Digital Replicas May Change Games and Film

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Steve Perlman is touting technology that he says can create animated digital reproductions of the human body that are as accurate as photographs, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Game makers could use the system, called Contour, to create very realistic animated characters in videogames with fully controllable movements and facial expressions. Film makers could use the technology as a kind of digital makeup, changing an actor's looks or words or switch camera angles without costly retakes. The technology can even substitute one actor's face for another's and create exact replicas of long-dead historical figures.'"

Comments

Would virtual Mel Gibson be an anti-semitic nut?

[beoswulf]

William Gibson's "Idoru" had me expecting virtual celebrities to come out of Japan first. On the other hand nobody more than Mel Gibson could probably use a virtual Mel Gibson right now. A virtual Mel that can only drink whatever comes out of the Internet tubes and not his pub's taps.

America is ready for this

[enrevanche]

This will make hollywood movies even more idiotic but I'm sure box office sales will increase. The craft of acting (in hollywood) is at an all time low, but the audience doesn't seem to care.