OPPO Research Institute and its R&D teams have been recognized at the CVPR conference in Seattle, where they presented 11 papers on AI-related topics. These papers cover areas such as image restoration, digital human generation, video segmentation, dynamic motion capture, dynamic scene image synthesis, multi-view 3D object detection, and 3D rendering. The OPPO Research Institute and various R&D teams have contributed significantly to the global advancement and democratization of AI phones, showcasing their innovative approaches in the field. The conference aims to showcase the latest advancements in AI phone technology.
“OPPO is deeply engaged in the CVPR each year, and this year, our achievements are particularly noteworthy,” stated Billy Zhang, President of Overseas MKT, Sales and Service at OPPO. “AI has always been a pivotal area of investment for us, and the rising trend of AI phone enables us to innovate the user experience again. CVPR provides an excellent platform for OPPO to discuss and exchange ideas with global partners about our latest advancements in computer vision and other AI-related fields. Our involvement in CVPR also underscores OPPO’s strong commitment and determination in the realm of AI phone.”
In the field of digital human generation, OPPO has introduced a groundbreaking approach with UltrAvatar—a method for creating drivable 3D virtual humans. Utilizing a diffuse color extraction model and an authenticity-guided texture diffusion model, UltrAvatar can generate drivable 3D virtual humans from a single image or a line of text. These virtual humans are indistinguishable from actual human features, achieving a level of detail that captures every inch of skin color and texture on a person’s face, significantly enhancing the realism of virtual interactions.
Another notable contribution, the UniVS, presents the industry’s first universal large model for video segmentation. This model can meet diverse real-world video segmentation needs, allowing for segmenting all objects within a specified category and responding to textual descriptions for targeted segmentation.
OPPO Research Institute has been recognized for its cutting-edge AI advancements, positioning it as a leader in the mobile industry. The CVPR 2024 NTIRE RAIM challenge, co-organized by OPPO Research Institute’s Y-Lab and the Visual Computing Laboratory at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, attracted over 200 teams worldwide. Team MiAlgo emerged as the winner, securing first place in the competition. OPPO plans to support the AI developer ecosystem and foster collaboration between academia and industry, aiming to bridge the gap between the two.
OPPO’s flagship AI phone, the Find X7 Ultra, made a remarkable debut, quickly becoming a highlight of the event. Additionally, Liang Jie, the senior imaging algorithm engineer at OPPO Research Institute’s Y-Lab, was invited to present a report on OPPO’s imaging technology at the conference. The powerful AI imaging capabilities of the Find X7 Ultra and OPPO’s innovative generative AI applications captivated the academic and industrial AI communities.
OPPO has launched its latest AI phone, the Find X7 Ultra, which features the OPPO HyperTone Image Engine, a sophisticated computational photography system. This allows the phone to produce exceptional photos with minimal computational footprint, turning every shot into a masterpiece. The OPPO AI Eraser feature, launched alongside the Find X7 Ultra, demonstrates OPPO’s ability to integrate AI technology into consumer devices for user-friendly experiences. This feature allows users to remove unwanted elements from images and generate replacement content with a single click, revolutionizing photo editing.
OPPO also showcased several exploratory features through actual device demos at CVPR, highlighting the future direction of OPPO’s AI technologies. Among these was the Style Transfer Demo, which utilizes the ShaderNN lightweight deep learning architecture. ShaderNN represents the first inference engine supporting the entire graphics stack (OpenGL & Vulkan) for real-time mobile and imaging applications, showcasing OPPO’s strengths in on-device generative graphics AI processing.
OPPO has established the OPPO AI Center to enhance its AI capabilities and promote the democratization of AI phones. This initiative has strengthened OPPO’s research across various AI fields and aimed to deliver an ultimate AI phone experience. OPPO has demonstrated impressive research outcomes at the CVPR and continues participating in top international AI conferences, including MWC, Google Cloud Next ’24, and Microsoft Build. The company is actively collaborating with global partners to advance AI phone development.
In early June, OPPO officially announced its strategy to make AI phones accessible to everyone, targeting the equipping of approximately 50 million OPPO smartphones with generative AI features by year’s end, spanning all OPPO’s smartphone product lines. This move underscores OPPO’s long-term commitment and strategic determination to enhance AI integration in smartphones.
Looking forward, the innovative research outcomes from OPPO, combined with advanced technologies from partners like Google, Microsoft and MediaTek, will further propel OPPO’s mission to spearhead a global movement in the democratization of AI phone.
