ECCV attendees voice frustration: will foundation models absorb traditional CV research?
broodsugar · x · 2026-09-18
A researcher's thread resonated widely: many senior academics left CVPR disappointed, and the frustration was even more palpable at ECCV — especially right after the GPT-6 release. Attendees openly questioned what traditional computer vision research will look like and how much of it will be absorbed by large foundation models. The author had already sensed this while presenting GenCeption to academic groups. Reposter AljosaOsep quipped that "everyone still uses COLMAP," underscoring that classic CV tools remain indispensable in practice.
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