Computer Vision News - September 2022

9 Synthesia with Matthias Nießner to visit Synthesia’s website and try it out for themselves. You can use pre-made avatars or upload your own video . Matthias’s passion is still in academic research, but he likes the interplay with startup culture and continues to support local startups at TU Munich. “ Research is the backbone of the economy of the future, ” he declares. “ From a professional standpoint, that’s what I’m excited about. But content- wise, I’m excited about holograms and ideas around the metaverse . Essentially, capturing reality and getting digital copies from it is super exciting to me. The next level of communication, digital capture, photorealistic synthesis, and making holograms a reality is what I’m living for right now ! It’s not so different from Synthesia’s vision. ” For Synthesia, there are still challenges to overcome, and the research is relatively new. Radiancefields havebeenasignificant breakthrough, as well as generativemodels and diffusion models, and with these kinds of tools in deep learning and AI, Matthias sees a bright future for synthetic media. “ I think the big question we have to ask ourselves is, how can we help content creators be as efficient as possible while giving them flexibility, control, and powerful tools? ” he poses. “ There are a few more steps, but we’re going to get there, both research-wise and on the product side. What Synthesia has been doing so far, and will be doing, is already a significant step towards making our digital lives a whole lot easier. ” Indeed, CEO and co-founder Victor Riparbelli describes Synthesia’s vision for the future as being able to “ create a Hollywood filmona laptopwithout theneed for anything else but your imagination. ” With a strong customer base and a thriving social media presence already, Matthias is keen to continue spreading the word and encourages prospective customers