Adding vfx renders and arxiv paper

Adding blender vfx renders and link to arxiv submission

nerfstudio_contributions.md

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 ## Nerfstudio Blender VFX Add-on
 
+<ul class="actions">
+	<li><a href="nerfstudio_vfx_reel.html" class="button">View NeRF VFX Renders</a></li>
+</ul>
+
 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A7La8tWp_0I?si=uChvOIFJ7WniBMTY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
 I created a Blender add-on that allows NeRFs to be used in visual effects. This enables a pipeline for integrating NeRFs into traditional compositing VFX pipelines using Nerfstudio. This approach leverages Blender, a widely used open-source 3D creation software, to align camera paths and composite NeRF renders with meshes and other NeRFs, allowing for seamless integration of NeRFs into traditional VFX pipelines. It allows for more controlled camera trajectories of photorealistic scenes, compositing meshes and other environmental effects with NeRFs, and compositing multiple NeRFs in a single scene. This approach of generating NeRF aligned camera paths can be adapted to other 3D tool sets and workflows, enabling a more seamless integration of NeRFs into visual effects and film production. This also supports Nerfstudio gaussian splatting as well.
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 I created documentation for it [here](https://docs.nerf.studio/extensions/blender_addon.html) and a tutorial video demonstrating basic examples using the add-on as well as a breakdown of other effects that can be done with it.
 
 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vDhj6j7kfWM?si=zmlFcZoxZipyTEqs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+<br>
+I have also written a technical write-up on Arxiv [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.08633).
 
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 ## 🥽 VR Video Rendering
 
 I implemented VR180 and VR360 (Omnidirectional stereo) render cameras to support VR video rendering. This allows users to render stereo equirectangular videos to view on VR headsets or post on YouTube. Documentation is [here](https://docs.nerf.studio/quickstart/custom_dataset.html#render-vr-video).

nerfstudio_vfx_blender.md

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 	<li><a href="nerfstudio_vfx_blender.html" class="button small">Read More</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+Some of my renders were shown in an educational video on NeRFs [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoaRGvy3Rc).
 
 
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nerfstudio_vfx_reel.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: Nerfstudio VFX Reel
+
+show_tile: false
+---
+
+<ul class="actions">
+	<li><a href="research.html" class="button small">Go back and see more research projects</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+## NeRF VFX Renders
+<center>
+<video id="v0" width=700px controls>
+	<source src="assets/videos/ns_vfx_trailer_short.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+</video>
+</center>
+
+<center>
+<video id="v0" width=700px controls>
+	<source src="assets/videos/ns_vfx_lego.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+</video>
+</center>
+
+### Compositing with footage
+<center>
+<video id="v0" width=700px controls>
+	<source src="assets/videos/ns_vfx_elevator_composites.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+</video>
+<center>
+
+### Breakdown
+<center>
+<video id="v0" width=700px controls>
+	<source src="assets/videos/ns_vfx_breakdown.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+</video>
+<center>
+
+
+<ul class="actions">
+	<li><a href="research.html" class="button small">Go back and see more research projects</a></li>
+</ul>

research.md

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 				<br>
 				- Shown in CVPR 2023 Art Gallery
 				<br>
-				- Arxiv submission in progress</p>
+				- Abstract on Arxiv <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.08633">here</a></p>
 				<ul class="actions">
 					<li><a href="https://docs.nerf.studio/extensions/blender_addon.html" class="button">Documentation</a></li>
 					<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7La8tWp_0I" class="button">Video</a></li>

resume.md

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+<iframe src="assets/pdfs/Cyrus Vachha-Resume Spring 2024.pdf" width="100%" height="500px">
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