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Omer Shapira
@omershapira.com
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Graphics ∩ Vision, Electronic Elsewheres. AI-Mediated Reality & Interaction Research @ NVIDIA; previously: Omniverse XR and Robotics, much before that VR, VFX & TV. Thinkpiece Piñata & Artist inbetween. Opinions? No 📍Brooklyn/TLV https://omershapira.com
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Oct 21
Reintroducing myself: I’m Omer, I’m an Engineer and [hibernating] Artist. I’m at NVIDIA Research. Before I worked on VR for a…decade? And much before that, in Film & TV.

I post about Mathematics, Graphics, Science, Music and lately, Geopolitics too. Sorry.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 2d
Have any of you had a normal day
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 3d
Not sleeping tonight. The hostages will be released in 6 hours.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 7d
Praying for peace.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 22d
Shana Tova.
Peace in our lifetime.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 16
“Mathematicians in Mazdas Multiplying Matrices”
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 15
WITCHING HOUR by Ladytron was released 20 years ago today. It was the highlight of the year for me, and helped me yearn for beauty at a time my life had very little of it.

Give this album a listen. It still sounds like it was made 5 years in the future.

youtu.be/esxxpR4SVPU?...
Ladytron - Weekend
YouTube video by shy.tack
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 15
(said amp was probably not really 120w, as it had 2xEL34, so possibly 50-100W IRL, but it was still WAY TOO LOUD for a rehearsal room and most cabs I had access to)
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 15
yes, I have avoided valves @ home since my teenage band’s 120w plexi-type amp caused nuisance to no end, and really enjoy the tiny Yamaha THR amps, but since starting to play with others again, I need something bigger, and wondering whether I should get an FRFR or something like the Harmony 5W amps
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 15
NYC apartment question: is the 7W mode quiet enough? (I tend to avoid British preamps because of low overhead, so this is a question about the power stage)
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 14
If you're at SIGGRAPH, don't miss our presentation on GAIA: Generate 3D Gaussian animatable avatars with identity & expression control and real-time animation – All from in-the-wild data.

📅 Talk: Aug 14, 9 AM PDT – West Bldg, Rm 211–214
🎮 Live demo @ E-Tech
research.nvidia.com/labs/amri/pr...
GAIA: Generative Animatable Interactive Avatars with Expression-conditioned Gaussians
research.nvidia.com
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 13
Missing it this year, but please accept remote applause from a longtime fan of your work.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 12
If it’s a green bubble I’d rather receive nothing thx
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 12
Chat render me a “babe it’s not the same without you” text from a graphics person in Vancouver
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 11
If the UV index is lower than the surface temperature then yes maybe
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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · Aug 11
Coming into the office today like
The book cover for "All my friends are dead" edited to say "All my friends are at SIGGRAPH"
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 10
Neither do I, and I have asked, and have asked people who have also asked
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 10
I am privy to information that cancelling was inexpensive, and would have probably caused less damage than having it in an unpopular venue has done in the recent past.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 10
SIGGRAPH’s response to concerns about safety in Kuala Lumpur is “thank you for your letter”. Disappointing.

I wasn’t planning on attending because the birthplace on my passport precludes me from being safe in Malaysia - but I guess this is now everybody’s problem.

www.siggraph.org/news/listeni...
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 10
it has plenty of time because execution hasn’t begun
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 10
I will allow karaoke in my absence but only if someone sings THE MASTERPLAN
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 8
Bummed to miss SIGGRAPH this year, really really bummed.

If I hear any of you are doing computer graphics without me, I’ll fuck you up
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 7
If you want to see what an awesome endeavor the US government is, this account is useful.
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every usps @everylot-usps.bsky.social · Aug 7
VAN: 20042 POND FORK RD, VAN WV 25206-9998
Street View image of post office
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 7
@yoavgo.bsky.social what happened to this wonderful effort
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 6
Paper snip of me w/ the IDF high commander, printed Aug. 5 2005.

I volunteered to participate in the removal of Israeli settlements in the Gaza strip. I thought I could do nothing more important for the future of coexistence.

Today, exactly 20 yrs later, Netanyahu reversed this move.

Heartbroken.
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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · Aug 2
who among us doesn’t need to feel like one in a hundred thousand when your regularizer goes above the post
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