How to Maintain Eye Contact Using AI

<p>I'm sure you've all seen videos of bloggers reading from a teleprompter, with their eyes darting back and forth, and you've also noticed the huge difference between when a person looks at the screen and when they look at the camera during a call.</p>
<p>Thanks to AI, both cases can now be converted into direct eye contact. Nvidia has released the Maxine project, which includes a feature to Maintain Eye Contact.</p>
<p>To make this work, you'll need to create a virtual camera using OBS (to take the signal from a regular camera and process it).</p>
<p>Steps:</p>
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<li>Download the Maxine AR SDK from the link <a href="https://catalog.ngc.nvidia.com/orgs/nvidia/teams/maxine/resources/maxine_windows_ar_sdk_ga/files">here</a>; (registration is required + they mention download issues from Russia).</li>
<li>Download and install OBS.</li>
<li>Select GazeRedirect App as your device.</li>
<li>Done! Now in Zoom (and other applications), just select the OBS device in the settings.</li>
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<p>P.S. Unfortunately, it currently only works on Windows, as it requires supported NVIDIA GPUs, which Mac does not have in its list. (This is the second time this week I feel inadequate working on a Mac :( ) There seem to be alternatives, but they might not be of the same quality and some of them are paid:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.4tiitoo.com/nuia-full-focus-for-eye-contact-in-video-calls">https://www.4tiitoo.com/nuia-full-focus-for-eye-contact-in-video-calls</a></li>;
<li><a href="https://github.com/chihfanhsu/gaze_correction">https://github.com/chihfanhsu/gaze_correction</a></li>;
<li><a href="https://casablanca.ai/">https://casablanca.ai/</a></li>;
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<p>#ai #eye_tracking #video #nvidia</p>