According to a press release on June 30, “Matterport…announced a collaboration with Facebook AI Research through which it will make the largest-ever dataset of 3D indoor spaces available exclusively for academic, non-commercial uses. The Habitat-Matterport 3D Research Dataset (HM3D) is an unprecedented collection of 1,000 high-resolution Matterport digital twins made up of residential, commercial, and civic spaces generated precisely from real-world environments. HM3D will play a significant role in advancing embodied AI research which seeks to teach robots and virtual AI assistants to understand and interact with the complexities of the physical world.”
The HM3D dataset further highlights the broad utility of Matterport’s spatial data technology, which can not only create immersive experiences for human users, but which can also help train robots & virtual assistants to better understand 3D spaces. The release’s authors also added: “This research could one day be used in production applications like robots that can retrieve medicine from a bedroom nightstand or AR glasses that can help people remember where they left their keys. “
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