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Stability AI has released a new AI model, Stable Virtual Camera, that the company claims can transform 2D images into \u201cimmersive\u201d videos with realistic depth and perspective. <\/p>\n
Virtual cameras are tools often used in digital filmmaking and 3D animation to capture and navigate scenes in real-time. With Stable Virtual Camera, Stability sought to add generative AI to the mix to deliver greater control and customizability, the company said in a blog post<\/a>. <\/p>\n Stable Virtual Camera generates \u201cnovel views\u201d of a scene from one or more images (up to 32 total) at camera angles that a user specifies. The model can generate videos that travel along \u201cdynamic\u201d camera paths or presets including \u201cSpiral,\u201d \u201cDolly Zoom,\u201d \u201cMove,\u201d and \u201cPan.\u201d<\/p>\n The current version of Stable Virtual Camera, a research preview, can generate videos in square (1:1), portrait (9:16), and landscape (16:9) aspect ratios up to 1,000 frames in length. Stability warns the model may produce lower-quality results in certain scenarios, however, particularly with images featuring humans, animals, or \u201cdynamic textures\u201d like water.<\/p>\n \u201cHighly ambiguous scenes, complex camera paths that intersect objects or surfaces, and irregularly-shaped objects can cause flickering artifacts,\u201d Stability notes in its blog post, \u201cespecially when target viewpoints differ significantly from the input images.\u201d<\/p>\n Stable Virtual Camera is available for research use under a non-commercial license. It can be downloaded from the AI dev platform Hugging Face. <\/p>\n Stability, the beleaguered firm behind the popular image generation model\u00a0Stable Diffusion<\/a>,\u00a0raised new cash last year<\/a>\u00a0as investors including Eric Schmidt and Napster founder Sean Parker sought to turn the business around. Emad Mostaque, Stability\u2019s co-founder and ex-CEO, reportedly mismanaged Stability into financial ruin, leading staff to resign, a partnership with Canva to fall through, and investors to grow concerned about the company\u2019s prospects.<\/p>\n In the last few months, Stability has hired a new CEO, appointed \u201cTitanic\u201d director James Cameron to its board of directors, and\u00a0released several new image generation models<\/a>. Earlier in March, the company\u00a0teamed\u00a0up\u00a0with chipmaker Arm<\/a> to bring an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects to mobile devices running Arm chips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n