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The evolution of machine learning models that can run on PC hardware has led to everything from webcam filters to AI art generators. NVIDIA now uses it to help you maintain eye contact on conference calls or video recording.
NVIDIA Broadcast is a desktop application that uses GeForce graphics card hardware to improve video and microphone quality, such as removing background noise, applying virtual backgrounds to the webcam stream, and auto-framing. NVIDIA Broadcast 1.4 is now rolling out with some new features including “Eye Contact” which modifies your eyes to look directly into the camera. You can see it in action in the following video.
The feature works best, or rather looks less like an uncanny valley, when the camera is far from your face. Otherwise, if the angle is too extreme, it might look like you’re leering at everyone else on a call. Apple introduced a similar feature to FaceTime in 2020, along with the release of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14.
NVIDIA said in a blog post: “The new eye contact effect moves the speaker’s eyes to simulate eye contact with the camera, which is achieved by estimating and aligning the gaze. The eyes retain their natural color and blink, and there’s even a sleep feature in case you look too far, to seamlessly switch between simulated and real eyes.”
NVIDIA Broadcast requires a GeForce RTX 2060 or better graphics card, paired with at least 8GB of RAM.
Source: Nvidia
Via: Engadget
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