Scary but very interesting (her face follows the cursor)

http://cubo.cc/

by german • 18 years ago

44 27 18 years ago

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ghiotion• 18 years ago

This falls safely into the Uncanny Valley:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=120425

http://www.androidscience.com/theuncannyvalley/proceedings20...

pchristensen• 18 years ago

Those dead eyes freaked me out.

boredguy8• 18 years ago

We can sub-divide that lower pit into the "Freakishly disturbing". I'm going to have nightmares of that ungodly smile tonight, I just know it.

TheTarquin3• 18 years ago

Totally. The interesting thing will be in a few years when software like advances to the point to where we've climbed the other side of the valley and this just looks like a stoned girl with a webcam.

After all, if it LOOKS human and it engages in vaguely human-like activities (though perhaps nothing too specific, lest it slip up and show itself to be obviously virtual), I'm sure it could convince a large number of people that it is. Suddenly we have a face for that chat bot that made the news a few months ago for talking lonely young men out of their personal information . . .

Resident_Expert• 18 years ago

...looks like a stoned girl with a webcam... Actually, I think decreasing the quality of the image would make it more realistic. Looping a smile, a giggle, and a smirking peek at the webcam itself, on top of a background of a slightly messy room (something dorm-like) that doesn't need to change, set the faking lighting to look like a screen on her face, and set up a textbot like the one mentioned at "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3503465.stm. The Eliza Effect meets LonelyGirl15. [edit: removed HTML. My first post here, sorry.]

Readmore• 18 years ago

That is very odd, but still cool I guess.... what is purpose of that exactly?

ArcticCelt• 18 years ago

>what is purpose of that exactly?

I'll bet anything that the porn industry would have no difficulty to find it a purpose.

gojomo• 18 years ago

You mean your monitor isn't tall enough to see below her neck? :)

ken• 18 years ago

xeyes web 2.0 edition.

tlrobinson• 18 years ago

Combine this with that guy's Wii head tracking project and it would be really creepy.

whacked_new• 18 years ago

Wow, that is an amazing suggestion. I'm making a mental note of that for when I get more free time.

Upon second thought though, it won't be as easy as the 2d version; a mere texture wouldn't suffice. Anyone up for the job, or have further insight?

davidw2• 18 years ago

Ok, it's not as good, but scroll down to the very bottom of this page:

http://www.welton.it/freesoftware/

It was done 10 years ago, though... (requires java).

bprater• 18 years ago

Not even remotely similar. :)

davidw2• 18 years ago

No, of course not, but it was fun at the time.

maheshrs• 18 years ago

Man that's creepy! She's the first creepy east asian I have ever seen. And I always fall in love with east asian women.

Man she's creepy! Mommy ...

noonespecial• 18 years ago

A good use of layered action. A bunch of simple loops layered on top of each other to create a more complex emergent behavior.

Still deeply creepy! The smile loop was just wrong and they eyes were too simple. Real eyes focus and refocus hundreds of times per minute, these, even though they moved stayed dead and locked on one focus.

We've got a long way to go!

BrandonM• 18 years ago

The eyes are one thing, but another is the hair. It was made to look good, but then when the head moves, the hair does not. Just causing the hair to move with head movement would go a long way, as well.

iamwil• 18 years ago

The pupil was too much of a contrast from the irises, so it looks like she was looking at you too intently.

Hexstream• 18 years ago

Why the red eyes? o_o

TheTarquin3• 18 years ago

Maybe there's a reason why she's so interested in something as mundane as a mouse cursor? I mean, interested in minutiae, vaguely dopey grin, . . . I get the impression that if I watch her for long enough she'll get the munchies and wander off.

gtokio• 18 years ago

http://www.motionportrait.com/e/

inrev• 18 years ago

copied from here http://www.motionportrait.com/e/about/demo_faith_02.html

check out others like that one on this page http://www.motionportrait.com/e/about/

optimal• 18 years ago

I think she should cross her eyes when you put the cursor on her nose.

cstejerean• 18 years ago

Although primitive this technology is pretty cool. I can imagine a handful of applications that could benefit with this. I'm guessing in limited bandwidth environments sending a photo and information on movements and letting the receiving end generate the facial animation might work pretty well as a substitute for live video.

omnipath• 18 years ago

Reminds me of Gollum. Those huge eyes, that unnerving smile.

vuknje• 18 years ago

haha. my precious.. cursor

Scary but very interesting (her face follows the cursor)

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