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Pokémon Go Spotlight Hour: Can Rowlet be shiny?
Rowlet is in the spotlight on March 14
Samsung ‘Fake’ Moon Shots Controversy Puts Computational Photography in the Spotlight
Samsung introduced a 100x zoom feature with the Galaxy S20 Ultra in 2020, becoming a mainstay on recent flagship handsets from the company. Since its debut, Samsung has touted its devices’ ability to take impressive pictures of the moon. Unlike brands such as Huawei, which simply overlay a PNG of the moon on such images, Samsung says that no overlays or texture effects are applied.
Yet on Friday, a Samsung user on the subreddit r/Android shared a detailed post purporting to “prove” that Samsung’s moon shots are “fake.” Their methodology involved downloading a high-resolution image of the moon, downsizing it to just 170 by 170 pixels, clipping the highlights, and applying a gaussian blur to heavily obscure the moon’s surface details. This low-resolution image was then displayed on a monitor and captured at a distance from a Samsung Galaxy device. The resulting image has considerably more detail than its source.
Samsung devices seemingly achieve this effect by applying machine learning trained on a large number of moon images, making the photography effect purely computational. This has led to accusations that a texture is functionally still being applied to images of the moon and that the feature is a disingenuous representation of the camera hardware’s actual capabilities, triggering heated debate online, even bringing into question the iPhone‘s reliance on computational photography.
This article, “Samsung ‘Fake’ Moon Shots Controversy Puts Computational Photography in the Spotlight” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Capcom Spotlight: Exoprimal Release Date, Resident Evil 4 Demo, and More
Capcom Spotlight: Resident Evil 4 demo, Exoprimal release date, and more
Capcom Spotlight March 2023: Everything Announced
Resident Evil 4 remake’s promised demo might be arriving tonight after Capcom’s Spotlight stream
When Capcom showed off their latest Resident Evil 4 remake trailer the other week, they promised a playable demo would be coming ahead of the game’s launch on March 24th. At the time, no date was given for when the demo might be arriving, but thanks to some seemingly early Twitch ads doing the rounds today, it would appear that Resi 4 demo will be coming later today – presumably once Capcom’s Spotlight Showcase stream has wrapped up this evening. Here’s hoping it will also be available on PC, and not just PlayStation this time.
Capcom Spotlight March 2023: How to Watch Live and What to Expect
Lady Gaga hints she’s quitting life in the spotlight after 15 years
Next week’s Capcom Spotlight has Resident Evil 4, Exoprimal, Ghost Trick, and more
Capcom have announced their very own digital showcase, set for next week, where the publisher will show off upcoming games – including Resident Evil 4 Remake, Exoprimal, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, and more from Monster Hunter: Rise. So, pop March 9th on your calendar if you want to catch the Capcom Spotlight show. The showcase will begin at 10:30pm GMT/2:30pm PT and will run for approximately 26 minutes. There’s also a pre-show airing 20 minutes prior.