Three generations of Wu Kong perform together, Deadpool takes the 'Driving Test', the new viral AI video is a meme-making machine (Viggle AI)
Three 'Wu Kongs' Share the Stage, Competing in a Dance-Off—Powered by Viggle AI.
The Joker and Gojo Satoru Team Up Across Dimensions to Recreate Apple's Exec Parkour Scene—Brought to Life by Viggle AI.
At first glance, it seems crude; upon a second look, it's abstract. You might be left scratching your head, questioning its meaning, or even doubting the creator’s sanity. But you can also choose to join in the fun and prove you can go even more wild.
Both of these videos were created using a single AI tool: Viggle AI. With just a photo of a person and a movement video, Viggle AI can generate all kinds of humorous and creative content.
Recently, Viggle AI made it onto the prestigious global AI product Top 100 list by Silicon Valley’s renowned investment firm a16z, ranking at number 21.
How did a quirky and seemingly rough-around-the-edges AI tool like Viggle AI manage to stand out among a sea of products?
With just one video and one image, Viggle AI can transform the 'Driving Test' dance into a meme-worthy masterpiece in seconds.
Viggle AI is easy to use. New users can start by trying out the Mix feature, which only requires entering two 'prompts'—a video to provide the motion and an image to provide the character.
For the best results, the image should be a full-body shot with a clean background. The video can either be uploaded by you or chosen from Viggle AI's templates.
I chose the video template from The Truman Show using Viggle AI and uploaded a confident photo of Jensen Huang from TIME magazine.
Viggle AI completed the transformation in just a few seconds, but the result was a bit quirky. The portrait looked distorted, with the head barely recognizable and the edges around the body showing a noticeable cutout effect. Jim Carrey's iconic expressions weren't fully captured, although Viggle AI did manage to mimic the movements. You'd have to decide if that part met your expectations.
If you're using Viggle AI to upload your own video, keep in mind that it should be no longer than 30 seconds. The character's movements should be clear and unobstructed, with good lighting—no dark or dimly lit scenes.
I used Viggle AI to select the viral TikTok dance "Driving Test" from Haidilao and had Deadpool perform it. Viggle AI delivered the result in 30 seconds.
Viggle AI also allows you to choose whether to keep the original background or switch it to a green or white background for easier post-production. I opted for a white background using Viggle AI to avoid the jarring red-and-green contrast.
With Viggle AI, Deadpool’s hip swings and hand waves fit perfectly with his character. The “Driving Test” dance is already quirky, and Viggle AI's plasticky look made the moves even more amusing.
But just using Viggle AI to swap out one character isn't enough to satisfy the internet's appetite for chaos. In August, Viggle AI introduced the Multi feature, which, as the name suggests, allows you to replace multiple characters at once.
This Multi feature from Viggle AI currently doesn’t support uploading your own videos and is limited to templates. However, Viggle AI’s guidance is excellent, clearly indicating which action corresponds to which character.
Elon Musk himself shared an AI dance video featuring himself and Trump, and we can use Viggle AI to make Naruto and Sasuke from 'Naruto', with their tumultuous relationship, perform the same dance moves.
The results generated, however, are somewhat baffling - the characters not only have an inexplicable jelly-like texture, but they're also on a different layer from the background.
While the Mix and Multi features on Viggle AI are great for creating bizarre short videos, the Move feature is better suited for editing meme templates, where you can upload half-body photos and focus the edits on the face.
I uploaded the 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme template, then a clip from 'American Psycho', to see if Viggle AI could capture Christian Bale's iconic mannerisms.
The Move tool in Viggle AI allows you to select specific body parts like the face, arms or legs from your uploaded photo, and map them to the corresponding areas in the video. This way, you can make the meme character mimic the video's facial expressions and movements with precision.
After mapping the key points, Viggle AI rendered the final edited video in around 30 seconds. The result was quite impressive - the boyfriend meme character perfectly emulated Christian Bale's unsettling gaze and subtle head tilts from the film scene.
While not 100% realistic, Viggle AI's Move feature produces meme videos that are entertaining and meme-worthy in their own quirky way. The ability to make viral meme templates perform custom actions opens up endless possibilities for creative expression and parody.
Whether you want to put a hilarious spin on popular memes or bring beloved characters into unexpected scenarios, Viggle AI's versatile tools provide an all-in-one meme-making powerhouse. Get ready to go viral with your own unique Viggle AI creations!
The 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme character replicated the actor's expressions, displaying an awkward yet polite smile. While mimicking the mannerisms of the suave Wall Street guy, there was an added touch of ridiculousness brought by Viggle AI.
In short, Viggle AI is fun and simple to use, but the results could be better. While it can mimic actions and replicate expressions, the characters and backgrounds often feel disconnected and out of place with each other on Viggle AI.
Additionally, finding suitable full-body photos to use as the character input can be quite challenging. If you have to resort to using a half-body photo instead, Viggle AI will generate the lower half of the body through AI, which can sometimes look awkwardly disproportionate - trust me, I know from experience.
