This Animation Will Blow Your Mind!
What you are about to see is a wholly computer generated animation.
Emily (the girl in the video below) is Not Real!
Emily was produced using a new modelling technology that enables the most minute details of a facial expression to be captured and recreated.
She is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier known as ‘uncanny valley’ - which refers to the perception that animation looks less realistic as it approaches human likeness.
‘Emily’ will set a new precedent for photo-realistic characters in video games and films, says her creator, Image Metrics
More information and full story at Times Online.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
August 25th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Got to see it in a practical app first! Looks promising, but there have been promising technologies before that didn’t quite deliver.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:48 am
No way! it’s amazing if she is an photo-realistic character. She looks so real! Image Metrics are indeed setting up new standards in gaming industry.
Thanks for sharing this video.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I think its fake, when the real Emily shows up at the end no changes at all? not even the hair lighting? nothing is that perfect!!
thx for the share
August 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
This is BIG…
Just imagine all the intellegence work that can be done using this technology!!! Want to see your leader giving you the order to surrender on the local news…
August 25th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
It is too real to be believed. I have doubt that it is 100% animation. Otherwise, this is HUGE really HUGE thing. It is like a cheap human cloning.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
was the whole video animated? or just the end
August 25th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Uncanny valley + they should show the actual actress. She could have the same exact face and all they’re doing is some processing on the face.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Amazing it looks so real they should show the real actor that they made this from
August 26th, 2008 at 1:37 am
WOW. This looks really real! Nice Post man!
August 26th, 2008 at 11:21 am
you must be kidding…wow…
August 26th, 2008 at 11:29 am
they should’ve called it Simone !
August 26th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Yeah it is too real to believed. It is more like a fake one.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I’ve seen this some time ago, it really is awesome. I can only imagine what games will be like!
August 29th, 2008 at 3:57 am
woah im stunned! that looks like a real human… technology is getting better and better.
August 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I was wondering what was wrong with her face until I realized it was an animation. Guess it’s not good enough
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:57 pm
September 4th, 2008 at 2:46 am
What is more amazing is that we are witnessing a high quality in videos that you cannot even diferenciate between a computer picture and a real one!!
September 12th, 2008 at 6:58 am
If it’s for real (for real meaning not real at all) then that’s pretty sick technology.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:57 am
September 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
drrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeaaaamm aaaannnngggeeeelllll
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September 18th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Incredible, truly incredible! If this is video is as true as they claim, we are easily looking at the beginning of a revolution in animation and gaming. The future looks so bright I gotta wear shades!
October 8th, 2008 at 7:12 am
This is really amazing! I was surprised how good it was done.