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How to livestream the Oppo Find X2 and Oppo Smartwatch launch

Oppo is set to unveil the follow-up to its legendary pop-up Find X at a launch event in London, but you can livestream the entire thing from the comfort of your home. Despite many other firms canceling launches because of coronavirus concerns, Oppo is still powering through with the launch of its first 2020 flagships. We’re not just going to see a smartphone either. The Chinese firm is also set…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Microsoft’s AI generates 3D objects from 2D images

The AI research labs at Facebook, Nvidia, and startups like Threedy.ai have at various points tried their hand at the challenge of 2D-object-to-3D-shape conversion. But in a new preprint paper, a team hailing from Microsoft Research detail a framework that they claim is the first “scalable” training technique for 3D models from 2D data. They say it can consistently learn to generate better…
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GamingNews

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous — Adapting a tabletop RPG campaign for a PC game

Whenever I think of adapting tabletop role-playing campaigns to a PC game, my mind goes to Temple of Elemental Evil. It’s one of the seminal modules of Dungeons & Dragons, and in 2003, Troika Games released a near 1-to-1 conversion of it as a PC game. And boy, did it have problems beyond bugs despite having all the bones of a fantastic RPG and being one of the best adaptations of the…
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MobileNews

OnePlus will now repair your device on your doorstep, but only in India

OnePlus is really pumping resources and investment into the Indian market, with exclusive features for fans and device owners in the region. The latest being the OnePlus Door Step Service for device repairs. Officially announced on the OnePlus forums, this follows a pilot scheme in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Clearly, this test phase was a success, as the Chinese firm is now preparing to roll…
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