Company Offers Creepily-Realistic Masks of Clients

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Company Offers Creepily-Realistic Masks of Clients

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 13, 2011 @04:07AM from the do-you-want-the-mustache-on-or-off? dept.

Zothecula writes "It appears that there's a number of customers willing to pay a lot to be in possession of a lifelike replica of their face or even their whole head ... or at least, REAL-f hopes so. The Japanese company offers extremely realistic 3D models of human faces and heads made using vinyl chloride resin, based on its own technique called 3DPFs (3 Dimension Photo Forms)."

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FTFY by TheSpoom · 2011-10-13 04:09 · Score: 1

It appears that there's a number of customers willing to pay a lot to be in possession of a lifelike replica of someone else's face or even their whole head...
FTFY

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1. Re:FTFY by hedwards · 2011-10-13 04:14 · Score: 1
  
  That was my first thought. This would be a godsend for anybody that's wanting to pretend to be somebody else. And what happens if it's stolen? I doubt very much that the police would accept that as an excuse if you've been arrested. It might add some doubt in court, but I wouldn't bet on it.
2. Re:FTFY by cornface · 2011-10-13 04:25 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  That is not what people would use them for. Let's be honest.
3. Re:FTFY by SleazyRidr · 2011-10-13 04:26 · Score: 1
  
  As the second commenter to TFA said "I can see several uses for this not all of them illegal."
  Of course, the illegal ones are the most fun ;)
  
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4. Re:FTFY by Nadaka · 2011-10-13 04:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Put your own face mask on your partner, takes narcissism to a whole new level.
5. Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 04:30 · Score: 1
  
  There's a way around this. Buy an extra copy. Have a trusted friend or family member hold on to it. Bring it in the courtroom. When the trial begins, don the mask and yell OBJECTION! at the first reasonable opportunity. Seeing the resemblance will disturb the jury, especially if the gender doesn't match.
6. Re:FTFY by timeOday · 2011-10-13 04:43 · Score: 1
  
  I would have modded you but +1: Insightful and -1: Sick cancelled each other out.
7. Re:FTFY by The+Archon+V2.0 · 2011-10-13 04:48 · Score: 1
  
  Put your own face mask on your partner, takes narcissism to a whole new level.
  Not that new. Liberace did that with plastic surgery YEARS ago.
8. Re:FTFY by dgatwood · 2011-10-13 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny
  I was totally wishing I had something like this last week when there were all those hundreds of reporters at Apple's campus.
  
  Don a black turtleneck and torn blue jeans.
  Walk over there into the crowd.
  Wait until a reporter starts doing a report.
  Put on a Steve Jobs mask.
  Stick your head up over the top of the crowd in front of the cameras.
  Duck back into the crowd.
  Take off the mask.
  Walk away quietly as if nothing had happened.
  Wait for the 10:00 news that night and the rumors that ensue.
  Maybe it's just me, but I think Steve sightings could become the new Elvis sightings.
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9. Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 05:24 · Score: 0
  
  If you are that sick, then f*ck you!
10. Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 05:35 · Score: 1
  
  If you are that sick, then f*ck you!
  Yes, that's the idea!
11. Re:FTFY by Kamiza+Ikioi · 2011-10-13 06:09 · Score: 1
  
  So you really can tell someone to go F' themself, brilliant!
  
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12. Re:FTFY by Lord+Balto · 2011-10-13 08:09 · Score: 1
  
  As the next young man jumps off the roof of one of Apple's factories in China.
13. Re:FTFY by mcmonkey · 2011-10-13 10:00 · Score: 1
  
  Because the different heights, body types, voices, bone structure, movements, and mannerisms won't make a difference as long as you have that other person's face.
  If you don't want to be recognized, just put on (or take off) a pair of glasses. Works for Clark Kent.
14. Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 10:57 · Score: 0
  
  Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me.
  I'd fuck me hard.
15. Re:FTFY by bill_mcgonigle · 2011-10-13 13:00 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe it's just me, but I think Steve sightings could become the new Elvis sightings.
  You have a sick, twisted mind. Please subscribe me to your newsletter.
  
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16. Re:FTFY by tehcyder · 2011-10-13 22:12 · Score: 1
  
  That is not what people would use them for. Let's be honest.
  But the problem is, how would you get access tof Natalie Portman's face/head to copy it? I foresee a whole new level of stalking going on.
  
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17. Re:FTFY by tehcyder · 2011-10-13 22:14 · Score: 1
  
  I'm Spartacus!
  No, I'm Spartacus! etc etc etc
  Don't forget the Romans just crucified the whole lot of them.
  
