NVIDIA AI Announces #InstantNeRFVR Winner

The first place #InstantNeRFVR winner went to Harrison Forsyth, who NeRF'd an archeological dig site. This highlights another industry that can benefit from NeRFs and rewalking the sites in VR allows for asynchronous and retroactive viewing.

Forsyth also demonstrated how Instant NGP can be used to clean up the data utilizing the eraser in VR. As part of the winning the contest, Forsyth won a NVIDIA 3090ti. Congrats!

Honorable mentions include the master of 360 NeRFs, Grade Eterna,

Another honorable mention went to SmallFly:

The final Honorable Mention went to Asier Ríos:

All of the entries highlight different potential applications of NeRFs in VR. This was the second year in a row NVIDIA has put on a NeRF contest.