avatars

Emotive AI Aims to Offer New Ways to Connect With Consumers
Emotive AI Aims to Offer New Ways to Connect With Consumers
April 26, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

In a lab in London, a new generation of avatars is learning to smile, frown and wink — not just as programmed, but in response...

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Microsoft’s AI-Powered VASA-1 Could Enable Webcam-Free Video Calls
Microsoft’s AI-Powered VASA-1 Could Enable Webcam-Free Video Calls
April 22, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Get ready for AI to make videos from just your picture.   Microsoft Research recently unveiled VASA, a new AI framework demonstration capable of generating “hyper-realistic” talking faces...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse
August 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and also...

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ObEN Raises $5M From Tencent To Take On AI Celebrity Scene
ObEN Raises $5M From Tencent To Take On AI Celebrity Scene
July 19, 2017  |  Startups

ObEN, which uses artificial intelligence-powered tools to create avatars that look and sound like real people, announced it has raised $5 million in strategic investment...

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