VFX People & “World” Creators might need to read this:
It's a very dry read but if you’re into visual effects, then take a look through this Google white paper about Genie, a general purpose AI that was trained from Internet videos to help create action-controllable environments. Incredibly, an entire playable world can be generated from one single image.
We see this initially impacting children’s animation on streaming services, similar to the model of “Blue's Clues” or “Dora the Explorer.” To ensure powerful storytelling, the creative team will have to work closely with the AI experts to blend the narrative and visual design together seamlessly with the technical elements. Solutions to hurdles around copyright and compensation remain to be solved.
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Pixar to use AI to create Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Videos
Attention future filmmakers! Learn how animation king Pixar will emulate video games to make their future movies interactive (Andressen Horowitz). When Netflix released the super-hit choose-your-own-ending “Black Mirror” episode...
