MIPT: Anix Neural Network for Animation

2025: Anix Neural Network Presentation

MIPT graduates have proposed a digital solution that will significantly reduce the time for creating animation and improve its quality. The functionality of the neural network is adapted to the tasks of both professional studios and individual independent freelance authors. The development was called Anix. The university announced this on March 6, 2025.

The digital tool applies technologies to interpolate personnel: the system automatically creates intermediate images between key personnel, analyzing the start and end personnel, preserving the original artistic style. At the same time, the program allows you to increase the FPS of 2D animations from 1-4 FPS to 60 in less than 15 seconds, and existing analogues do not work with the 2D animation segment. 

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According to the project manager, MIPT graduate Andrei Tsarev, increasing the FPS of 2D animation to 60 frames per second makes animation smoother and more natural, improving the overall perception of visual content. This is especially important in the gaming industry, where high visuals contribute to responsive gameplay, as well as in training and presentations, making information more accessible and expressive.      

Our team creates explanatory, advertising, educational videos with the help of a neural network. One of the areas of development of the project is the generation of videos for biopharmaceutical companies - they have a request for videos that explained complex biochemical processes using visual animation. The use of digital tools helps to simplify and speed up the process of creating animations at all stages of the project: from a draft script and a visual novel to a finished movie. Our own neural network allows us to cope with such tasks in a matter of days, which is abnormal for the animation industry - such work takes weeks and months, "continued Andrei Tsarev.

The economic effect of using Anix as the main tool for creating animation is significant: the cost of an animation minute will be 300 thousand rubles, which is significantly lower than the market price of 600 thousand rubles. 

The project team's immediate plans  are to create additional digital tools for animators based on the Anix neural network.