Today’s high-end virtual reality rigs are really good at tracking the movement of your body, allowing you to play and socialize in a way that feels natural. But so far the big players in VR hardware haven’t come up with a way to capture your face with the same kind of fidelity. Avatar creation in VR has been handled similarly in video games: the user creates a custom look by dragging and dropping features from a menu.
Today, a startup called Loom.ai is introducing a system that claims to generate stunningly realistic avatars from a single still image. The tech uses a combination of computer vision, machine learning, and cutting-edge special effects from the film industry. You can check out examples of avatars for Angelina Jolie, Will...
via The Verge
