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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Virtual avatar generation models as world navigators · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2406.01056/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2406.01056/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Virtual avatar generation models as world navigators — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40576408</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:2406.01056:40576408</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:42:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Show HN: Research paper behind the AI climbing coach&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone. I&amp;#x27;ve published the project page and paper for the AI climbing coach from a while back. Please check it out! Project page: https://virtual-avatar-generation.github.io/ Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01056&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 points; 1 discussion reply on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2406.01056/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>cs.CV</category></item><item><title>Virtual avatar generation models as world navigators — mentioned by smandava</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40570293</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2406.01056:40570293</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 03:03:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;We introduce a novel video model simulating human movement in rock climbing environments using a virtual avatar. Our diffusion transformer predicts the sample instead of noise in each diffusion step and ingests entire videos to output complete motion sequences. By leveraging a large proprietary dataset, NAV-22M, and substantial computational resources, we showcase a proof of concept for a system to train general-purpose virtual avatars for complex tasks in robotics, sports, and healthcare. Project Page: https://virtual-avatar-generation.github.io/ Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01056&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2406.01056/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>cs.CV</category></item></channel></rss>
