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🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheLebrechtInterview
- Jonas Kaufmann
Norman Lebrecht talks to tenor Jonas Kaufmann about his life in music, from going against his father's wishes in his early career, to his love for languages.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002npry

Från 2021 när tydligen Må Bra skrivit om saker som jag sa på radion 🙂
Vad är egentligen sämst – lösgodis eller chips? Experten svarar https://www.mabra.com/halsa/experten-om-socker-och-snacks/7836592

Sämst av godis och chips? Experten om snacks och hälsa
Fysioterapeuten Jacob Gudiol svarar i en intervju med Sveriges Radio på frågor kring snacks, socker, hälsa och vikt.

Hee ... Yesilgöz wil ons onafhankelijk maken qua energie.
Maar wel kerncentrales...
Heeft mevr Yesilgöz enig idee waar die brandstof vandaan moet komen? Waar de techniek vandaan komt om ze te bouwen?
#debat #kernenergie

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RecordReview
- Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante K364 in Building a Library with Tasmin Little and Andrew McGregor
The best new classical releases with Andrew McGregor, joined by Nigel Simeone and Tasmin Little, who picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K.364.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002p72r

OFERA: Blendshape-driven 3D Gaussian Control for Occluded Facial Expression to Realistic Avatars in VR
Seokhwan Yang, Boram Yoon, Seoyoung Kang, Hail Song, Woontack Woo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01748 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01748 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01748
arXiv:2602.01748v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We propose OFERA, a novel framework for real-time expression control of photorealistic Gaussian head avatars for VR headset users. Existing approaches attempt to recover occluded facial expressions using additional sensors or internal cameras, but sensor-based methods increase device weight and discomfort, while camera-based methods raise privacy concerns and suffer from limited access to raw data. To overcome these limitations, we leverage the blendshape signals provided by commercial VR headsets as expression inputs. Our framework consists of three key components: (1) Blendshape Distribution Alignment (BDA), which applies linear regression to align the headset-provided blendshape distribution to a canonical input space; (2) an Expression Parameter Mapper (EPM) that maps the aligned blendshape signals into an expression parameter space for controlling Gaussian head avatars; and (3) a Mapper-integrated Avatar (MiA) that incorporates EPM into the avatar learning process to ensure distributional consistency. Furthermore, OFERA establishes an end-to-end pipeline that senses and maps expressions, updates Gaussian avatars, and renders them in real-time within VR environments. We show that EPM outperforms existing mapping methods on quantitative metrics, and we demonstrate through a user study that the full OFERA framework enhances expression fidelity while preserving avatar realism. By enabling real-time and photorealistic avatar expression control, OFERA significantly improves telepresence in VR communication. A project page is available at https://ysshwan147.github.io/projects/ofera/.
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Global Game Jam 2026 was a blast (again). We managed to make a game to theme: mask.
Idle Trash Empire!
Play a Raccoon, collect trash, hire more raccoons, worlddomination
https://dominik-d.itch.io/idle-trash-empire

Idle Trash Empire by Dominik D., Richard_W, TheChriggu
Raccoon World Dominiation Trash Idleer

Every time I see that mural showing what Scheels is going to have, I think that it is going to be a good addition to Mayfair.
"The city's Community Development Authority closed on a land transfer agreement on the parcel with the mall property owner Brookfield Properties, which will subsequently transfer the property to Scheels, the city said in a news release Dec. 19."
#Mayfair #Milwaukee #Tosa

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Amber Mark:
🎵 Worth It
#AmberMark
https://pfsmusic2.bandcamp.com/track/amber-mark-worth-it-snip
https://open.spotify.com/track/7AQRpyFBYQqtWfkmlqkw4l

Report: Jensen Huang has privately criticized what he has described as a lack of discipline in OpenAI's business approach (Fabiola Aršmburo/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidias-plan-invest-up-100-billion-openai-h…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#NewGenerationArtists
- Winter Showcase: Brahms and Schumann
Giorgi Gigashvili plays Clara Schumann's birthday gift to Robert and Andrew Hamilton sings Liederkreis, a song cycle full of romance, written shortly after their marriage.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002npvr