you oughta be in pictures
you’re wonderful to see
you oughta be in pictures
oh what a hit you would be!
At the recently opened (March-Sept.) Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan, visitors to the Mitsui-Toshiba pavilion have their faces digitally mapped and imposed by a supercomputer onto characters in the film Grand Odyssey, which stars two computer-animated Japanese actors.
Mind you, everybody in the film seems to be wearing some kind of space helmet, but, still.
For a bare-bones explanation of how it's done, see here.
Comments (3)
DATE: 03/30/2005 04:58:48 AM
I'm going to this fair at the end of April, and it should be pretty sweet one...although not nearly as big as Osaka's. It's going to be very environmentally centred......It's been hyped in Japan for months and months..
Posted by Patrick | June 27, 2009 6:27 PM
Posted on June 27, 2009 18:27
DATE: 03/30/2005 11:17:01 PM
You lucky SOB. Japan has endlessly fascinated me. What are you doing there, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by gnotalex | June 27, 2009 6:29 PM
Posted on June 27, 2009 18:29
DATE: 04/03/2005 06:58:55 PM
Heh. A little of everything. Studying, travelling, teaching, yadda yadda. Basically a extended holiday and a break from the real world.
Posted by Patrick | June 27, 2009 6:30 PM
Posted on June 27, 2009 18:30