Fashion Brand Mango Launches Photorealistic AI-Generated Campaign
European fashion brand Mango has unveiled an AI-generated picture campaign for its limited edition Sunset Dream collection of its youth line.
Adobe Firefly Generative AI Version 3 Looks to Catch Up to the Competition
At its MAX event in London, Adobe announced a huge update to its artificial intelligence system Firefly. Version 3 of the platform is significantly improved over previous iterations and promises to be able to make photorealistic images with greater variety.
New Model Can Build 3D Photorealistic Images in Real-Time
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the University of Hong Kong have developed StyleNeRF, a 3D-aware generative model that creates high-resolution photorealistic images that can be trained on unstructured 2D images.
AI ‘Photos’ of What Cartoon Characters Would Look Like in Real Life
What would famous animated characters from movies and TV shows look like in real life? One digital artist has created a fascinating series of AI-assisted "portraits" that provide the answers to that question.
This ‘Photo’ Imagines What George Washington Would Look Like Today
Here's a photorealistic portrait that imagines what George Washington would look like if he were a politician in the present day instead of back in the 18th century.
These Free Steam Games Let You Roam Realistic Locations with a Camera
Australian indie game developer Matt Newell has released a new free Steam game called Castle Rock Beach, West Australia. It allows you to freely explore a realistic recreation of Australia's southwest coast with a camera.
These ‘Photos’ of Roman Emperors Were Made Using AI and Photoshop
Sculpted busts give us an idea of what ancient Roman emperors looked like, but what if they had posed for photo portraits? That's what designer/cinematographer Daniel Voshart explores using AI and Photoshop in his Roman Emperor Project.
Incredible Game Engine Demo Blurs the Line Between CGI and Reality
Earlier today, Epic Games released a "first look" at the Unreal Engine 5 video game engine, and the results are mind-blowing. Using a gameplay demo running on a Playstation 5, they showcase an environment that is so close to photorealistic that it's often hard to tell the difference.
This is How Photorealistic Video Game Engines Are Now
The asset library Quixel has released this new 2.5-minute cinematic short film titled "Rebirth." It's an eye-opening look at how photorealistic real-time rendering in video game engines is now.
NVIDIA’s AI Can Turn Doodles Into Landscape ‘Photos’
Impressed by NVIDIA's AI creating photorealistic portraits of people who don't exist? Check out what the company is doing with landscapes. NVIDIA has developed a powerful AI that can turn your doodles into photorealistic landscape images in real-time.
This Website Generates AI Portraits of People Who Don’t Exist
NVIDIA got the world talking in December 2018 after showing off a new AI that can create ultra-realistic photos of people who don't actually exist. Now there's a website that lets you generate these imaginary portraits yourself. It's called thispersondoesnotexist.com.
This AI Creates Photo-Realistic Faces of People Who Don’t Exist
Instead of searching for the ideal model for a photo shoot, photographers of the future may be able to generate one using artificial intelligence. Neural networks these days can generate portraits of imaginary people.
These Picture-Perfect Outdoor Scenes Are Entirely CGI
Most of the photos in IKEA's catalog are CGI these days, and more and more video games are adding serious photo modes. As the virtual and photographic worlds converge, we'll be seeing more and more demos of photorealistic CGI that may trick our eyes. Here's one example.
This Neural Network Can Turn a Hand-Drawn Sketch Into a Realistic Portrait
Researchers at Radboud University in Holland have managed to do something pretty crazy. Using hundreds of thousands of photographs, they've trained a neural network to take a hand-drawn sketch and create a photorealistic portrait from it.
These Aren’t Photos — They’re Virtual Shots in a Video Game Engine
Video games are becoming more and more realistic, and the quality is getting so good that some screenshots and clips may trick you into thinking you're looking at a photo or video of the real world.
These Photos Were Made Using Only Photo-Realistic Light Painting
What do you think of when you hear the words "light painting"? Colorful and squiggly lines over a dark background? An explosion of glowing sparks?
Did you know that you can also add photo-realistic images to your long-exposure photos by painting them in with light?
This Photo of Morgan Freeman Will Blow Your Mind, Because It’s not a Photo at All
One of the most recent videos to go extremely viral over the past several days involves a behind the scenes look at how a portrait of Morgan Freeman came together... and when we say came together, we mean created from scratch on an iPad by finger-painting!
Artist Has Self-Portrait Painting Approved as Drivers License Photograph
Check out this portrait photograph of Swedish artist Fredrik Saker. It's actually a self-portrait that Saker painted by hand. While we've seen and shared photo-realistic drawings before, Saker's came up with a clever way of validating his photo's realism: he managed to have it approved as his drivers license photo.
Fruits and Vegetables Falling and Shattering to Pieces
Alex Roman, the genius behind the breathtaking “The Third & The Seventh“, recently created this short commercial …