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Hybrid-grained Feature Aggregation with Coarse-to-fine Language Guidance forSelf-supervised Monocular Depth Estimation

AI Breakthrough Lets Phones See Depth Like Human Eyes

Ever wondered how a single camera could understand the shape of a room? Scientists discovered a clever trick: they let two powerful AI “eyes” – one that grasps the overall scene and another that spots tiny details – talk to each other using simple language prompts.
Imagine a painter first sketching the broad outlines of a landscape, then adding fine brushstrokes; this is the same “coarse‑to‑fine” dance, but for a computer trying to guess distances.
By blending the big‑picture understanding from CLIP with the sharp focus of DINO, the system learns depth without any extra sensors.
The result is a breakthrough that makes phones, drones, and self‑driving cars see the world in 3‑D more accurately, improving safety and immersive experiences.
This important step brings us closer to everyday gadgets that understand space as naturally as we do, turning flat photos into living, breathing scenes.
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