen AI. We will discover:
- How are professionals using 3D assets generated with #ai
- How is the industry reacting to the rapid advancements
- Look more broadly at 3D content for various use cases, from visualization to full games generated with AI
- An ambitious prediction about the future of #3d #genai
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CONNECT WITH ETHAN
💼 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-yuanming-hu/
🔗 Website: https://www.meshy.ai/
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CONNECT WITH ME
🐤X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GabRoXR
💼 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele-romagnolixr/
🔗Link-in Bio: https://beacons.ai/gabroxr
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PAST EPISODES
🎙️Show Website: https://www.xraispotlight.com/
🟢Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HLkRmFFBfmsr7MSFgthXi
🍎Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/xr-ai-spotlight/id1718315002
00:00 Intro
03:14 Misconceptions About 3D AI
04:23 Current Limitations of Gen AI
06:11 Why Human Creativity Is Still Needed
08:08 Artist Workflows Using AI
10:23 Text vs Image Inputs
12:07 Giving Users More Control
14:10 Characters vs Props
15:32 What's New in Meshy 5
21:25 Copyright Concerns
25:21 Picking the Right Tool
30:06 Rigging and Animation Features
33:08 Gaussian Splatting vs Meshes
40:01 Future of Game Prototyping
46:22 Vision for Meshy's Future