jjandnn / avatarify

Avatars for Zoom and Skype

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▶️ AI-generated Elon Musk

Avatarify

Avatars for Skype and Zoom. Democratized.

Requirements

• conda
• CUDA

This app is tested only on GPU and Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) and Mac (low FPS).

Install

Linux

It is supposed that there is only one web cam connected to the computer and it's in /dev/video0. Installation process will create a virtual camera /dev/video1, so this device must be reserved.

source scripts/install.sh
bash scripts/download_data.sh

Mac

For Mac it's quite difficult to create a virtual camera, so we'll use CamTwist app:

1. Download and install CamTwist from here. It's easy.
2. Setup avatarify conda environment with all required dependencies:

source scripts/install_mac.sh

3. Download models' weights:

bash scripts/download_data.sh

Setup avatars

Copy your avatars into avatars folder. Crop pictures to make them square. Prefer pictures with uniform background.

Run

Your web cam must be plugged-in. You can choose your camera by changing CAMID in run*.sh script.

Linux

Run:

bash run.sh

Mac

1. Run:

bash run_mac.sh

2. Go to CamTwist.
3. Choose Desktop+ and press Select.
4. In the Settings sction choose Confine to Application Window and select python (avatarify) from the drop-down menu.

Tips

Your face should fit in the red rectagle: it should not fit perfectly, but don't get too close/far. After that, press any number from 0 to 9 on your keyboard and one of the avatars from avatars directory will appear.

Run Skype or Zoom only when Avatarify is running.

Skype

Go to Settings -> Audio & Video, choose avatarify or CamTwist camera.

Zoom

Go to Settings -> Video and choose avatarify or CamTwist from Camera drop-down menu.

Contribution

Our goal is to democratize deepfake avatars. To make the technology even more accessible, we have to tackle two major problems:

1. Add support for more platforms (Linux and Mac are already supported).
2. Optimize neural network run-time. Running network real-time on CPU is of high priority.

Please make pull requests if you have any improvements or bug-fixes.

Troubleshooting

• Zoom/Skype doesn't see avatarify camera. Restart Zoom/Skype and try again.
• Avatar image is frozen: In Zoom, try Stop and Start Video.

Credits

• Avatrify uses First Order Motion Model for generating avatars.