“Previous state-of-the-art AI systems that produced awe-inspiring images primarily used a text description as input,” says Meta (Opens in a new window). “But text messages such as ‘a painting of a zebra riding a bicycle’ create images with compositions that can be difficult to predict.” The company says this can prevent someone from feeling “a strong sense of pride and ownership of the content” they’ve asked the AI to create. Make-A-Scene is supposed to address this problem by giving people more control over what kind of art will be created. Remember the meme (Opens in new window) about how drawing an owl can be broken down into two steps: draw some circles, then draw the rest of the owl? Make-A-Scene lets people say “owl,” draw a few circles, and then watch as the AI-powered tool draws the rest of the owl. Meta says this research is part of its “commitment to explore ways in which artificial intelligence can empower creativity – whether that’s bringing your 2D sketches to life, using natural language among other ways to create 3D objects , the creation of entire virtual spaces or any other creative work.”
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The company links these efforts to the metaverse, of course, but it’s not hard to imagine social platforms like Facebook and Instagram also benefiting from this research. People love to share their art. A tool like Make-A-Scene could give them more opportunities to do just that. Meta says it plans to present at Make-A-Scene at the ECCV 2022 (Opens in a new window) conference in Tel Aviv in October. More information about the research behind this prototype is available through a paper published (Opens in a new window) in March. However, there is no word on when the public can play with the tool. Get our best stories! Subscribe to What’s New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning. This newsletter may contain advertisements, promotions or affiliate links. Signing up for a newsletter indicates your agreement to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe from newsletters at any time.
