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.'"

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Create replicas of long-dead historical figures?

[Anonymous Coward]

create exact replicas of long-dead historical figures

I don't think you want to witness this, judging by how the process is described in TFA:

First, an actor's face is coated in ordinary phosphorescent makeup like that worn by children at Halloween. The actors then conduct their performance in a studio surrounded by fluorescent lights and digital cameras.

Dig 'em up, cover 'em in phosphorescent makeup and dangle 'em in front of the camera?

I can see a lot of practical uses

[ben there...]

Here's just a few ideas:

• Jessica Alba steals cars and punches hookers
• Jessica Alba bunny hops and spawn camps
• Jessica Alba breaks bricks with her head and goombas turtles
• Jessica Alba does the perfect varial flip kick grind
• Jessica Alba joins a guild and raids gold farmers

This can be used for evil/

[hrrY]

Does the film, "The Running Man" ring a bell? And if so, do you remember how technology that was exactly like this, was used? Scary to say in the least...but I am cynic by nature so...