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18. Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-20 13:29 · Score: 0
  
  Don't need to do that Steve is alive, he has been sighted sipping beers in Malawi
I need them by Smallpond · 2011-10-13 04:12 · Score: 4, Funny

This is perfect to outfit my team of Ninja bodyguards. The assassins won't know who to attack.
1. Re:I need them by fragfoo · 2011-10-13 04:16 · Score: 1
  
  This is perfect to outfit my team of Ninja bodyguards. The assassins won't know who to attack.
  They will attack the one without a blank face expression.
  
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2. Re:I need them by Nadaka · 2011-10-13 04:28 · Score: 1
  
  They are from Japan, they are supposed to have blank facial expressions.
3. Re:I need them by The+Great+Pretender · 2011-10-13 04:56 · Score: 1
  
  Hell with Ninjas I need to get one of Kate Beckinsale for the wife...you think they do whole body models?
  
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4. Re:I need them by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 05:04 · Score: 0
  
  This is perfect to outfit my team of Ninja bodyguards. The assassins won't know who to attack.
  They will attack the one without a blank face expression.
  Just have everyone in the group (including the person being protected) wear a mask....
5. Re:I need them by nullchar · 2011-10-13 05:21 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, that's called the Real Doll [NSFW].
6. Re:I need them by Hillgiant · 2011-10-13 05:51 · Score: 1
  
  They will attache the one they can see.
  
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7. Re:I need them by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 06:43 · Score: 0
  
  I could have used that in college after a Saturday night at a club- Would have beaten the brown paper bag I sometimes needed.
8. Re:I need them by McPierce · 2011-10-13 09:08 · Score: 1
  
  This is perfect to outfit my team of Ninja bodyguards. The assassins won't know who to attack.
  Just don't hire those midget body guards you were eyeing before...
  
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9. Re:I need them by Darinbob · 2011-10-13 11:05 · Score: 1
  
  But they won't quite be the same as faceless minions then.
Elvis. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 04:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Guess there's gonna be a lot more Elvis sightings.
I have a feeling that by gurps_npc · 2011-10-13 04:17 · Score: 1

President Obama is going to show up at crime scenes a lot more often. Hm, I may need to get a "Sarah Palin" mask for when I speed through red lights.

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1. Re:I have a feeling that by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 04:26 · Score: 1
  
  Honey, we got a ticket in the mail for running a red light. Who is this woman driving your car?
2. Re:I have a feeling that by pixelpusher220 · 2011-10-13 04:33 · Score: 1
  
  Nevermind, but would you mind wearing this mask while we have sex?
  
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3. Re:I have a feeling that by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 04:39 · Score: 0
  
  Not a problem; can you wear a strap-on for enhancement?
4. Re:I have a feeling that by pixelpusher220 · 2011-10-13 04:52 · Score: 1
  
  She may claim I'm a 'small business', I prefer to think of myself as 'too big to fail'!
  
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5. Re:I have a feeling that by CreatureComfort · 2011-10-13 07:22 · Score: 1
  
  You want to have sex with Sarah Palin? That's sick.
  
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6. Re:I have a feeling that by KingMotley · 2011-10-13 07:31 · Score: 1
  
  Are you looking for a government bailout?
7. Re:I have a feeling that by pixelpusher220 · 2011-10-13 07:40 · Score: 1
  
  I'd prefer to 'make a deposit' ;-)
  
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8. Re:I have a feeling that by tehcyder · 2011-10-13 22:21 · Score: 1
  
  You want to have sex with Sarah Palin? That's sick.
  Not as sick as voting for her.
  
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hmm... by rish87 · 2011-10-13 04:22 · Score: 2

I need to make my girlfriend wear one of these made from my face. I'm VERY narcissistic .
1. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 04:28 · Score: 0
  
  haha, great joke. you don't have a girlfriend!
2. Re:hmm... by GodfatherofSoul · 2011-10-13 07:03 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, now when she tells you to "Go fsck yourself" you'll be more inclined to do so!
  
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Where Did I see this? by alexander_686 · 2011-10-13 04:28 · Score: 1

Now I was reading somewhere - can't rember - about a copanany unveiling a Personalized Anime Robot Girl? Maybe we can cross these technologies?
1. Re:Where Did I see this? by Captain+Spam · 2011-10-13 04:31 · Score: 1
  
  Now I was reading somewhere - can't rember - about a copanany unveiling a Personalized Anime Robot Girl? Maybe we can cross these technologies?
  Yeah! Then we'd finally see if the uncanny valley is additive or multiplicative!
  
