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Andy Serkis and Josh Nelson Youssef’s Venice Immersive short uses Gemini-powered conversation and real-time avatar technology to make its animated characters responsive inside a 31-minute mixed-reality story.
View FilmAndy Serkis and Josh Nelson Youssef’s Venice Immersive short uses Gemini-powered conversation and real-time avatar technology to make its animated characters responsive inside a 31-minute mixed-reality story. The 31-minute mixed-reality film uses conversational AI and real-time avatar systems so characters can react and converse during the experience. Google says its Gemini and Vertex AI APIs support the interactive dialogue, while proprietary avatar research powers real-time facial expression, lip sync and conversational interaction.
The 31-minute mixed-reality film uses conversational AI and real-time avatar systems so characters can react and converse during the experience. Google says its Gemini and Vertex AI APIs support the interactive dialogue, while proprietary avatar research powers real-time facial expression, lip sync and conversational interaction.
This is a useful example of AI changing the grammar of a film rather than just speeding up production. The audience is no longer only watching a fixed performance: conversational characters can react in the room, while the story itself is about preserving the human fingerprints that make creative work distinctive.
