{"slug": "chen-ping-yu-launches-atmee-v2-a-real-time-avatar-model-from-one-image", "title": "Chen-Ping Yu launches Atmee v2, a real-time avatar model from one image", "summary": "Chen-Ping Yu, whose augmented-reality navigation startup Phiar was acquired by Google in 2022, launched Atmee v2 in early access on November 4th, a real-time avatar model for live video agents that Yu claims renders character video 50x faster from a single image on a single GPU. Yu announced the release in a thread on X, framing text and voice as workable but incomplete interfaces and face-to-face conversation as the next step. If Atmanity's single-GPU rendering holds up, it could lower the per-minute cost of face-to-face AI agents for support, tutoring and coaching products.", "body_md": "# Chen-Ping Yu launches Atmee v2, a real-time avatar model from one image\n\n**Yu, whose AR startup Phiar was acquired by Google in 2022, is launching Atmee v2 in early access with a claim of 50x faster character video.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n        · Updated \n\nPrimary source: [x.com](https://x.com/yuchenping/status/2118017931519078609)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nLive video agents have been stuck between expensive general video models and stiff avatar tools. If Atmanity's single-GPU rendering holds up, it could lower the per-minute cost of face-to-face AI agents for support, tutoring and coaching products.\n\n[Chen-Ping Yu (@yuchenping)](https://x.com/yuchenping), the founder whose augmented-reality navigation startup Phiar was acquired by Google in 2022, launched Atmee v2, a real-time avatar model for live video agents, on November 4th. Yu announced the release [in a thread on X](https://x.com/yuchenping/status/2118017931519078609), framing text and voice as workable but incomplete interfaces and face-to-face conversation as the next step.\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chen-ping-yu-launches-atmee-v2-a-real-time-avatar-model-from-one-image", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/chen-ping-yu-atmee-v2-real-time-avatar-model", "published_at": "2026-11-04 18:49:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-04 22:19:28.468840+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-agents", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Chen-Ping Yu", "Atmee v2", "Atmanity", "Phiar", "Google", "X"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chen-ping-yu-launches-atmee-v2-a-real-time-avatar-model-from-one-image", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chen-ping-yu-launches-atmee-v2-a-real-time-avatar-model-from-one-image.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chen-ping-yu-launches-atmee-v2-a-real-time-avatar-model-from-one-image.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chen-ping-yu-launches-atmee-v2-a-real-time-avatar-model-from-one-image.jsonld"}}