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CG Idols - Human Not Required

Posted by michael on from the worshipping-rendered-images dept.

greymond sent in a blurb about computer-generated celebrities in Japan. I'm sure a fair number of you have read Idoru... The Final Fantasy movie didn't do well, but I think it's safe to predict that eventually, computer-generated celebrities will be as numerous as live ones. There are so many advantages for the purveyors of pop culture, ranging from "never gets arrested for drunk driving" to "never demands salary increases", that I think it's inevitable.

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  1. Animated celebs... by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not a troll but a real question... Does the porn industry already have established digital characters like this? They always seem to lead the way in these areas... no CG person would balk at anything asked of them.

    And if they do make real digital celebrities, how long until grey/black market pornographic representations get loose?

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  2. CG characters really that different? by SirSlud · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When you look at how disconnected celebrities are from the reality that their fans' live ... CG characters may be the ultimate in understanding. It's quite possible that CG characters may more down to earth than their hollywood counterparts, as the people creating them and animating them will live lives substantially closer to our own than Julia Roberts ever has.

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  3. No salary increases? by BillyGoatThree · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are you kidding? You think the artists, let alone the software and hardware manufacturers are going to just stand aside when it starts raining money?

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