Real-Time AI Video Infrastructure Reaches Mainstream Adoption

🎥 Real-time AI video goes mainstream

By Livepeer
Feb 19, 2026, 2:21 PM
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The real-time AI video category has matured significantly over two years.​ Current applications include:

  • Avatar streaming
  • Live style transfer
  • Instant video analysis
  • Adaptive content generation

The technical challenge extends beyond model development.​ DaydreamLiveAI has addressed infrastructure requirements, achieving 20+ FPS with full creative control and no retraining needed.​

The trajectory suggests camera-enabled applications will soon integrate AI models operating below human perception thresholds for latency.​ This represents a shift from AI video as specialized technology to standard infrastructure across consumer applications.​

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The hard part of real-time AI video isn't the model. It's making the model work live without breaking. @DaydreamLiveAI solved that. 20+ FPS, full creative control, no retraining needed 🤍

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We adapted VACE for real-time autoregressive video generation. Depth, pose, inpainting, temporal extension, reference-to-video, all composable. 20+ FPS. No retraining needed.

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Two years ago, "real-time AI video" barely existed as a category. Today: Avatar streaming, live style transfer, instant video analysis, adaptive content generation. Tomorrow: Every app with a camera will run AI models that need to respond faster than humans can perceive lag.

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