Denoised RenderCon, Higgsfield AI, and Vimeo Streaming
Apr 18, 2025
The podcast dives into the highlights of RenderCon, featuring OTOY's ambitious digital recreation of Star Trek legends. It explores Higgsfield's revolutionary AI video generation capabilities with stunning cinematic quality. The hosts discuss Vimeo's new service enabling creators to build their own streaming platforms, offering a competitor to Netflix. Delving into the ethics of digital storytelling, they tackle the complexities of digital human rights in Hollywood and the challenges of continuing beloved franchises. It's a captivating look at the future of content creation.
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Neural Rendering Is the Future
- Future rendering will likely use neural rendering and AI to simulate complex visual effects more efficiently.
- Increased GPU power may lead to more complex scenes rather than faster renders.
Otoy's Star Trek Face Replacement
- Otoy created a digital face replacement to make a Star Trek short film featuring aging and deceased actors.
- They used new actors and real-time face altering so the original actors' likenesses appeared on set.
Why Actors Get Scanned Repeatedly
- Scanning actors multiple times is required due to advances in scan quality and technical changes.
- Faces require extremely high accuracy in geometry and materials, making each scan unique to the project.