Summary of Dawn: Dynamic Frame Avatar with Non-autoregressive Diffusion Framework For Talking Head Video Generation, by Hanbo Cheng et al.
DAWN: Dynamic Frame Avatar with Non-autoregressive Diffusion Framework for Talking Head Video Generation
by Hanbo Cheng, Limin Lin, Chenyu Liu, Pengcheng Xia, Pengfei Hu, Jiefeng Ma, Jun Du, Jia Pan
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a new framework for generating realistic talking head videos from single portraits and audio clips. The method, called DAWN (Dynamic frame Avatar With Non-autoregressive diffusion), addresses limitations of previous approaches by enabling all-at-once generation of dynamic-length video sequences. DAWN consists of two components: audio-driven facial dynamics generation in the latent motion space and audio-driven head pose and blink generation. The authors demonstrate that their method generates authentic videos with precise lip motions and natural pose/blink movements, with high generation speed and strong extrapolation capabilities. The results highlight the potential impact of DAWN in talking head video generation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Talking heads are like having a conversation with someone who isn’t there! Researchers want to make it easier to create realistic talking head videos from just one picture and some audio words. Right now, computers can do this, but they have some problems. They get stuck or slow down if the video is too long. To fix this, scientists created something called DAWN. It’s like a special tool that helps computers make better videos faster. They tested it and found that it makes really good talking heads with moving lips and blinking eyes! The best part is that it can make long videos quickly and accurately. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Autoregressive » Diffusion
