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Re:PixelNeRF Neural Radiance Fields from One or Few Images by Uberphallus on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:12AM (#25301104)
Keyword: precisely

Your brain fills a lot of gaps, and your senses have a lot of noise, but it's still closer to reality than it isn't, particularly for the fovea.

Still, your brain doesn't make up what's behind a building violating our reliance on straight lines of light (unless you use sensorial "enhancement" drugs), or make up detailed images of what's in your peripheral vision (again, a known effect of many psychedelics), then presents it to you as truth, that's rather imagination and it uses a very different part of the brain, though connected to the visual cortex through the V1 area.

I'm sure it can have some uses (AI racing, anyone?), but most self-driving car decisions are ruled by what has been seen (signs/lights) and what can be seen, because that's how we arranged our streets and roads to be safe for us.

Re:PixelNeRF Neural Radiance Fields from One or Few Images by visarga on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:51AM (#25301686)
> your brain doesn't make up what's behind a building

The brain imagines something based on prior experience. Otherwise you'd be unable to navigate complex environments.