Machine learning-powered markerless performance capture experts Move AI have announced the launch of their new single camera iPhone app, Move One. “At its core, Move AI is a research company specialising in applied AI, mathematics, physics and biomechanics. Move One is the result of engaging deeply with the animator and creator community and directly addressing […]
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“There it was, John’s voice – crystal clear”: the making of The Beatles’ ‘Now & Then’ (video)
What the surviving members of The Beatles’ are considering to be their final song together, ‘Now And Then’, has been released to much acclaim. The song’s release owes much to film director Peter Jackson, whose machine learning-powered ‘MAL Machine’ was used to recover John Lennon’s voice from a demo he recorded onto cassette tape while […]
Generate 3D animations from text prompts with MotionGPT
Advancements in Text-to-X development are happening at leaps and bounds. The latest to arrive is MotionGPT from DeepMotion, which converts text prompts into animations, avoiding the need for expensive hardware and software, especially for a motion capture phase. The company has built up a library of assets over the last decade, which have been used […]
How does the idea of unfettered international access to 10,000 high-end GPUs float your boat?
An enterprising “alternate reality” company called Del Complex is taking advantage of international maritime law to deliver GPU-powered services to its customers from platforms floating in international waters to avoid falling foul of land-based regulatory and tax rules. Government entities around the globe are scrambling to implement AI laws and best practices as the technology […]
Shooting Apple’s Scary Fast presentation content with an iPhone 15 Pro Max
On Hallowe’en Eve, or Monday as most of us know it, Apple hosted what it called its Scary Fast event where they introduced a couple of new laptops and all-in-one iMacs and the new M3 chip. At the end of the presentation, the audience was told, “This event was shot on iPhone and edited on […]
Evan Shapiro’s Media Universe Map (as of October 2023)
Evan Shapiro is a “media cartographer, producer, analyst – and iconoclast”, writes Michael Burns on IBC 365. He was at IBC in Amsterdam in September to deliver a keynote address – Charting Disruption With Graphic Content. What are his views on the state we find ourselves in? “The Hollywood shutdown is really crushing everyone, but […]