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Yesterday some extraordinary new work in neural image synthesis caught the attention and the imagination of the internet, as Intel researchers revealed a
new method for enhancing the realism of synthetic images.
The system, as demonstrated in a video from Intel, intervenes directly into the image pipeline for the Grand Theft Auto V video game, and automatically enhances the images through an image synthesis algorithm trained on a convolutional neural network (CNN), using real world imagery from the Mapillary dataset, and swapping out the less realistic lighting and texturing of the GTA game engine.
Commenters, in a wide range of reactions in communities such as Reddit and Hacker News, are positing not only that neural rendering of this type could effectively replace the less photorealistic output of traditional games engines and VFX-level CGI, but that this process could be achieved with far more basic input than was demonstrated in the Intel GTA5 demo effec
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For those who find reading a foreign film’s subtitles too distracting, movies are often dubbed into different languages. But that can be equally distracting when the movements of an actor’s mouth are completely out of sync with what they’re saying. So a company called Flawless has created an AI-powered solution that will replace an actor’s facial performance to match the words in a film dubbed for foreign audiences.
Some artists have a way of riveting your vision with the certitude of what they do. This has nothing to do with subject or style. It s inexplicable. Andy Warhol and Grandma Moses. The spareness of Bergman or the Fellini circus. Wes Anderson is like that. There s nothing consistent about his recent work but its ability to make me go
Now here s Fantastic Mr. Fox, an animated picture with nothing in common with traditional animation, except that it s largely in one of the oldest animation styles of all stop motion, the one used in King Kong. The animals aren t smaller than people but often larger, and more mature.
Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977. That was another movie I walked into with uncertain expectations. James Cameron s film has been the subject of relentlessly dubious advance buzz, just as his Titanic was. Once again, he has silenced the doubters by simply delivering an extraordinary film. There is still at least one man in Hollywood who knows how to spend $250 million, or was it $300 million, wisely. Avatar is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It s a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message. It is predestined to launch a cult. It contains such visual detailing that it would reward repeating viewings. It invents a new language, Na vi, as Lord of the Rings did, although mercifully I doubt this one can be spoken by humans, even teenage humans. It creates new movie stars. It is an Event, one of those films you feel you must see to keep up with the conversation.
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42nd Street Moon
The musical theater company presents Jason Graae in Perfect Hermany: A Musical Tribute to Jerry Herman, Also Featuring: Jacqueline De Muro, Kelley Dorney, Lauren Louise, and Lauren McGraw; thru May 2. https://42ndstmoon.org/moonbeams/
A.C.T. Out Loud
The Matchmaker on-demand thru May 2). $5-$50. https://www.act-sf.org/
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison s audio drama is performed by Aurora Theatre company; adaptation by playwright Lydia R. Diamond. Thru May 21. https://auroratheatre.org/
Broadway on AirBnB
Promotional-sponsored performances by a variety of talents: Tittus Burgess, cast members from
Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more, plus dance, yoga, tarot and circus classes. $10-$50. www.airbnb.com