Avatars are an integral part of any social portal. It is important for people to see the person they are interacting with, photography creates a personal connection and enhances the user experience. But what if we go further and use AI and WebGL to turn every user photo into an interactive 3D avatar?
Crimeans just asked for the same right against Ukraine as Ukrainians asked against Russia. And it was direction population liked most. The same asked east of Ukraine which is at war now. This is how "soft power" works in these countries with a little help from western friends.
Kiev is indeed awesome place to visit however you should be a desperate guy to move there not being slav.
Crimeans just asked for the same right against Ukraine as Ukrainians asked against Russia.
They didn't "just ask", of course. A visit by 3,000 or so "vacationing" soldiers from a certain large, neighboring country had something to do with it also.
Just to set the record straight, even though no one is likely to read this.
> Crimeans just asked for the same right against Ukraine as Ukrainians asked against Russia.
Ukraine and Russia both declared independence from the USSR in the months before the USSR was officially dissolved in 1991 [1]. In Soviet times, Ukraine was not part of Russia; they were both constituent "Republics" of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, with the right to secede from the USSR, under the USSR constitution. They both exercised this right, but it is not correct that Ukraine asked for independence from Russia, since it was not part of Russia.
As for "help from western friends", President Bush in Kiev, in 1991, before Ukraine left the USSR, warned the Ukrainians against "suicidal nationalism"; he refused to meet with leaders of the pro-independence movement [2].
And also I agree that there were a lot of problems to work around and benefits are not that obvious if application size is 3 Mb. However it becomes closer to real life with every additional megabyte of application size. E.g. for video content it definitely worth and it also could work for web games and VR experiences. Other cases? Sure there are some. Let`s consider this as first Viral JavaScript implementation.
