a_marklar t1_jdx7ryn wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:13 PM

In a limited sense, we're already there. For example, the microsoft avatar generation.

I'd guess that its very unlikely that generative models will use triangles. Point clouds, SDFs, parametric surfaces all seem to be better data formats for these types of things. Those can all be converted to triangle meshes if that's required.

konstantin_lozev OP t1_jdxahve wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Thanks! That looks promising, indeed, if somewhat narrow.

NotDoingResearch2 t1_je7lqmi wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:06 AM

How easy is it to convert point clouds or SDFs to triangle based meshes with useable topology?

a_marklar t1_je7ogfc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:26 AM

Depends what exactly useable topology means to you but my first stop is always CGAL