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posted by martyb on Friday August 18 2017, @09:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the anime++ dept.

Just when you thought that anime character designs couldn't get any more generic, machine learning comes to the rescue:

A collaborative team from Fudan University, Carnegie Mellon University, Tongji University and Stony Brook University have created a generative adversarial network (GAN) that can generate high-quality anime character drawings with just minimal input from humans. You can check the demonstration website and make your own anime renders by inputting some basic preferences.

You can choose hair and eye color and then decide on what accessories you might like such as glasses, hats or ribbons. The site will then generate a character for you based on your inputs. There are some things that could be improved for sure, but overall, it's a really fun application.

Researchers used a technique called DRAGAN to train the AI. The demo site was built on ReactJS. The scientists have summed up the full process in more detail in this technical report. The source code is also available from here.

Of course, designing a character is only the first step. How about a custom Gatebox holographic waifu? Or import your character into an advanced VR fantasy world powered by petaflops GPUs. Which is just a stopgap measure until you jack into the Matrix directly, allowing you to caress your loved one (as far as your brain is concerned).

Is this what happens when you poach Carnegie Mellon University's top scientists?

"Moe" (pronounced "mo-ayyy") refers to "kawaii"/cute characters.


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  • (Score: 1) by d(++)b on Saturday August 19 2017, @04:52AM (2 children)

    by d(++)b (2755) on Saturday August 19 2017, @04:52AM (#556267)

    Popeye was too fuckin' surreal for me... I'm 55, I remember all the old cartoons. (We called it "Saturday Morning").

    Chuck Jones, Yes. Hell Yes. Hanna-Barbera? Uh sure, some of it (dumb kids gotta wake up on weekends too). Felix the Cat? Hey Grandpa, you liked some weird shit!

    But Popeye? No. No thank you. Seen 'em all. Popeye=bad acid. baaaaad baddd acid.

    I'm a wee bit glad that you young hipster douchebags never experienced the mind-fuck that was Popeye the Sailor.

    There's a big difference between Fake News and Surreal News. Let's hope we don't find out about the subtleties in the next few years. (Ahgggh Agh Agh Agh Agh)

  • (Score: 2) by Geezer on Saturday August 19 2017, @12:56PM

    by Geezer (511) on Saturday August 19 2017, @12:56PM (#556337)

    Maybe it was the acid that was bad. Lotta strychnine going around in those days.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday August 19 2017, @11:46PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday August 19 2017, @11:46PM (#556525) Journal

    Felix the cat?
    Watch Fritz the cat: dat be sum weeeeird shit dere, man.

    Naked pigs and aardvarks and cats, oh my! (No Sulu, though, lol).

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