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Researchers can Turn a Single Photo into a Video

A GIF that showcases symmetric splatting -- starts out with two waterfalls. On the right, the waterfall starts losing pixels at the top because they are moving to the bottom. On the left, the waterfall starts losing pixels at the bottom because they are moving to the top. At the end of this GIF, the two waterfalls are combined into one so that there are no holes.
To animate the image, the team created “symmetric splatting,” which predicts both the future and the past for an image and then combines them into one animation.Hołyński et al./CVPR

Researchers have developed a deep learning method that can produce a seamlessly looping, realistic looking video from a single photo. Sometimes photos cannot truly capture a scene. How much more epic would that vacation photo of Niagara Falls be if the water were moving?

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a deep learning method that can do just that: If given a single photo of a waterfall, the system creates a video showing that water cascading down. All that’s missing is the roar of the water and the feeling of the spray on your face.

The team’s method can animate any fl...

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