Yes you read correctly, TECH demo. She's fake. She IS the demo.
Until the 1:30 mark when they revert back to the source (the real actress), her entire face is being simulated by the technology.
Peace out uncanny valley!
ps. Thanks to perrygood&true for the HD source material for this upload.
ps2. Fyi, Times Online broke the coverage on this particular before any other site. Give them some clicks.
The Times Online article
http://tinyurl.com/6745dj
Image Metrics Official Website
http://www.image-metrics.com
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Channel: Science & Technology Uploaded: August 18, 2008 at 11:46 pm Author:Pikey1969
kraftboy(Wednesday 19th of November 2008 09:39:53 PM)
I just have to say, nice job at MIGS .. if you wanna sell to the games industry guys, focus on the normal map animations and blendings as it pertains to optimization. Still, I really enjoyed the talk.
TheTexanAtheist(Wednesday 19th of November 2008 09:16:18 PM)
looks good but still not quite right... the face looks way too floaty =D
Rawk4Life(Wednesday 19th of November 2008 05:39:55 PM)
This image looks so much like Keira Knightley that movie directors could digitally use it instead of a stunt double for the next set of movies she appears in.
swofzie123(Wednesday 19th of November 2008 04:20:16 AM)
ummmmm cool
alexcandy1411(Tuesday 18th of November 2008 06:25:46 PM)
So this is less time consuming, and perhaps the way to much more realism?
abigguitar(Tuesday 18th of November 2008 01:21:47 AM)
The giveaway in this video is the mouth and teeth. These just aren't convincing. There's just something about the way the mouth covers the teeth, the lack of proper shadows/shading/color and lack of moistness that gives it away. It's somewhat in the eyes as well. The thing that sells this the most is the lifelike live action capture and the soundtrack. Without such a realistic capture of the performance, this really wouldn't work as well as it does.
the thing about the eyes is true, it's just a minor flaw but noticeable to a point...I am truly amazed at the light reflections in her hair. really beautiful
skatensnow295(Monday 17th of November 2008 05:03:08 PM)
awesome animation, but the words at the end part of the video are just uterly pointless
Pikey1969(Monday 17th of November 2008 04:23:39 PM)
It already has been. It's just that games (especially on consoles) can't handle that kind of high level of textures and framework just yet.
The fundamentals, the image capture for animation is already in use though.
TwistableBow(Monday 17th of November 2008 04:07:54 PM)
I see your point, and well, I don't really know how things are going to work out. I guess we'll just have to see what happens when we see this kind of technology on a more frequent basis.
