# Open Sensing and Universal Animation Push Perception Research Toward the Physical World

An open sensor platform and a body-fitting-free neural animation model show research groups building the components for embodied and 3D-aware systems.

- Published: 2026-07-01T10:44:10.216Z
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Two research releases point in the same direction: giving models a richer understanding of the physical, three-dimensional world. OctoSense is described as an open-source sensor platform combining stereo RGB and event cameras, LiDAR, a ther…

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