Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games [Meet Emily, from Image Metrics]

The Daily Telegraph (London/UK) ^ | August 18, 2008 | Jonathan Richards

[GraniteStateConservative]

Our Brave New World.

[Tainan]

...porn 3.0

[Signalman]

It won’t be long before human actors become obsolete.

[G Larry]

Didn’t fool me for a minute......I’ve dated her......

[Army Air Corps]

I thought that Keeanu reeves was the first simulated human actor.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Oh, sure. That’s what drives technology always. But, imagine the fun a political campaign can have with this technology. We ultimately in the future won’t be able to rely on our senses for any input. We’ll only be able to trust someone and have them tell us what is true and real.

[Army Air Corps]

Reminds me of this little ditty.

[Enosh]

Great, then we can have cartoons trying to tell us how to vote.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"We’ll only be able to trust someone and have them tell us what is true and real."

Whew! This is all just getting a little too threatening!

I can't wait for my vacation to Mars next month!

[Smokin' Joe]

Yep. Now anyone can be seen on video, anywhere, any time, doing/saying anything, and they need not have been anywhere near to the place, doing what was being done, or saying what was said on the video.

The perfect tool for the totalitarian state to abuse.

[Smokin' Joe]

Yep. Now anyone can be seen on video, anywhere, any time, doing/saying anything, and they need not have been anywhere near to the place, doing what was being done, or saying what was said on the video.

The perfect tool for the totalitarian state to abuse.

[Chode]

Looker...

[free_life]

hmmmmmm ....so one day soon a bunch of guys in pajamas sitting in front of their computers down in the basement will replace Hollywood by creating the next batch of blockbuster movies.

Leftoids look out I have some script ideas already.

[rbg81]

Sounds great. When will one of the “uncanny” animations run for President? Or maybe.....it already is!

[PetroniusMaximus]

Only the face is animated. It’s motion tracked to a real actress’s body.

[the invisib1e hand]

fantasy-reality-line-blurring alert.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Charlie Sheen was one of the early failures.

[Question_Assumptions]

Yes, we’re getting close to the movie “Looker”.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Yeah, I know. It's the part that gets changed later in the vid.

This is just gen 1 of this technology. It's impressive, though.

Their site: http://www.image-metrics.com/ has another cool vid.

[Question_Assumptions]

I’ll be more impressed when they can do it without motion capture from a living actor.