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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.
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Saturday August 19 2017, @08:12AM (6 children)
Someone needs to teach the students about how their predecessors made clever use of the "é" character so English-speakers would have a clue at how to pronounce names/titles like Pokémon without being told "yeah, we're totally spelling it 'Moe' but it's suppose to be pronounced moe-ayyy."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 19 2017, @11:05AM (3 children)
Cool, now I just have to find it on my keyboard! :)
(I have yet to see anyone write it (ctrl-c, ctrl-v) "Pokémon" in chat/comments/etc.)
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday August 19 2017, @12:41PM (2 children)
Let me help you: Pokémon.
Typed without Control-C and Control-V. However I've configured me a compose key, which helps entering ȧ łøţ øḟ şṫṙąņġẽ çħàṙâčṫēṙš.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 19 2017, @02:00PM (1 child)
Well, I gots me a Japanese keyboard, so I have to insist that Pokemon should be written ポケモン, and moe should be written 萌え :)
Entering non-ASCII character sets should have much better support from the OS, especially when they're not present on a keyboard!
In other news, apparently there is a .moe TLD [wikipedia.org] *facepalm*
"Intended use: The marketing of products or services deemed moe" what the fuck *facedesk*
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday August 20 2017, @03:02AM
On Unix and LInux, that support should be part of X, and not foisted off on the desktop environment.
(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Saturday August 19 2017, @01:48PM
I kinda like that explanation, it makes me imagine the Fonz in a labcoat while telling people about molybdenum.
Which I guess is one step up from the Szyslak mental image the headline gave me
(Score: 1) by nnet on Saturday August 19 2017, @03:37PM
damn, you blew it for me, I was staying with the three stooges' moe.