Tilly Norwood Creator Doubles Down on AI ‘Actors’ and Says It’s a ‘More Ethical Way to Perform,’ Urges Human Actors to ‘Future-Proof’ Themselves With AI

Eline van der Velden, the CEO and founder of AI company Particle6, which is behind AI "actor" Tilly Norwood, on why all ...
CNET

I Made an AI Clone of Myself. It Made Me Believe Maybe This Isn't Sci-Fi Nonsense

"The goal is not only to create an avatar itself and provide the information, but to create a digital twin of you, with your ...
IndieWire

Everything Everywhere All at Once: How the ‘Avatar’ Movies Obliterate Traditional Boundaries Between Prep, Production, and Post

Director James Cameron and his team tell IndieWire how and why they created a more fluid relationship between departments on "Avatar: Fire and Ash." When it comes to filmmaking collaborations, one ...
IEEE

STG-Avatar: Animatable Human Avatars via Spacetime Gaussian

Abstract: Realistic animatable human avatars from monocular videos are crucial for advancing human-robot interaction and enhancing immersive virtual experiences. While recent research on 3DGS-based ...
IEEE

Robust 3D Human Avatar Reconstruction From Monocular Videos Using Depth Optimization and Camera Pose Estimation

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach for 3D human avatar reconstruction from monocular RGB videos, overcoming the limitations of existing template-based methods such as BANMo. We introduce a ...
Gold Derby

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ composer promises that ‘superb’ and ‘bonkers’ things are in store for ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘5’

Simon Franglen hopes that James Cameron continues the Avatar franchise as Fire and Ash approaches the billion-dollar mark at the global box office.
New Scientist

Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark DNA in our genome

How much of our genome really matters? Some argue that because most of our DNA is active, it must be doing something important. Others say even random DNA would be highly active. This has now been put ...