Subj : Windows 11s next big AI feature could turn your video chats into
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Date : Mon Mar 11 2024 12:00:08

Windows 11s next big AI feature could turn your video chats into a cartoon

Date:
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:50:34 +0000

Description:
Bored of video chats? Windows 11 may soon change that by transforming them 
into a cartoon (and more besides).

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 Windows 11 users could get some smart abilities that allow for adding 
AI-powered effects to their video chats , including the possibility of 
transporting themselves into a cartoon world. 

 Windows Latest spotted the effects being flagged up on X (formerly Twitter) 
by regular leaker XenoPanther, who discovered clues to their existence by 
digging around in a Windows 11 preview build. Potential new camera 
effects:Video looks like a watercolor paintingVideo looks like an animated 
cartoonVideo looks like an illustrated drawing2/2 March 9, 2024 See more 

These are Windows Studio effects, which is a set of features implemented by 
Microsoft in Windows 11 that use AI  requiring an NPU in the PC  to achieve 
various tricks. Currently, one of those is making it look like youre making 
eye contact with the person on the other end of the video call. (In other 
words, making it seem like youre looking at the camera, when youre actually 
looking at the screen). 

The new capabilities appear to be the choice to make the video feed look like 
an animated cartoon, a watercolor painting, or an illustrated drawing (like a 
pencil or felt tip artwork  were assuming something like the video for that 
eighties classic Take on Me by A-ha). 

If youre wondering what Windows Studio is capable of as it stands, as well as 
the aforementioned eye contact feature  which is very useful in terms of 
facilitating a more natural interaction in video chats or meetings  it can 
also apply background effects. That includes blurring the background in case 
theres something you dont want other chat participants to see (like the fact 
you havent tied up your study in about three years). 

The other feature is automatic framing which keeps you centered, with the 
image zoomed and cropped appropriately, as (or if) you move around. Analysis: 
Thats all, folks! 

Another Microsoft leaker, Zac Bowden, replied to the above tweet to confirm 
these are the enhanced Windows Studio effects that hes talked about recently, 
and that they look super cool apparently. They certainly sound nifty, albeit 
on the more off-the-wall side of the equation than existing Windows Studio 
functionality  theyre fun aspects rather than serious presentation-related AI 
powers. 

This is something we might see in testing soon, then, or that seems likely, 
particularly as two leakers have chimed in here. We might even see these 
effects arrive in Windows 11 24H2 later this year. 

Of course, theres no guarantee of that, but it also makes sense given that 
Microsoft is fleshing out pretty much everything under the sun with extra AI 
capabilities, wherever they can be crammed in  with a particular focus on 
creativity at the moment ( and the likes of the Paint app ). 

The future is very much the AI PC , complete with NPU acceleration, as far as 
Microsoft is concerned. You might also like... Watch out: soon some older PCs 
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Windows 11



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11s-next-big-ai-feature-co
uld-turn-your-video-chats-into-a-cartoon


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