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Hobbyist uses AI motion tracking on colorful Lego bricks for CGI animation

A Twitter/X user demonstrated using AI-based motion tracking on brightly colored Lego pieces to animate CGI footage.

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What to know

  • A user demonstrated that AI can motion-track brightly colored Lego pieces to generate animation data for CGI.
  • The technique is not real-time: rendering a four-second clip took over thirty minutes on a six-year-old graphics card.
  • The post was cross-posted to Hacker News, where it drew minimal engagement (1 point, 0 comments).

Michael Kane Poster/experimenter (@MichaelFKane)

Hobbyist uses AI motion tracking on colorful Lego bricks for CGI animation
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    Kane demonstrates AI motion tracking of Lego bricks for CGI

    @MichaelFKane posted that bright-colored Lego pieces can be used by AI to motion-track animation for CGI, sharing a rendered clip and noting the process took over thirty minutes to render four seconds of footage.

    “Today I learned that Lego with bright colors can be used by AI to motion track animation for CGI.”
    — @MichaelFKane

    • Today I learned that Lego with bright colors can be used by AI to motion track animation for CGI. Alas, not real time. I didn't go swoosh and the ship go swoosh. Those 4 seconds took over a half hour to render on my 6 year old graphics card... 😅 As I've been saying, if your

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