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[Usako 3D Model] VRM production workflow, a memo of lessons learned from Blender-Unity round-trips (Blender-Unity rigging settings, Rigify, VRM version comparison, etc.)

I have remade the 3D model of Usako for VRM! The video shows a check of its operation in Cluster. Actually, I first created it in "VRM 1.0", but since the spring bones (swaying objects) did not react ...
Phys.org

From exporting spyware to surveilling activists—how democracies became the new digital authoritarians

"Digital authoritarianism" refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner. There, sweeping surveillance and censorship ...
The Conversation

From exporting spyware to surveilling activists – how democracies became the new digital authoritarians

“Digital authoritarianism” refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. But this problem is no longer confined to Moscow or Beijing. Democracies, too, are ...
The Africa Report

Facial recognition, AI-driven surveillance: How China is exporting its toolkit to Africa

It has become impossible to cross the main avenues of Dakar, Lagos or Abidjan without being filmed. Behind the lenses of the cameras being installed across many West African cities lies, in most cases ...
Wall Street Journal

OPEC Signals Unity After U.A.E. Exit With Pledge to Boost Oil Output

OPEC sought to project a united front Sunday, agreeing to a symbolic increase in oil output just days after the bombshell departure of the United Arab Emirates. But the pledge masks fault lines that ...
Wall Street Journal

How Much Oil Does Iran Export?

As the U.S. seeks to enforce a blockade on Iranian exports and potentially board Iran-linked ships outside the Middle East in the coming days, the country faces a significant revenue hit if the ...
IGN

How to Export Water and Electricity

If you want to earn extra money or need to recoup some of the production costs of producing electricity and water, this handy guide will explain how to export water and electricity to outside ...
ZDNet

How to share a tiny, perfect link to any Amazon product (there's a magic button)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
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Converting VRChat Avatars to VRM

This is how to convert a VRChat avatar to VRM for use in CocoroAI. Everything except for the VRM export is the same for both VRM 0.x and VRM 1.0. For spring bone settings and preventing skirt clipping ...
Reuters

Volkswagen plans to export Chinese-made cars to more overseas markets but rules out Europe

Volkswagen eyeing exports to Southeast, Central Asian markets Started exporting China-made limousines to the Middle East No plans to export to Europe due to technology differences HEFEI, China, Nov 25 ...
PE Hub

JC Flowers to sell Island Finance to VRM Penzini

J.C. Flowers & Co has agreed to sell Island Finance, a Puerto Rico-based non-bank consumer financial institution, to VRM Penzini Capital. No financial terms were disclosed. The deal is expected to ...
GamesIndustry

Epic announces partnership to bring Unity games into Fortnite

Epic Games and Unity have announced a major partnership, allowing developers to publish Unity titles in Fortnite. Revealed today during Unity's annual developer conference Unite, the collaboration ...