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Runway presented its Characters feature at SIGGRAPH 2026, where it was accepted into the Real-Time Live! session. The system generates real-time, frame-by-frame responses from a single image of any subject without fine-tuning. The team discussed the technical challenges of achieving low latency and the positive reception from the research community.
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This year, Characters was accepted into Real-Time Live! , the conference’s highly-anticipated session where teams have 6 minutes to demo their work live in front of thousands and are judged by a jury of computer graphics and real-time technology experts.
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