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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 marcello_dl · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The other problem is that I and possibly other people prefer hard-wired art, you know, the good ol' idea of art provoking emotions, not responding to them.

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    3. 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. How about the other way around by houghi · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Art that changes the mood of the viewer. Now it will likely only enforce the mood of the viewer. e.g. if depressed, you get more depressed.

    Hollywood knows since a long time that music can change our mood. I also did the test myself. When driving with 'calm' music, my driving style is easygoing. When I listen to more agressive music, I drive also more agressive and faster.

    Also it is known that certain colours can change your mood. So it should not be that hard to make mood-altering art and if possible in a positive way, not like fox-news does it and brings you in a state of fear.

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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 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.