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2. Re:Where Did I see this? by OzPeter · 2011-10-13 04:56 · Score: 1
  
  Now I was reading somewhere - can't rember - about a copanany unveiling a Personalized Anime Robot Girl? Maybe we can cross these technologies?
  Throw in a dose of Real Doll and it gets even more interesting.
  
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Darkman by WizzardX · 2011-10-13 04:41 · Score: 1

This reminds me of an an interesting 1990s superhero movie called Darkman. In that movie, a scientist is brutally attacked and disfigured by mobsters. Darkman uses his lab to make fake faces, which he then uses to go under cover and destroy the mobsters (framing them against each other, etc). He's also crazy and immune to pain :-)
I can tell who the target market is... by JohnnyBGod · 2011-10-13 04:42 · Score: 1

I can tell who the target market is... people who enjoyed M:I 2.
1. Re:I can tell who the target market is... by Capt.DrumkenBum · 2011-10-13 05:26 · Score: 1
  
  Who are these people? We need to get them professional help at once!
  
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Yawn. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 04:45 · Score: 1

Yawn, these guys will make an entire silicone head mask that can be taken on and off easily and moves with your face.
1. Re:Yawn. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 10:43 · Score: 0
  
  get the good ones... compositeeffects.com
2. Re:Yawn. by Big+Nemo+'60 · 2011-10-14 00:09 · Score: 1
  
  I was just thinking that the two companies should partner together, and offer totally customized masks made on request.
  What could possibly go wrong?
  BTW masks from SPFXmasks have already been used to perpetrate crimes:
  News - Bank Robbery Suspect Fools Cops with Realistic Mask - InsideEdition.com
  Face mask that's so good every crook wants one - Americas, World - The Independent
  Spfxmasks - Gizmodo stories - Gizmodo
  
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A Head for Crime by lorinc · 2011-10-13 04:45 · Score: 1

Reminds me of a comics by Franquin called "La mauvaise Tête" in french... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_mauvaise_t%C3%AAte

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Plan "a-head", save on surgery by wrencherd · 2011-10-13 04:46 · Score: 1

The price should scale down the older one gets.

If you get it down when you're 22 it's a lot more valuable (in terms of avoiding plastic surgery later on) than if you are "of a certain age".

Past 88 years, it ought to be free. (Unless youre with the IM team.)
cheaper than makeup by panikfan · 2011-10-13 04:47 · Score: 0

I know some chicks who could definitely use one of these.
been there done that by beschra · 2011-10-13 04:51 · Score: 1

Just ask Peter Graves and Tom Cruise. Well, I guess you can't ask Peter Graves anymore, but Tom Cruise is still available.

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Mission Impossible movie multiple faces by peter303 · 2011-10-13 05:06 · Score: 1

There was an early Mission Impossible movie where they pull off face mask after face mask. I wonder if they were real masks or special effects.
1. Re:Mission Impossible movie multiple faces by freeze128 · 2011-10-13 05:11 · Score: 1
  
  Before that mission impossible movie, there was a whole Mission Impossible TV series (Two, actually). Watch them. They are much better than the movies.
2. Re:Mission Impossible movie multiple faces by Lord+Balto · 2011-10-13 08:21 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, I used to watch those. The masks always seemed the most hokey part of the show. No mask is that realistic.
3. Re:Mission Impossible movie multiple faces by tehcyder · 2011-10-13 22:24 · Score: 1
  
  Before that mission impossible movie, there was a whole Mission Impossible TV series (Two, actually). Watch them. They are much better than the movies.
  
  That's not exactly setting the bar high.
  
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I'd like some of my younger self by peter303 · 2011-10-13 05:08 · Score: 1

Maybe people could make a ritual of this, getting their faces digitized every five years. Could be interesting for posterity.
I saw Chinese "mask-dancer" this year by peter303 · 2011-10-13 05:10 · Score: 1

I had seen them in movies, but thought they might have been special effects. But I saw one master perform live earlier this year. He was able to flicker through 30 some masks, changing them as fast as he could flash his hand. It looks like magic. The performers work this into some historical dance and song.
Not as creepy as silicon babies by LordKronos · 2011-10-13 05:11 · Score: 1

You think these are creepy? Have you ever seen silicone babies? Now THAT is creepy:
http://www.juliemolloydolls.com/silicone_babies
I've seen a number of people making these, and some are pretty poorly done...you can very easily tell it's fake. The ones in the link above a extremely realistic. They have all of the imperfections in the skin, like birthmarks, veins, blotches, etc. About the only part that isn't quite perfect is the eyeballs (sort of a glassy marble material). And the way they move is just odd. If you tip them to the side, they don't just flop over...they slowly lean that way, making it look like a real baby moving. To add to the creepiness, their mouth opens and they've got a tongue inside, and they've got fully formed genitals.
1. Re:Not as creepy as silicon babies by GodfatherofSoul · 2011-10-13 07:10 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe it's just me, but newborns look pretty gross.
  
