This geeky preview highlights the technical accomplishments that will filter down to the visual effects we see in movies and animated TV commercials. Some of the innovations are ever more complex interactions of particles and fur, and dissimilar materials flowing or melting.
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1:30 A text-to-video synthesizer that can make Obama (or anybody) say anything.
1:50 Video of a face talking can be remapped to match a given drawing or painting style.
2:00 A deep-learning method to turn crude cartoons into 3D sculpts.
Via BoingBoing
Hello Mr. Gurney,
ReplyDeleteRelated to this topic, have you seen this video? A computer algorithm attempts to understand Bob Ross. The result is hallucinogenic nightmare fuel. There is a moment where Bob has something in his hand, maybe a small animal? The computer trying to insert it's opinion of what the object is will make anyone uncomfortable. https://youtu.be/RYGKwsw7TuM
Amazing advancements. The video collage of Obama being reconstructed to deliver the same audio is incredible and terrifying in some ways. There is a willingness to believe, for good reason, that a video is a form of truth. With today's technology that is naive, isn't it? I suppose that has been the case for a while but today's tech seems to matchup to the spycraft depicted in Hollywood movies from a decade ago! Thanks for sharing.
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