[HN Gopher] VToonify: Controllable High-Resolution Portrait Vide...
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VToonify: Controllable High-Resolution Portrait Video Style
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Author : lnyan
Score : 70 points
Date : 2022-09-24 13:52 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| endisneigh wrote:
| Looks awesome. Will make making toons easier.
| nico wrote:
| Stays stuck on a loading screen forever on mobile Safari.
| malf wrote:
| The built-in Readability fork in Safari is impressive - even
| the embedded videos survived.
| Kerbonut wrote:
| Can this be turned into a video game shader?
| Hamcha wrote:
| As someone who is in touch with a lot of people acting as VTubers
| in order to keep privacy while being able to express themselves,
| I'm very happy to see this!
|
| EbSynth gave Joel Haver a trademark style[1], and I feel this
| might be the next step.
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| 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq_KOmXyVDo
| mas-ev wrote:
| I'm terrified of our current and future problems around this and
| similar tech.
| ArekDymalski wrote:
| I'm intrigued. Can you provide some examples of current vs
| future problems?
| stemlord wrote:
| Seems like a form of virtual eugenics, a sensorship or the
| body in a way that's oppressively homogenizing. I feel like
| this is part of why zuck leverages cartoons to market
| metaverse for corporate settings, or why all the retail-safe
| anodyne pop muzak is full or autotune and flawless software-
| based overproduction. Not to be overly dramatic but imagine
| you are enraged but all anyone can see is a tranquil smile
| and your words replaced by positive endorsement; you have no
| mouth and you must scream
|
| On the plus side I can see this being used to self-anonymize
| by individuals who want to protect themselves from facial
| recognition or other forms of id from undesirable parties,
| but that's more of a coping tactic for a society that fails
| to incorporate any honest ethical QC into product development
| to begin with.
| woodruffw wrote:
| I don't think this is _directly_ more homogenizing than
| (say) makeup, which has the added property of being
| cemented by centuries of public presentation and beauty
| expectations.
|
| That being said, I think there are probably lesser social
| ills that come from these technologies, ills that we'll
| have to adapt to. For example, we know that human
| interaction and emotional feedback are an important part of
| child development; it's as of yet unclear what effect this
| will have.
| krapp wrote:
| v-tubers must fill you with existential terror. Like, you
| look at Korone but all you see is Moloch.
| mas-ev wrote:
| Current example would be the filters that modify appearance
| that's used a ton on influencer platforms. We've been photo
| shopping for years but now anyone can create a false identity
| online. The bad side of this is like catphishing and
| unrealistic body standards causing non obvious mental health
| issues across generations.
|
| Future would be continuing to push the boundaries of auto
| formatting filtering styles based on your preference or the
| populations preference. Scamming, impersonation, money to be
| made from gullible people.
|
| This is just the surface. I'm sure there are tons of
| fictional books exploring this or people with more
| destructive ideas.
|
| Just because I'm terrified and am listing the bad, that
| doesn't mean I don't recognize the good that can come from
| it. I'm not sure if that out weighs the bad yet.
| Scaevolus wrote:
| Staring at a filtered, "beautified" version of yourself
| trying to capture the perfect selfie _directly_ causes
| facial dysmorphia by making the you in the mirror look ugly
| compared to the you in the phone display.
| stemlord wrote:
| Creepy, offensive, dehumanizing
| echelon wrote:
| Magical, limitless, empowering.
|
| I've never been so excited for our future.
|
| We won't have to spend 10,000 hours to get good at something.
| We'll no longer be required to specialize and be locked into
| our choices.
|
| I can't wait for this to pan out. We're turning into beings of
| thought, where expressing ourselves will be as easy as speech.
| _dain_ wrote:
| >I can't wait for this to pan out. We're turning into beings
| of thought, where expressing ourselves will be as easy as
| speech.
|
| But who will listen to us, when AIs can speak better than we
| can?
| flir wrote:
| Were you around when the internet was going to bring people
| together in a more decentralized, democratic, and free
| society?
| stemlord wrote:
| Fair enough, I envy your optimism!
| nickphx wrote:
| That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing
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