[HN Gopher] Show HN: BeSanta, Real time Santa Claus AI avatars o...
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Show HN: BeSanta, Real time Santa Claus AI avatars on your iPhone
Ho-ho-ho
Author : redsh
Score : 18 points
Date : 2022-12-09 21:10 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| 752963e64 wrote:
| lastofthemojito wrote:
| In the App Store this link says "Works on this iPhone" on my
| iPhone SE 2nd Gen. But when I download the app and run it I see
| ":( Animato can only work on iPhone 12 and above".
| redsh wrote:
| sorry about that! according to the spec the iPhone SE 2nd Gen
| has the A13 chip which is not the same as iPhone 12 (that has
| the A14 chip).
|
| Unfortunately the newer phones have more neural network layers
| available and they are needed to meet the Santas Quality
| Certification.
|
| I'll make it more clear in the description next release,
| thanks!
|
| https://support.apple.com/kb/SP820?locale=en_US
| redsh wrote:
| I am the founder of animato.ai and just released "BeSanta", an
| iPhone app that you can use to create custom Santa Claus videos
| in real time, to bring some surprise and joy to your kids.
|
| The Santa Claus characters were made with generative AI and run
| on the phone neural engine in 16ms or something like that.
|
| Tired of the endless lines at the mall for meeting Santa Claus?
| Check it out :)
| no_wizard wrote:
| Looks neat and I'll give it a go later this evening I think! My
| family sure likes it
|
| I just have to say....I hope mall Santa isn't a thing. It
| always seemed problematic to me. I've heard bad stories from
| friends of Santa's being rude and smelling like cigarettes.
| Seems unpleasant!
| micromacrofoot wrote:
| Millions of kids have seen mall Santas over decades, it's
| very rarely problematic.
| jhong wrote:
| Yep we do it every year. It's also super expensive though,
| basically $50 for 2 minutes of time and a pic. Growing up
| my family could never afford it and I was sad as a kid that
| I didn't get to talk to Santa.
| redsh wrote:
| with this App you can be Santa yourself and avoid any
| cigarette problems! We're also going to release the tooth
| fairy and elves
| happyopossum wrote:
| > I hope mall Santa isn't a thing. It always seemed
| problematic to me.
|
| Yup, bringing joy and wonder to millions of little kids is
| sooo _problematic_.
|
| sigh.. this is why the world gets less fun every year.
| no_wizard wrote:
| I just can't say I personally had that experience. I'll
| admit to sampling bias on this one.
|
| I am glad it is generally working out all around for most
| though!
| givinguflac wrote:
| Congrats on the launch! Seems to work well from the two minutes I
| spent playing with it!
| redsh wrote:
| thanks! sometimes models get kicked out of the neural engine
| and I'm investigating why. If you see the framerate to drop
| below 30fps, it might help to kill the app
| redsh wrote:
| Preview of the app https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Iq6nh2SOIR0
| happyopossum wrote:
| Cool - seems to have a problem with my face/beard/something
| though - none of the avatars ever fully close their mouths, which
| makes for some very unsettling and unrealistic looking videos...
| redsh wrote:
| Interesting.. I noticed that too sometimes, it might help to
| improve lighting conditions and head pose (centered, and
| keeping the phone vertical and aligned with the face could also
| help)
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