Author: Sofie Tapia / Source: Bored Panda
The AI tech company NVIDIA already wowed the world with their computer generated, hyperrealistic portraits of non-existent humans, well now they are back with a new Ai software. Meet AI GauGAN, named for the post-impressionist painter, an interactive app that can turn your “rough doodles into photorealistic masterpieces with breathtaking ease.
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Have you been in an art class, attempting to re-create a photo of a cascading waterfall only to end up with a kindergarten-level rendering? Well, GauGAN can transform your piece in a matter of seconds. “The tool leverages generative adversarial networks, or GANs,” writes NVIDIA, “to convert segmentation maps into lifelike images.” This technology may sound like just a fun art tool but the researchers write it could be a powerful tool in many creative fields.
Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning research at NVIDIA, compared GauGAN’s technology to a “smart paintbrush” that has the ability to fill details with rough segmentation maps. Technology like this, the company writes, could be highly useful for architects, urban planners, landscape designers, and even game developers. “With an AI that understands how the real world looks, these professionals could better prototype ideas and make rapid changes to a synthetic scene.” Catanzaro further explained, “It’s much easier to brainstorm designs with simple sketches, and this technology is able to convert sketches into highly realistic images.”
GauGAN is simple technology on the surface. The user draws a segmentation map, then manipulates the scene, labeling segments of the image with words like…
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