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‘This is a game changer’: Runway releases new AI facial expression motion capture feature Act-One
The new feature includes safeguards to detect and block attempts to generate content featuring public figures without authorization.
Traditionally, facial animation requires extensive and often cumbersome processes, including motion capture equipment, manual face rigging, and multiple reference footages. Yet in the last few years, new software and AI-based startups such as Move have sought to reduce the equipment necessary to perform accurate motion capture — though that company in particular has concentrated primarily on full-body, more broad movements, whereas Runway’s Act-One is focused more on modeling facial expressions. These include safeguards to detect and block attempts to generate content featuring public figures without authorization, as well as technical tools to verify voice usage rights.
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