Pika Lab has launched a brand new model almost a yr after launching video creation artificial intelligence (AI) ‘Pica 1.0’. As competition in AI for creating realistic videos corresponding to Sora and Runway is intensifying, Pika has set out to distinguish itself by creating hyper-realistic videos.
Enterprise Beat reported on the first (local time) that Pika Lab has launched ‘Pica 1.5’, a video creation model that may change the topic of a picture right into a bizarrely altered appearance.
The new edition is provided with a brand new button called ‘Pikaffects’.
This creates special effect animations that defy physics, corresponding to ‘Explode it’, ‘Melt it’, ‘Crush it’, ‘Inflate it’, ‘Squish it’, ‘Cake it’. Options corresponding to ‘Cake-ify it’ are provided.
Specifically, the Cake option transforms the topic of the image right into a meme video of a really realistic prop cake.
Even in scenes where this isn’t realistically possible, it attempts to routinely discover subjects or objects and apply the corresponding effects.
Some effects, corresponding to crushing, crushing, and cake, actually insert props corresponding to hydraulic presses, human hands, and knives into the frame. These props operate to interact with objects in still images, leading to unrealistic images.
Pica 1.5 supports image-video and text-video creation and may produce high-quality 5-second videos incorporating movements corresponding to running, skateboarding, and flying.
Moreover, a brand new motion control function was added for users who want cinematic creations.
You’ll be able to easily create videos with none expertise, including advanced shots corresponding to Bullet Time, Vertigo, Dolly Left, and Crane Down.
The newest video creation AI continues to be commercialized not only in the US but additionally in China. Moreover, OpenAI plans to retrain Sora and release an updated version.
As related technologies develop and competition is concentrated on top quality, short video creation time, and low price, Pica has chosen ‘creating surreal videos’ as a survival strategy. It is a form optimized for creating web memes or short-form content.
Currently, Pica 1.5 is obtainable to each free and paid users.
Reporter Park Chan cpark@aitimes.com
