Researchers from Alibaba have unveiled an impressive new AI system capable of generating highly realistic and customizable avatars. Dubbed MetaStudio, this avatar creation tool allows users to simply input a photo of a person’s face, and the AI will output a 3D digital model replicating their likeness.
Alibaba researchers just released a lifelike AI avatar-maker.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) December 28, 2023
Make-A-Character (Mach) is an AI system that turns text prompts into realistic 3D avatars by utilizing LLM and vision models. pic.twitter.com/Jhn80LVuBI
Users can then fully customize the avatar by adjusting parameters like expressions, poses, accessories and backgrounds. The level of personalization and realism from MetaStudio represents a major leap forward for AI-generated avatars.
Early demos indicate the avatars can mimic subtle mannerisms and appear lifelike during conversations in virtual environments. Alibaba plans to incorporate MetaStudio into its cloud computing services, making the avatar creator accessible for gaming, social media, virtual assistants and other applications.
With avatars poised to become integral in an immersive metaverse future, tools like MetaStudio demonstrate how AI can enable highly accurate and realistic digital identity creation at scale.
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