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good for spying and to frame others by Joe_Dragon · 2011-10-13 05:12 · Score: 1

Now how long before the law shuts them down?
Creepy indeed... by timeaisis · 2011-10-13 06:03 · Score: 1

Uncanny Valley, anyone?
Going to be a big issue. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · 2011-10-13 06:15 · Score: 1

The security camera does not have high resolution. Criminals can make use of this and fake alibi and to throw suspicion on others. Already some high school kids photographed the license plate of the teachers they disliked, printed them at real size, stuck it on their own cars and went through camera-equipped red lights. The teachers are getting hundreds of dollars of fines and they have hard time fighting it. With this technology, crime fighting is going to get very very complicated.

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1. Re:Going to be a big issue. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 06:44 · Score: 0
  
  Not bright teachers or the people involved. License plates link back to a year, make and model of vehicle.
  If the vehicle with the offending "printed plate" doesn't match the teacher's vehicle (nor any vehicle they own).... It would logically stand that the plate was either stolen (and since this would not be the case since the teacher could prove he/she has it currently on their car) that shenanigans are up.
2. Re:Going to be a big issue. by hierophanta · 2011-10-13 07:05 · Score: 1
  
  security cameras have extremely high resolution. I dont know why you think the opposite. - i say this from experience and am too lazy get a link. but the ones we use can read the text 'bic' on the pen in your pocket from a good distance (30-45 feet)
3. Re:Going to be a big issue. by sconeu · 2011-10-13 07:52 · Score: 1
  
  After you use the "enhance" command 10 times, right?
  
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4. Re:Going to be a big issue. by Culture20 · 2011-10-13 08:52 · Score: 1
  
  Real-Time security cameras have high res. Cameras intended for recording are almost always low res (esp in high traffic areas) because otherwise the recordings would be huge.
Uses by Caerdwyn · 2011-10-13 06:32 · Score: 2
Hey, there are some good uses for this:
- Give to a friend to make sure you're seen somewhere else while I'm in ur kitchen takin ur cookies
  Put on a dummy to make sure you're seen somewhere else while I'm in ur kitchen takin ur cookies
  Hold your mask in front of a facial recognition camera so I can be takin ur cookies
  Back up my face before my horrible scarification ritual. Ur cookies aren't involved in this one.
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1. Re:Uses by owlstead · 2011-10-13 11:26 · Score: 1
  
  New feature request: automatically mod down (by personal preference) anything that uses YouTube language on Slashdot.
2. Re:Uses by tehcyder · 2011-10-13 22:30 · Score: 1
  
  Seconded.
  
  Also, whilw we're at it, any reply that begins "This."
  
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3. Re:Uses by SleazyRidr · 2011-10-14 07:44 · Score: 1
  
  This is a case where I agree with your first point, but disagree with your second.
  
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4. Re:Uses by gknoy · 2011-10-26 08:31 · Score: 1
  
  Fortunately, your "This" was followed by a space and not a period, so you're safe. :D
film-making applications of this technology?!? by chaosmind · 2011-10-13 09:09 · Score: 1

a bit prohibitively-expensive for the backyard amateur filmmaker, but I'd be curious to see what FX-guys like George Romero/Tom Savini/KNB group would do with this technology. i think old-school, in-camera analog effects are always more dramatic... how will the next Martin Scorcese or Sam Peckinpah make use of this?!?
I bet he wished he kept some of those... by Thud457 · 2011-10-13 09:56 · Score: 1

Have you seen Leonard Nimoy lately?
aw man, that was mean, now I'm going to Star Trek hell.

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American style by roman_mir · 2011-10-13 10:16 · Score: 1

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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finally! by Gravis+Zero · 2011-10-13 11:55 · Score: 1

a decent solution to a butter face.

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Being John Malkovich by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-13 12:36 · Score: 0

Malkovich,Malkovich, Malkovich!
Guy Fawkes! by EmagGeek · 2011-10-14 01:00 · Score: 1

I guess they can redo V for Vendetta now using a much more realistic mask...