309: Chapter 309 The Era of AI Beauty Filters

Another photo appeared on the big screen.

This was a backlit portrait.

Sunlight shone from behind, yet the model's facial details remained clear. The strands of hair shimmered in the backlight, as if gilded with a layer of gold, giving the subject an even more elegant aura.

The background sky transitioned naturally from bright to dark, with no overexposure and no crushed blacks.

"I'm sure many of you here and in the livestream audience love taking photos. Backlit photography is a difficult challenge for mobile phone cameras.

If the light is too strong, the face becomes dark. If the light is too dim, the background becomes dark.

This problem has always plagued us!"

Shen Fei paced slowly across the stage; at this moment, he was like a presenter explaining a product to everyone.

"But this time, our newly upgraded AI algorithm has solved over 90% of these situational challenges.

Its AI algorithm can process highlights and shadows simultaneously, just like in our sample photo, allowing for great shots even when backlit."

A round of applause erupted in the venue, accompanied by gasps of surprise from some of the audience.

"Alright, as an Apple fan, I admit your photography capabilities are decent, but what about cinematography?"

"They definitely wouldn't dare to introduce that! You all know the quality of domestic phones. If it's stronger, it's definitely a total crush; if it can't compare, well... those who know, know."

"To the guy above, if you 'Apple fans' love it so much, just buy it yourselves. Why do you have to come to the Transsion livestream to stir up trouble?"

"Let me see how many of you have switched to the latest iphone 5?"

Just as the argument was breaking out in the livestream comments, Shen Fei pressed the remote control.

A video appeared on the big screen, showing someone holding a guangyun and taking photos in a darkroom.

There was almost no light in the room, save for a bit of moonlight filtering through a window, as he raised the phone and pressed the shutter.

A close-up of the photo appeared.

The bookshelf in the darkroom, the desk lamp on the desk, and the vase on the windowsill were all clearly visible. Although not as bright as in daylight, the details were preserved perfectly, and the noise control was extremely excellent.

In comparison to the same photo taken by an iphone 5 next to it, which was almost completely black, with nothing visible.

"This is our globally debuted Super Night Mode.

You just need to hold it like a normal photo; it won't blur, and then it uses multi-frame synthesis technology to combine 8 photos into one.

In low-light environments, the guangyun can also take clear photos."

"Holy crap, that's impressive!"

"This tech is insane, is it directly three years ahead of competitors?"

"What's the point of this tech? Surely there aren't any idiots taking photos in the middle of the night? It's just clownish tech for show; only fans of a certain brand would think it's 'far ahead'."

"This tech is actually pretty good, suitable for fans of a certain brand to use."

The director of the livestream originally wanted to start banning users, but first looked at the combativeness of their own fans...

[Omitted...]

Should I just ban our own people too!

In the end, the staff looked at the boss and chose to ignore it, letting them fight it out themselves.

On stage, Shen Fei paused for a moment, using this to introduce today's main technological breakthrough.

AI Scene Recognition.

"Hardware is just the foundation; the true breakthrough of the guangyun lies in its software.

I believe everyone has seen the big words behind me: AI Scene Recognition."

He picked up the guangyun phone again.

"Our phone can automatically recognize what you are shooting.

Night scenes, portraits, food... 16 types of scenes are automatically recognized, and parameters are adjusted automatically."

A demo video played on the big screen again, showing someone holding a guangyun phone and taking photos of different scenes.

Every time a scene was switched, the parameters on the screen would change automatically.

When shooting portraits, background blur turned on automatically, and beauty enhancements adjusted automatically. When shooting night scenes, exposure time extended automatically, and noise reduction strengthened automatically.

When shooting food, color saturation increased automatically, making the image more appetizing; when shooting landscapes, contrast increased automatically, making the sky bluer and the grass greener.

"This is our automatic AI recognition; you don't need to adjust anything. Just press the shutter, and you get the best result."

Someone in the audience applauded.

But someone whispered: "This is a point-and-shoot camera."

Shen Fei heard it and nodded as well.

"I heard one of our family members gave this technology a very nice name.

Point-and-shoot camera.

Good technology is technology that you don't even feel exists. You only need to focus on what you are shooting, and the guangyun will take care of the rest."

The livestream chat was flooded with comments again, but after being quiet for a while, the haters finally found a new angle to attack.

"Heh, what can just 16 scenes do?"

"Life is so colorful; you still have to adjust the rest yourself. Trash technology."

"To the guy above, I just see a bunch of people being unreasonable."

"Regarding the modes, our team is currently in urgent development. 16 types are just our starting point; in the future, we will have at least 100+ scenes.

Transsion is not the kind of company that births a product and doesn't support it; please rest assured!"

A promise appeared on the big screen again: update the version at least every two months, adding 10 types of scenes...

At this moment, a horn sounded in the livestream, and all the fans began to cheer.

A round of loud applause also erupted at the venue!

But the new features were far from just these. After listening for a while, another new technology appeared on the big screen:

Transsion released the first generation of beauty features in Africa, leading the beauty trend, and today, the guangyun brings everyone brand-new AI beauty features.

"Everyone knows that we built our reputation in Africa on our beauty technology, but our technology has been continuously iterating, from the initial 1.0 to today's 5.0.

But our technology has not stagnated. Today, we are once again at the forefront of the industry, bringing you brand-new AI beauty technology."

The screen switched again, displaying Big Mouth Yu's catchphrase: Far ahead!

"Far ahead!"

In the livestream, aside from spamming these four words, no one dared to question Transsion's beauty technology.

After all, this is a unique technology; all manufacturers, including Apple, are imitating it, but their most advanced technology has only reached the level of Transsion 3.0.

"Borrowing a phrase from Old Yu.

'Far ahead' isn't something you can shout on just any occasion. Only when we have truly achieved the first tier in the industry and opened up a huge gap with other competitors can we shout it.

So today, we will introduce to everyone just how magical this AI beauty feature is."

A demo video appeared on the big screen again, showing a selfie of a middle-aged woman.

After the beauty enhancement, her skin was smoother, her eye bags were lighter, and her laugh lines were shallower, but she still looked like herself—just a younger version.

Many people in the livestream chat expressed "Wow".

"The guangyun's beauty feature isn't just simple skin smoothing, whitening, or slimming; it is true AI beauty..."

"Pfft, nowadays any technology can be linked to AI to make it seem high-end, when in reality, it's all trash!"

"To the guy above, are you talking about yourself?"