NVIDIA Broadcast streaming software will now allow users not to look at the camera. In the new version of the program with an index of 1.4, the Eye Contact function appeared, which creates the impression that the user is looking directly into the camera, even if he actually looked away from it. The new feature uses artificial intelligence and is actually a simulation.
NVIDIA believes that its new development will be popular with content creators who can record video and read their notes or script at the same time without having to look directly into the camera. Although in fact it can be used by anyone. For example, when calling with colleagues via video link, during a speech at a video conference, at a remote interview, and so on.
Eye Contact works in the following way: an exact model of the user’s eyes is created, and then, using artificial intelligence, they replace real eyes with it. NVIDIA tried to make everything believable, so the function is disabled when the user turns his head or looks away a lot so that there is no suspicion. However, Eye Contact does not work perfectly yet. A journalist from The Verge tested the feature and shared his impressions. In his opinion, sometimes it looks a little different than it should be. This is partly due to the animated eye movement and the eyes seem to move at “superhuman speed”, but a few times the feature really surprised me. Eye Contact is currently in beta testing. NVIDIA collects feedback to improve algorithm performance.
By the way, this is not the first such feature. Back in 2018, Apple began testing a similar feature for FaceTime called Attention Correction. Now it is called Eye Contact, and it can be found in the application settings. Microsoft also has this feature in Windows 11 for devices with a neural processor.
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