Waymo is using AI to simulate autonomous vehicle camera data

Waymo says it’s beginning to leverage AI to generate camera images for simulation by using sensor data collected by its self-driving vehicles. A recent paper coauthored by company researchers including principal scientist Dragomir Anguelov describes the technique, SurfelGAN, which uses texture-mapped surface elements to reconstruct scenes and camera viewpoints for positions and orientations.

https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/20/waymo-is-using-ai-to-simulate-autonomous-vehicle-camera-data/