Check out this video promoting 3D facial animation company Image Metrics. Using video of real actors and actresses this company is developing more and more advanced human facial portrayal, and it turns out that "Emily" in the video is actually an example herself of the work they do. Very cool and very weird, and makes me want to learn more about the "Uncanny Valley" theory, which states that animated human faces or robotic facsimiles look less and less real the more and more "realistic" they get.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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i loved this, too. so creepy. reminds me of that 30 rock about the porn video game and how if you make the animated characters too realistic you end up creating something monstrous. chac mool too! almost-but-not-quite-human is a terrifying way to be.
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