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Electronic Art Changes to Suit Mood of Viewer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the anyone-see-anti-trust dept.

BFlatSeven writes "Reuters reports that 'British and American computer scientists have developed artwork that changes according to how the viewer feels. Special software picks up facial cues and adapts the color and brush strokes of the digital image.' The University of Bath has some pictures of the painting in action as well as a video and an abstract written by the creators."

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  1. Holy Shit by incest · · Score: 3, Funny

    How are they going to know I want to see hardcore erotica featuring members of all four Star Trek shows in zero-G sex? If they can make this work, I'll order a dozen!

    1. Re:Holy Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Then again, a proper image analyzer could interpret hair, hygiene, degree of obesity and presence vs. lack of an "alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die" shirt, and draw the appropriate conclusions.

    2. Re:Holy Shit by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

      What an increadibly early twenty first century point of view.

      This is two thousand and six, man. Get with the times.

      KFG

  2. Well? by curebox · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA:

    "It does all of this in real time, meaning that as the viewer's emotions change the artwork responds accordingly," he added in a statement.

    In related news, Hentai stocks rose sharply.

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  3. my first thought: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    wtf is EA going to do?

    1. Re:my first thought: by BoberFett · · Score: 2, Funny

      At first glance, I thought maybe they'd make games that don't suck.

    2. Re:my first thought: by stunt_penguin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Release a sequel with better graphics but shitty gameplay and an incoherent plot.

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  4. When a retro-sucks gamer looks at it by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    When this next-gen gamer looks at it, it immediately changes to a 3D-rendered image with all the latest effects.

  5. Goth Art? by DSW-128 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until some goth walks up to it, and it just goes completely blank. (or explodes)

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