Phenomenal

I think one subtle thing missing from your diagram—and obviously from the other one too—is the fact that x̂ will not lie exactly on the original data manifold, which is not clear just from the dotted line (maybe the ≈ is enough?). Not sure how to convey this elegantly but love it otherwise!

Fantastic work, congrats!

The dedication 👌

I say "new" but I have not idea when this was rolled out. I just saw it popped today on a few papers.

I had no idea about the the level-set compositing and meshing system for the original Moana, very cool. Hope more details eventually come out on your newest CSG-based system, it sounds fascinating.

With all the cryptographic tech we have available these days, it’s mindblogging that some administrative processes still require physical documents/signatures. Talk about redtape BS.

Wait wait wait, did I miss a RenderMan event? I need that teapot.

This is excellent! Really appreciate the effort for the extensive documentation, it will be super useful.