Chronus Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle4557935.ece This really is very good.... perhaps in time we won't need primadonna actors and actresses? Friends would still be running? Or more realism in computer games, though the media will kick up a fuss with first person shooters being too realistic...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 OMG... That was so unreal... I mean, real... Erm... oh forget it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Vanguard Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 It probably would be cheaper to use those in movies than hiring rediculously overpriced actors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 It's cool but it is not "wholly" computer generated like it says on the video. They filmed a person's answers and facial expressions, made a very complex model of the movements, and then recreated them on a computer generated face. What they DIDN'T do, is have her (the computer model) answer a new set of questions and generate completely original context-appropriate facial expressions and gestures. THAT would be impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 What they DIDN'T do, is have her (the computer model) answer a new set of questions and generate completely original context-appropriate facial expressions and gestures. THAT would be impressive. Yes THAT would be impressive. Imagine the applications, mainly the porn. Imagine the poor computer geeks that would have their hearts ripped out by computer generated online dates................... I'm still waiting for the robotic woman. Once you can program what you want your wife to do and say, we will have a perfect world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jot9011 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Does that mean we will be seeing new episodes of All in the Family and Gilligan's Island? Can't wait for the new James Dean movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jot9011 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Yes THAT would be impressive. Imagine the applications, mainly the porn. Imagine the poor computer geeks that would have their hearts ripped out by computer generated online dates................... I'm still waiting for the robotic woman. Once you can program what you want your wife to do and say, we will have a perfect world. Hmm... good plot for a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Yes THAT would be impressive. Imagine the applications, mainly the porn. Imagine the poor computer geeks that would have their hearts ripped out by computer generated online dates................... I'm still waiting for the robotic woman. Once you can program what you want your wife to do and say, we will have a perfect world. AMEN to that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4GTR Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Yes THAT would be impressive. Imagine the applications, mainly the porn. Imagine the poor computer geeks that would have their hearts ripped out by computer generated online dates................... I'm still waiting for the robotic woman. Once you can program what you want your wife to do and say, we will have a perfect world. Imagine the divorce rate if that did come along? seriously, thats amazing though. Mapping has come a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Give it a few more years for them to perfect it and we'll see how good it can be. A friend of mine is a computer games programmer and says the animators there aren't doing anything like this for many of the reasons stated above. They are doing things where they can take one face and produce many variations to create new character models. This helps with costs and lip-synching but not as good as the one in the link above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Hmm... good plot for a movie. Uh oh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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