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Emily is not real

September 14, 2008 in Video comments 17

The team behind facial animation in Grand Theft Auto IV, Image Metrics, demonstrates a new capture technology that allows for the creation of facial graphics that are almost indistinguishable from real life.

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  • 0
    Krunal Sep 14, 08
    Thats a VERY old piece of news. Can't seem to find it on GameGrep, but as you can see from the Alt Source, it is from 4th September.
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      Xenctuary* Sep 14, 08
      The original Times article and YouTube video were actually published before that (August 18th 2008). I think it's interesting and relevant enough to still be posted.
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      jackbergin Sep 15, 08
      4th of September isn't VERY old. Relatively, quite old.I hadn't heard of it. And if it's not on GameGrep, why not?
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    Steel Magnolia Sep 14, 08
    That is pretty amazing work. If the title hadn't given it away, I'm not sure I would have noticed at first.
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    Red 9 Sep 14, 08
    Well obviously they had to have an original motion actor to create that face, so technically "Emily" is real. This is just a CG rendition of her real face.

    ANd isn't the rest of the body real? I can't tell.
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    The Writer Sep 14, 08
    I thought this was about Chain Letters at first.
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    Guticb Sep 14, 08
    The eyes gave away the fact that it wasn't real for me.

    It' still amazing though.
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    HisServant77* Sep 15, 08
    Well it's hard to tell, but if you were not told anything at all it could fool you. The only thing that could tell, is how some parts of the skin and face do not move together as one. The eyes . . . do give it away a little, but not as much as the mouth and cheeks to me.
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    GTA_Fanatic Sep 15, 08
    I would have been fooled were it not for the title and text above the movie.
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    Final Blade Sep 17, 08
    Can someone please explain why the title is Emily not real?
    Yes I watched the video, but I don't see how it relates to the name.
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      Xenctuary* Sep 18, 08
      The computer generated animation of Emily's face looks very real, but it's not.
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        Final Blade Sep 18, 08
        And how is it not real?
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          HisServant77* Sep 18, 08
          It's not real because it's a computer animated graphic, not a real person.
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          GTA_Fanatic Sep 21, 08
          Quite technically it is real, just not in the way an actual human is real.
          Is that what you're getting at, Final Blade?
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          Xenctuary* Sep 21, 08
          Now that's just being nitpicky and a little too philosophical
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          Red 9 Sep 21, 08
          Like I said above, they had to have an original actor to make the animation, so technically Emily's real.
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          HisServant77* Sep 22, 08
          Well, Emily the person might be real, but the face on the screen is not showing the physical face of a live human being, but rather pixels

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