Despite these flaws, the quirky and meme-worthy videos produced by Viggle AI's motion transfer technology are undeniably entertaining. There's a certain charm to the slightly unpolished, almost intentionally bizarre results that Viggle AI churns out.
Whether you're making iconic characters dance oddly, swapping faces on popular meme templates, or combining elements that should never go together, Viggle AI opens up a whimsical world of creative possibilities. And who knows, your weird Viggle AI creation could just be the next viral sensation!
So embrace the glitchy imperfections, let your imagination run wild, and hop on the Viggle AI meme-making train. After all, a little nonsensical humor never hurt anybody...except maybe your sides from laughing too hard.
But Viggle AI has iOS and Android apps, a web version (https://viggle.ai/create), and can even be used on Discord. While it allows only a few free video generations per day, a little patience can go a long way.
Viggle AI's founders, including Hang Chu, are well aware of the product's rough edges. They view the current Viggle AI as a "prototype," letting people use it first, ensuring it's functional and useful, and iterating based on user feedback—not a bad approach.
Even if the videos have a low-budget, crudely made vibe, that unpolished style has its own quirky charm in the short video realm, reminiscent of the once popular "I Learned Animation in 3 Years" series on Bilibili.
The official Viggle AI accounts lead by example with zany creations, like having the Saw characters Jigsaw, Amanda, and Hoffman dance to the catchy "Happy Working for You" tune—complete with visible green-screen edges, but utterly mesmerizing after a few views.
Bringing meme characters to life opens up immense creative possibilities, but there's room to critique the rather rudimentary use of memes in Western internet culture.
While Viggle AI's motion transfer may not be flawless yet, its ability to breathe unexpected life into static images is delightfully novel and meme-worthy. Who knows what viral gems await as more creators unleash their creativity using Viggle AI's tools?
A Simple Tool, Taken Seriously
Viggle AI's rise to popularity is fueled by the power of organic user creations.
In April of this year, one of Viggle AI's videos unexpectedly went viral—featuring rapper Lil Yachty seamlessly transformed into the Joker. Without a hint of dissonance, the mannerisms, kicks, and spins perfectly mimicked what one would expect from the Clown Prince of Crime himself.
While even Viggle AI didn't anticipate such success, it proved that zany, humorous content thrives on short video platforms like TikTok.
Viggle AI found its niche on TikTok, with #viggleai amassing 35,000 videos and #viggle garnering 46,000 videos to date.
A video of a dancing cat alone racked up 1.2 million likes on Viggle AI, despite teetering on the edge of the "uncanny valley." Yet many viewers couldn't look away, admitting to watching it on repeat.
Viggle AI's unexpected virality demonstrates the immense potential for AI-powered video editing and content creation tools, even with their current limitations. As more creators explore Viggle AI's capabilities, who knows what ingenious or delightfully bizarre videos will capture the internet's attention next?
While Viggle AI may have started as a simple, even crude tool, its dedicated community treats it with the utmost seriousness—not just for casual amusement, but as a frontier for innovative digital artistry and meme culture.
From swapping iconic characters into unlikely scenarios to bringing static images to life, Viggle AI empowers users to push creative boundaries. The possibilities are limitless when tools like Viggle AI are embraced wholeheartedly, flaws and all.
So keep an eye out for the next big Viggle AI meme sensation. It may just redefine what a "simple tool" can achieve in the hands of passionate creators.
On the social platform Discord alone, Viggle AI has already amassed over 4.3 million users.
Many successful AI products have started their journey on Discord, using it to build a community, test features, and accumulate users before launching their own independent websites, such as Suno and Midjourney.
There are two main reasons behind Viggle AI's viral success: its simplicity and entertainment value. Hang Chu, co-founder of Viggle AI, emphasized the former in an interview with a16z.
Viggle AI's user-friendly interface and low barrier to entry have been crucial in attracting a wide audience. With just a few clicks, anyone can create hilarious videos by combining photos and video clips using Viggle AI's motion transfer technology.
But what truly sets Viggle AI apart is its ability to produce endlessly amusing and meme-worthy content. The inherent humor in seeing beloved characters or everyday objects brought to life in unexpected ways has captured the internet's imagination.
From having Deadpool perform viral dances to making iconic movie scenes even more memorable with creative character swaps, Viggle AI's output is a bottomless well of creative possibilities and comedic gold.
As more users discover and experiment with Viggle AI's tools, the platform's community continues to grow exponentially, fueling a constant stream of fresh, shareable content that keeps people engaged and eager for more.
While Viggle AI may have started as a simple novelty, it has evolved into a powerful meme-making machine, democratizing video editing and enabling a new era of user-generated, AI-powered entertainment.
While Viggle AI allows users to easily create fun and entertaining content, the app is underpinned by serious technology. As Hang Chu, co-founder of Viggle AI, told a16z:
"We are pretty serious about being silly."
