This face filter technology can turn you into a statue or an oil painting
A team of researchers led by a professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague has created an AI-powered algorithm that can animate faces in the style of another photograph. In other words, a bidding war between Snapchat and Facebook is probably about to begin.
The short sample video posted by Professor Daniel Sýkora is reminiscent of recent projects like this one, where researchers were able to manipulate video of people speaking in a way that made it seem like they said something completely different. Another research team recently cracked the ability to transfer styles from one photo to another, allowing them to to take a picture of a skyline at sunset and essentially overlay an even more outrageous sunset on top of it, for…
