🤯 What Was Once Sci-Fi is Now Reality! ⚠️ WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Don't play until the end to avoid graphic content from The Running Man film. This is SPARK, a brand-new AI model that can create 3D face reconstructions from multiple, unconstrained portrait videos and enable real-time tracking on unseen footage. It’s the result of a collaboration between Technicolor, Inria, and the Max Planck Institute. SPARK allows the creation of a relightable face avatar from multiple monocular videos—bringing sci-fi-like technology into the real world. What makes SPARK truly special is its precise face tracking, which can be used for face editing and visual effects IN REAL-TIME! Tasks that would typically require manual 3D modeling or complex scanning sessions of actors can now be automated! 🔝 This technology opens up endless possibilities in professional fields like FX, virtual production, 3D modeling, and gaming, but is not exempt of many ethical concerns. 🚩 This time, the potential for misuse, especially in altering real-time footage for fake news and deep fakes, is completely real in the wrong hands. ⚠️ As a fan of sci-fi and dystopian films, many of them have warned us about its risks. I specially remember "The Running Man", where they faked the death of Ben Richards by overlaying his face in real time with what the called "Digital Matte Tracking" 📌 Link to the model paper and samples in comments! Code is not yet available! Content Credits: © The Running Man, 1987. TAFT Entertainment Pictures / Keith Barish Productions. #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation#Future

VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 146 Our videos are made possible by Members of CorridorDigital, our Exclusive Streaming Service! Nikolas, Samuel, and Wrenton break down some of the best (and worst) visual effects in some of your favorite Hollywood films!

See a VFX breakdown of the dancing CG sea turtle that Mantra Films Colombo created for an ad for Sri Lankan mobile operator Mobitel, posted by director and VFX artist Ravin Wettasinghe

See a VFX breakdown of the dancing CG sea turtle that Mantra Films Colombo created for an ad for Sri Lankan mobile operator Mobitel, posted by director and VFX artist Ravin Wettasinghe Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWC6puhkKCo

Discover the techniques that #VFX artists working on movies use to speed up workflow with Nuke Projection Workflows for Feature Films, The Gnomon Workshop's advanced seven-hour masterclass https://www.cgchannel.com/2024/03/tutorial-nuke-projection-workflows-for-feature-films/?fbclid=IwAR1y6AmF3Hj7mGavJ3ZX5PN7evS7n7SPQj2Xh9bEa1hmlWQCBdU8fJEKmos

See the creators of the five films shortlisted for this year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature discuss their work in VIEW Conference's free livestreamed event on Wednesday, February 21 Register online for a Zoom invite: https://www.viewconference.it/article/952/5-oscar-contenders-for-best-animated-feature?fbclid=IwAR2OH8kCH4-h_YrgND4jZ3tIslbp7Dl7V-tcliJyGyC2Rem-HvC4aJReGxQ #animation #Oscars #Oscars2024

Toei Animation Inc. is collaborating with Naoto Oshima, the Japanese Designer who created Sonic the Hedgehog, and David N. Weiss, well-known for Shrek 2, to create a family feature film, Hypergalactic, which is set to be the most ambitious CGI project. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dB72hPxS #films #games #cgi