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Digital Mouths, Synthetic Faces at MIT and Lucasfilm

Posted by chrisd on from the as-if-memory-wasn't-flawed-enough dept.

jfengel writes "Two separate articles about generating faces automatically. From the Boston Globe, there is a story about MIT scientists putting words into somebody's mouth by splicing together footage. In the samples, I couldn't tell the difference between the synthetic footage and the same person really saying the same thing. (Though it's a little hard to tell at only 81kbps video). And Wired as a lengthy article about generating purely synthetic faces at Lucasfilm. It discusses some of the difficulties in getting it right."

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  1. In related news... by Fat+Casper · · Score: 3, Funny
    Forrest Gump and Max Headroom will be hosting a morning show starting next month.

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    1. Re:In related news... by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Forrest Gump and Max Headroom will be hosting a morning show starting next month.

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    First client... SNL

  3. great news! by larry+bagina · · Score: 3, Funny

    this is great. Maybe the lip-syncing in Britney Spears' videos won't be so obvious.

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    1. Re:great news! by jjjack · · Score: 1, Funny

      Here's some news, everyone lip-syncs in music videos, jerkoff, that's just the way it works.

    2. Re:great news! by cymraeg · · Score: 3, Funny

      I don't know about you, but I'm not looking at her mouth...

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    Read my lips: Strategerie means no new taxes. P-o-t-a-t-o-e.

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  5. this has been around for a long time by Profe55or+Booty · · Score: 2, Funny

    haven't you all seen the maulibu stacy simpsons episode?...

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  6. Re:Damn the ethics- full speed ahead! by DrSkwid · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's easy to spot when a politician is lying - his lips are moving. boom boom!

    they may as well be spared having to turn up in person to read today's lies out.

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    Fair to partly stupid, calling for lightly petrified grits and westerly penis bird migrations after 12:01 am on the 16th.

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  8. I can see it now ... by emkman · · Score: 2, Funny

    A new wave of those Elian Gonzalez doing WASSSSUPPPP videos, oh joy!
    Remember this?

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