MiniMax announced the upcoming release of the latest version of its flagship video generation model — Hailuo2.3. This new generation model has made significant breakthroughs in realism, accuracy, and style diversity, and is seen as a major leap forward in the AI video generation field.

Performance Reaches New Heights: A Strong Challenger Following Veo3

Since Hailuo02 was launched at the beginning of this year, the model quickly climbed to the second position on the global video generation benchmark test rankings, surpassing Google's Veo3. The 2.3 version further improves upon this, showing higher fidelity in motion capture, facial expressions, and art style control.

Early users said that Hailuo2.3 shows revolutionary potential in "text-to-video" and "image-to-video" tasks, bringing a new creative experience for filmmakers, marketing teams, and digital artists.

Core Technology Breakthroughs: From NCR Architecture to Micro-Expression Animation

Hailuo2.3 continues to use MiniMax's exclusive Noise-Aware Computation Redistribution (NCR) architecture, which has 2.5 times the efficiency of the previous generation, and supports up to 10 seconds of native 1080p video output.

The new version focuses on enhancing three areas:

  • Ultra-realistic character animation and micro-expression capture

  • High-precision physics and reflection simulation

  • Style adaptation across various genres, from photo-realism to anime styles

In the demonstration, a dynamic corridor scene sparked discussion: a fashionable woman walks toward a mirror, her reflection and the environmental light and mirror reflection are perfectly synchronized, presented in cinematic-grade 8K quality. Another test showed smooth camera movements and emotional storytelling, approaching the visual depth of traditional film production.

Stability and Control: Solving the "Pain Points" of Video Generation

A major highlight of Hailuo2.3 is a significant improvement in motion stability and physical consistency. Early testers said it performs naturally in reflections, changes in lighting, and object motion, almost eliminating flickering and inconsistent actions seen in the previous version.

A creator commented: "This upgrade has achieved a qualitative leap in subtle facial expressions and animation continuity — the presentation power for e-commerce demonstrations and short film narratives has taken a big step forward."

It is expected that Hailuo2.3 will be fully released in the coming days and will offer free trial through partner platforms.

As competition with top models like Kling2.5Turbo and Luma Ray3 intensifies, MiniMax's new version not only represents technological breakthroughs but also symbolizes the democratization of AI video creation.