Viggle AI's technical approach differs from other video generation AI tools – it is a "controllable video generation" tool.
Controllability has been a major challenge for many AI generation tools. Viggle AI has trained a 3D video foundation model called "JST-1" that understands physics, enabling it to create more realistic character actions and expressions by allowing users to specify what actions a character should perform.
Although Viggle AI's characters may sometimes exhibit bugs, one of its strengths is that even if users only upload a front-facing photo, the model will do its best to generate a complete 360-degree view of the body.
Through Viggle AI's powerful controllable video generation capabilities, users can not only make characters perform specific actions but also precisely control facial expressions, body movements, and other details, providing unlimited possibilities for video creation.
Leveraging innovative AI technology, Viggle AI has successfully built an unprecedented video creation platform that allows users to unleash their imagination and produce captivating, humorous video content primed for virality on social media.
Viggle AI's serious approach to silliness, combined with its advanced controllable video generation model, empowers a new era of user-generated, AI-powered entertainment that pushes the boundaries of creativity and shareability.
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In contrast, many text-to-video AI tools are pixel-based, lacking controllability and often generating character actions that defy physics and realism.
However, both approaches have their strengths. Pixel-based diffusion models have the advantage of being able to train on and generate any type of video content. If the training scale reaches a certain level, controllability may gradually emerge. Viggle AI, on the other hand, has taken the approach of first attempting to solve controllability, making the tool as precise and controllable as a graphics engine, with plans to expand from there.
Currently, Viggle AI can only create characters, but in the future, it plans to introduce more features, including generating objects, interactions between characters and objects, and even entire scenes.
Viggle AI's foundation is its 3D video model "JST-1," which understands physics and enables users to specify character actions with granular control. This level of controllability sets Viggle AI apart from many other video generation AI tools that struggle with realistic character movements.
While pixel-based approaches may eventually achieve controllability through massive training datasets, Viggle AI has taken a more direct route by prioritizing controllability from the outset. This strategic decision has allowed Viggle AI to create a user-friendly tool that empowers creators to bring their visions to life with precise character actions and expressions.
As Viggle AI continues to enhance its capabilities, expanding into object generation, character-object interactions, and full scene creation, its commitment to controllable video generation will likely cement its position as a leading platform for innovative, user-driven AI video content creation.
AI Ushers in New Content Consumption - Everyone Can Create "Parallel Universes"
AI image generation tools once reigned supreme, but over the past year, the forms of AI-powered creativity have diversified tremendously. AI can now generate images, music, and videos for endless creative possibilities.
Similar to Viggle AI, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen app features an "Everyone's Dancing King" mode. It gained popularity earlier this year with the viral "Driving Test" dance craze, though its freedom is somewhat more limited than Viggle AI, primarily relying on templates. Conversely, this template-based approach lowers the barrier to entry.
Tongyi Qianwen now also offers "Everyone's Singing and Acting," allowing users to swap faces on meme templates, lip-sync to popular songs, and more.
From Viggle AI to Tongyi Qianwen, AI has introduced an entirely new form of content consumption—enabling ordinary users to participate in the creative process by unleashing their imagination based on their favorite characters and videos.
Moreover, users need not build upon existing works; they can freely upload their own videos and images to Viggle AI for unique creations.
While Viggle AI's mainstream creations often involve derivative works based on established content, users can also explore boundless originality. Currently, Viggle AI offers several creative modes:
- Mix: Character photo + action video
- Animate: Character photo + text action prompt
- Ideate: Character text prompt + action text prompt
- Stylize: Character photo + character style text prompt + action text prompt
The simplest and most commonly used mode is Mix, but on Discord, users can access the Animate feature, uploading character photos and specifying actions solely through text prompts without needing a video.
Viggle AI has democratized video creation, empowering users to conjure "parallel universes" where beloved characters come alive in unprecedented scenarios. This AI-powered creative revolution has redefined content consumption, transforming passive viewers into active participants shaping the next viral phenomenon.
I uploaded a photo of Sephiroth from 'Final Fantasy' and entered the text prompt: 'ballet, leap into the air and twirl', selecting a green screen background in Viggle AI.
As you can see, this Animate feature on Viggle AI provides ample room for imagination, freeing you from the constraints of video materials.
Unfortunately, the equally free-form Ideate and Stylize features, which would allow even more creative freedom, have yet to be launched on Viggle AI's website and Discord versions, remaining in a 'coming soon' state.
Content creators and regular users alike can use Viggle AI for exciting and creative projects, while professional animation engineers and game designers can leverage it during the conceptualization and pre-production stages.
Viggle AI represents a new category of AI creative tools—when AI becomes more controllable, more enjoyable, and more personalized, we can immerse ourselves and our favorite characters into various scenes, exploring numerous possibilities and interpretations.
We can take a scene or a moment we love and place ourselves within it, recreating and reimagining it.
When a moment becomes more personal to us, it becomes our own "Universe in a Moment.