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Scary but very interesting (her face follows the cursor)

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This falls safely into the Uncanny Valley:

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

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

Those dead eyes freaked me out.

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.

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 . . .

...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.]

You might very well be right.

Hmmm, . . ., is "rook lonely men out of credit card info" a good business plan for a YC app? :-P

The Eliza Effect meets LonelyGirl15. - Well put.

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

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?

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.

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!

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.

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

xeyes web 2.0 edition.

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).

Not even remotely similar. :)

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

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

Why the red eyes? o_o

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.

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

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/

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

>what is purpose of that exactly?

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

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

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

haha. my precious.. cursor

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 ...

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