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= News Anchors of the Future = | == News Anchors of the Future == | ||
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== Idea == | === Idea === | ||
In the 1980s, British [https://www.channel4.com/ Channel 4] tried to imagine the TV of the future. They created Max Headroom as the host of a music show. He was supposed to be an AI character although played by an actual human actor, [Matt Frewer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Frewer]. After shooting, the fragments were cut in a way that would be called “[https://www.pbs.org/video/off-book-art-glitch/ glitchy]” nowadays. This imperfection is a very important part of the character, serving as a signifier for an artificial humanoid character. | In the 1980s, British [https://www.channel4.com/ Channel 4] tried to imagine the TV of the future. They created Max Headroom as the host of a music show. He was supposed to be an AI character although played by an actual human actor, [Matt Frewer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Frewer]. After shooting, the fragments were cut in a way that would be called “[https://www.pbs.org/video/off-book-art-glitch/ glitchy]” nowadays. This imperfection is a very important part of the character, serving as a signifier for an artificial humanoid character. | ||
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With this history in mind, how would avatars for TV news look like? Having trained a machine learning model with news host images, the software can generate new news hosts. Most approaches aim at generating a photorealistic representation of a human. Referring to Max Headroom, it is more interesting to create avatars looking human-like, having some flaws, and thus, to include technical characteristics in the design process. | With this history in mind, how would avatars for TV news look like? Having trained a machine learning model with news host images, the software can generate new news hosts. Most approaches aim at generating a photorealistic representation of a human. Referring to Max Headroom, it is more interesting to create avatars looking human-like, having some flaws, and thus, to include technical characteristics in the design process. | ||
== Production == | === Production === | ||
First tests were carried out with the [https://github.com/NVlabs/few-shot-vid2vid few-show-vid2vid] framework by NVIDIA. At this time, the idea was different: The news host were supposed to have dog faces. Due to technical problems this approach was abandoned for now. | First tests were carried out with the [https://github.com/NVlabs/few-shot-vid2vid few-show-vid2vid] framework by NVIDIA. At this time, the idea was different: The news host were supposed to have dog faces. Due to technical problems this approach was abandoned for now. | ||