Nvidia has announced a slew of new updates to its broadcast client that could help make your next one video conferencing Call or presentation much more engaging.
The new eye contact feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to check if your eyes are looking at the camera, and if not, superimpose a new pair of “eyes” over your own to make you do it.
It’s aimed at content creators who might want to read a script but maintain eye contact with the camera for a more personal feel.
The company has created “millions” of eye color and lighting combinations to bring you a new pair of eyes that match your own as closely as possible. However, the tool is still in beta format, so some bugs are to be expected.
However, Nvidia is keen to get this right as it hopes to have twice as many users as it did this time last year, and the company has opened one portal (opens in new tab) to allow users to report anomalies.
Nvidia has also made some changes to its virtual backgrounds as many of us continue to work from home (and want to hide the mess behind us at our desk). The Blur, Replace, and Remove effects have been tweaked for better stability, and there’s also a new vignette effect for you to play with.
While this isn’t the first time that artificial eye contact has been implemented in live video feeds (FaceTime has been doing its “attention correction” to some degree since iOS 13), it’s a little less common to see it implemented outside of the video conferencing environment.
